Naomi Piqué
Naomi Piqué (born 12 June 2000) is a Dutch-born Surinamese footballer who plays as a right winger. She is a member of the Dutch Eredivisie club SBV Excelsior and the Suriname women's national team.
 Piqué in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Excelsior | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Delta Sports 95 | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | ADO Den Haag | 2 | (0) |
| 2020– | Excelsior | 40 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2022– | Suriname | 2 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 April 2022.[3] | |||
Club career
changePiqué started her career with FC Delta Sports 95.[1] She has played for ADO Den Haag in the Netherlands. After three seasons she moved to Excelsior in 2020.[4] With the contract she became officially a professional football, but received a minimum amount of compensation fees.[5]
International career
changePiqué made her debut for the Surinamese national team at the 2022 CONCACAF Championships qualification.[6] After the competition, on the way back home, she was left together with two other players at the airport in Puerto Rico without a valid flight ticket, money and hotel stay. The three women started a boycot and didn’t want to compete for the national team with the current management anymore.[7] The boycot received media attentention. Piqué was during this situation in the media explaining what happened and how the situation progressed.[8][9][10]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Naomi Pique". SBV Excelsior (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ↑ "Game Details". CONCACAF. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ↑ Naomi Piqué at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ↑ "ADO Den Haag-speelster Naomi Piqué stapt over naar Excelsior Vrouwen" (in Dutch). haaglandenvoetbal.nl. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ↑ "Naomi Piqué: Of ik me prof voel? Sportief wel, financieel niet" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 6 September 2021 – via haaglandenvoetbal.nl.
- ↑ "Naomi Piqué". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ↑ Grol, Sjors (16 April 2022). "Hoe de droom van Surinaamse voetbalsters veranderde in een trip vol tragiek" (in Dutch). ESPN .
- ↑ "Excelsior-internationals achtergelaten op vliegveld: 'Hadden geen geld en bagage was al naar Suriname'" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 21 April 2022.
- ↑ "Piqué over kansen: "Hadden er alle drie in gemoeten"" (in Dutch). ESPN. 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Naomi Piqué reageert na Surinaams statement: "Nog niks nieuws"" (in Dutch). vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl. 26 April 2022.