Samantha van Diemen

Samantha van Diemen
Personal information
Full name	Samantha van Diemen
Date of birth	28 January 2002 (age 20)
Place of birth	Leiden, Netherlands,
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Feyenoord
Number	3
Youth career
2018	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2021	Ajax
2021–	Feyenoord
National team
2018–2019	Netherlands U17
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Samantha van Diemen (born 28 January 2002) is a Dutch footballer who plays as defender for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie.

Club career[]

Van Diemen played for CTO, an educational team organized by the national football association KNVB. When CTO stopped in 2018, Van Diemen went to Ajax Talententeam, the female youth team of Ajax. In the summer of 2019 she signed a contract for the Ajax Vrouwen-squad. On October 25 she played her first official match, the second half of the game against Heerenveen for the Eredivisie Cup. In July 2021 she signed a contract with Feyenoord to continue her career.^[1]

International career[]

On 15 February 2018 Van Diemen played her first international game for Oranje U16.^[2] She then already played for Oranje U17.^[3] In August 2019 she also played for Oranje U19.^[4] Since 2021, she plays for Oranje U23.