Manon Melis

Melis in the European Championship game against Germany in July 2013

Gabriëlla Maria Melis ( born August 31, 1986 in Ridderkerk ) is a Dutch football player. The striker plays for the Swedish first division side LDB FC Malmö and the Dutch national team, whose record goal it is.

Career

Melis grew up in the southern Netherlands town of Ridderkerk. Her father Harry was even football players and stormed the late 1970s for Feyenoord Rotterdam. At seven, she began her career at the local club RVVH Ridderkerk. Throughout her youth she played in boys' teams and was interested in little for women's football. At 17, she graduated on 25 April 2004, she first international match against Belgium and scored her first international goal the same. Curiously, she only knew one of their teammates before the game. In the same year she was voted most talented player of the Netherlands. In the summer of 2005, the FCR 2001 Duisburg Melis wanted to commit, but received a rejection letter. Instead Melis followed a year later the club Be Quick 28 Zwolle. During the winter break, she became the first Dutch player in the Swedish Damallsvenskan to LDB FC Malmö. Together with Brazil's Marta, she was in the 2008 season with 23 goals scorer. Two years later they won the championship with Malmö and was charged with 25 goals sole scorer.

In 2009, she participated with the national team for the first time at the European Championship final tournament and reached the semi-finals. She was also in the squad for the European Championship finals in 2013 and made the game against Norway as the seventh Dutch her ​​100th international game. Since her and her teammates managed a goal, left the Dutch women than Group Last.

So far, they scored 48 international goals, which reach their 21 September 2011 in the match against Serbia four goals and on September 26, 2013 against Albania three goals.