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Daniëlle van de Donk Quotes

b. 1991 Netherlands

Daniëlle van de Donk (Dutch pronunciation: [daːniˈɛlə vɑn də dɔnk]; born 5 August 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Netherlands national team. She helped her national team to win the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and finish second at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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"From the start, my own mindset has been that I would give anything to make it. I’m just going to make it."

"I know so many girls who used to be studying, working and playing football all at the same time. If you take that weight off then it means the female players can fully focus on being elite athletes."

"After the match, they would often say to me that they had never played against a girl, but that they thought I was actually pretty good. That was quite special."

"The boys all accepted me and I think they also liked the fact that I was in their team."

"I always thought I would just prove myself. "

"Since I was a young girl, times have changed, but when I was a little girl, I would play with the boys and I was the only girl in the team, but I had a great time."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Daniëlle van de Donk (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.