FC Utrecht

Eredivisie Women

FC Utrecht Vrouwen is a Dutch women's football club based in Utrecht. Established in 2007, as one of the founding members of the professional Eredivisie. The team competed in the Eredivisie from its inaugural season of 2007/08 until 2011/12. The club rejoined the Eredivisie beginning in the 2023/24 season.

1× Dutch Cup

1× Dutch Super Cup

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What makes FC Utrecht what it is.

She studied physiotherapy and later started her own sports and relaxation massage business, Maxime’s Massages.

She was also part of the Dutch team that became the first Netherlands national youth side, boys or girls, to reach a World Cup final.

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Quirky facts from the FC Utrecht squad.

Lionel Messi is her biggest football inspiration because of the way he plays and because she sees him as both gifted and humble. As a younger player, she also said meeting Messi was one of her biggest dreams.

Her road into the professional game was shaped by two serious ACL injuries.

Her celebration with teammate Dieke van Straten has its own name: the “D&E-dance” — with the D for Dieke and the E for Elisha.

Before focusing fully on football, she also practiced judo.

She has Indonesian roots.

In 2024, she also appeared as a contestant on the Dutch TV quiz show De slimste mens.

Football was in her family from the start: her brothers played, and her father was a goalkeeper.

She has loved Aruba since childhood and used to fly there at least once a year, often staying for a full month to spend time with family.

She has spent much of her life “fighting prejudices” linked to her surname, because she is the daughter of former FC Twente chairman Joop Munsterman. She framed that as part of her personal motivation and growth.

Her move into FC Utrecht’s setup was not straightforward: she said she was actually too old for Jong FC Utrecht, but the club gave her a fixed dispensation place so she could still develop there.