Marlies Oostdam
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 July 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Haarlem, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Franklin United FC, Auckland, NZ | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Melbourne Victory | 29 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
1996–2009 | New Zealand | 33 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2009 |
Marlies Oostdam (born 29 July 1977 in Haarlem, Netherlands) is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.[1] She emigrated from the Netherlands to New Zealand in 1985.
Oostdam made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to Australia on 24 March 1996, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[2] where they lost to Brazil (0–5), Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).
Oostdam was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and Brazil (0–4).[3]
Oostdam formally played for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.
References
[edit]- ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
External links
[edit]- Marlies Oostdam – FIFA competition record (archived)
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- New Zealand women's association footballers
- New Zealand women's international footballers
- Olympic association footballers for New Zealand
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Melbourne Victory FC (women) players
- Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia
- Footballers from Haarlem
- Dutch emigrants to New Zealand
- Women's association football defenders
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- New Zealand women's association football biography stubs