Dione Housheer

Dione Housheer (born 26 September 1999) is a Dutch female handballer for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team.^[1][2]

Dione Housheer
Personal information
Born	(1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 25) Gendringen, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Győri ETO KC
Number	48
Youth career
Years	Team
2004–2012	UGHV
2012–2015	AAC 1899
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2015–2016	HV Fortissimo
2016–2018	VOC Amsterdam
2018–2021	Nykøbing Falster
2021–2024	Odense Håndbold
2024–	Győri ETO KC
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–	Netherlands	111	(375)
Medal record World Championship 2019 Japan European Championship 2018 France
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 9 March 2025

Career

Club

Housheer started playing handball at the age of 5 at the Dutch club UGHV. In 2015/2016 she played a single season for HV Fortissimo before signing for VOC Amsterdam. Here she played from 2016-2018, where she won the Eresdivisie in both seasons as well as the Dutch Cup in 2018, before signing for Danish side Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub on a 3 year deal.^[3][4][5][6] With Nykøbing Falster she won the Danish cup; the first of its kind for the club.^[7]

When her contract ran out she signed for league Rivals Odense Håndbold.^[6] With Odense she won the Danish League in 2021 and 2022. In the 2021-2022 she was selected for the league all-star team as the right back.^[8]

In 2024 she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC from Odense together with fellow Dutch international Bo van Wetering.^[9] She won the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League and the Hungarian Championship in her first season with the team, and became a leader and top scorer of Győr with 226 goals (all competitions combined).^[10]

National Team

Housheer debuted for Dutch national team on October 28th 2017 in a match against Germany. Her first major international tournament was the 2018 European Championship where she won Bronze medals with the Dutch team.

She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship,^[11][12] where the Netherlands surprised many to win the title, beating Spain 30:29 in the final. This was the first title in the country's history.^[13]

A year later at the 2020 European Championship she fisnished 6th with the Dutch team.^[14]

At the 2020 Olympics she also represented the Netherlands, where the Dutch team finished 5th.^[15]

At the 2023 World Championship she finished 5th with the Dutch team, scoring 31 goals.^[16]

Achievements

• EHF Champions League
  • Winner: 2025
• Eredivisie:
  • Winner: 2017, 2018
• Beker van Nederland:
  • Winner: 2018
• Nederlandse Supercup:
  • Winner: 2016
• Danish Women's Handball League
  • Winner: 2021, 2022
  • runner-up: 2023
• Danish Santander Cup
  • Winner: 2018
  • Finalist: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Danish Super Cup
  • Winner : 2023, final game voted best player
  • Finalist: 2022 final game voted best player, 2021
• Nemzeti Bajnokság:
  • Winner: 2025

Awards and recognition

• EHF Excellence Awards: Right Back of the Season 2024/25^[17]
• MVP of the Youth European Open Championship: 2016
• Eredivisie Talent of the Year: 2017
• Eredivisie Player of the Year: 2018
• Best right back Danish Kvindeligaen 2021/22, 2022/23
• Best young player nomination in the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League
• Most assists in Danish Kvindeligean 2023/2024 167x, 2022/2023 137x, 2nd place 2021/2022 171 x