Desiree van Lunteren

Desiree van Lunteren (born 30 December 1992) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a right-back or a midfielder for AZ in the Eredivisie Vrouwen.

First spell at AZ
Van Lunteren began her senior career at Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar. She made her league debut against Twente on 15 October 2009. Van Lunteren scored her first league goal against VVV on 30 September 2010.

Telstar
Van Lunteren made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 9 September 2011. She scored her first league goal against Heerenveen on 30 September 2011, scoring in the 52nd minute.

First spell at Ajax
Van Lunteren scored on her league debut against Heerenveen on 24 August 2012, scoring in the 27th minute. She scored a hattrick against Club Brugge on 17 January 2014. Van Lunteren scored a hattrick against Anderlecht on 30 May 2014.

SC Freiburg
In June 2018, a personal sponsor helped her move to SC Freiburg, departing Ajax after 6 years and 166 matches. She made her league debut against SC Sand on 16 September 2018. Van Lunteren scored her first league goal against SC Sand on 9 December 2018, scoring in the 49th minute.

Second spell at Ajax
In July 2019, after one season in Germany, van Lunteren returned to Ajax on a two-year contract. She scored on her league debut against Alkmaar on 25 August 2019, scoring in the 31st minute.

PSV
On 10 March 2021, it was announced that van Lunteren had joined PSV on a two-year deal. She scored on her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 27 August 2021, scoring in the 44th minute. In 2022, van Lunteren retired.

Second spell at AZ
In 2023, van Lunteren came out of retirement and signed for AZ. She made her league debut against Excelsior Rotterdam on 8 September 2023. She scored her first league goal against ADO Den Haag on 5 November 2023. Van Lunteren scored a hattrick against Telstar on 1 May 2024. On 28 March 2024, van Lunteren's contract was renewed until mid 2025.

International career
Van Lunteren was handed her first senior national team cap by coach Roger Reijners on 15 February 2012, in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France in Nîmes.

She was called up to be part of the national team for the 2013. and the 2017 UEFA Women's Euros. At the 2017 tournament, Van Lunteren started 5 of the team's 6 games and helped the team win the tournament. She assisted a goal in the final before being subbed off in the 57th minute. After the tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

Van Lunteren was an integral part of the Dutch team that finished second in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, playing in every match.

She retired from the national team on 21 November 2019.

Honours

 * AZ Alkmaar
 * Eredivisie: 2009–10
 * KNVB Women's Cup: 2010–11


 * AFC Ajax


 * Eredivisie: 2016–17, 2017–18
 * KNVB Women's Cup: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18
 * Netherlands
 * UEFA Women's Euro: 2017
 * Algarve Cup: 2018


 * Individual
 * Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2017