Chantal de Ridder

Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder (born 19 January 1989) is a Dutch former football striker, who played for BeNe League club AFC Ajax as well as the senior Netherlands women's national football team.

She had previously competed in the Netherlands' Eredivisie, winning four titles with Ter Leede and AZ.

AZ
De Ridder scored a hattrick against PEC Zwolle on 21 April 2011.

Turbine Potsdam
Before signing for Ajax in January 2013, De Ridder last played for Turbine Potsdam in Germany's Bundesliga. She made her league debut against Bayer Leverkusen on 28 August 2011. De Ridder scored her first goal for the club in the DFB-Pokal Frauen against Sindelfingen on 30 October 2011, scoring in the 79th minute. She scored for Turbine in the 10–0 2011–12 Champions League home win against Glasgow City.

Due to a long term knee injury suffered in December 2011, she only played seven Bundesliga matches. She left Potsdam in January 2013 and headed back to the Netherlands, intent on getting more match practice and breaking back into the Dutch team ahead of UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

Ajax
De Ridder made her league debut against Lierse on 19 February 2013. She scored her first league goal against Beerschot on 23 February 2013, scoring in the 17th minute. De Ridder scored a hattrick against PEC Zwolle on 4 October 2013. On 14 June 2018, it was announced that she had signed a new deal.

International career
She was a member of the Dutch national team, and played in the 2009 European Championship after making her senior debut on 29 July 2007 against North Korea.

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected De Ridder in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.

International goals

 * Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.

Personal life
De Ridder has one daughter.

Honours

 * Ter Leede
 * Dutch Championship (1): 2006–07
 * Dutch Cup (1): 2006–07


 * AZ
 * Eredivisie (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
 * Dutch Cup (1): 2010–11


 * Turbine Potsdam
 * Bundesliga (1): 2011–12


 * Ajax
 * Eredivisie (1): 2016–17
 * Dutch Cup (2): 2013–14, 2016–17