Vanity Lewerissa

Vanity Tonja Caroll Lewerissa (born 1 April 1991) is a Dutch former football midfielder. She previously played in the Belgian 1st Division for Standard Liège, with whom she has also played the Champions League.

VVV
Lewerissa made her league debut against Heerenveen on 2 September 2010. She scored her first league goals against Willem II on 21 October 2010, scoring a brace in the 23rd and 43rd minute.

First spell at Standard Liège
Lewerissa scored on her league debut against Zulte Waregem on 25 August 2012, scoring in the 47th minute. She scored a hattrick against K.A.A Gent on 29 November 2013. Lewerissa scored a hattrick against OH Leuven on 24 February 2015.

PSV
On 30 July 2015, Lewerissa was announced at PSV. She scored on her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 21 August 2015, scoring in the 68th minute. She scored four goals against VV Alkmaar on 16 October 2015.

Ajax
Lewerissa made her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 7 September 2018. She scored her first league goal against VV Alkmaar on 30 September 2018, scoring in the 78th minute. Lewerissa scored two goals for Ajax in her final game.

Lewerissa initially announced her retirement, but changed her mind and signed with Standard Liège after leaving Ajax.

Second spell at Standard Liège
In February 2022, Lewerissa was diagnosed with breast cancer. In August 2022, she announced she was cancer-free.

On 29 May 2024, it was announced that Lewerissa had retired.

International career
As a junior international she played the 2010 U-19 European Championship. She made her debut in the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 6 March 2015 in a match against Finland. She was part of the squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Lewerissa was part of the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

After the 2017 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.

On January 12, 2018, it was announced that Lewerissa was retiring from the national team.

Honours

 * Netherlands
 * UEFA Women's Euro (1): 2017


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