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Mijke Roelfsema
Dutch footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mijke Roelfsema (born 11 March 1998) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Calgary Wild FC in the Northern Super League.
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Early life
Roelfsema played youth football with VV Schoonhoven, where she played with the boys teams.[1] In August 2014, she joined ADO Den Haag.[1]
College career
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In 2017, Roelfsema moved to the United States to attend Boston College, where she played for the women's soccer team.[2][3] She was offered a full scholarship to attend the program.[4] In 2017, she earned the Athletic Director's Award for Academic Achievement and was named to the ACC Honor Roll.[5] She scored her first collegiate goal on September 6, 2018 against the Boston University Terriers.[6]
In 2019, she transferred to Rice University to play for the women's soccer.[7] In October 2019, she was named the Conference USA Co-Defender of the Week.[8] At the end of the 2019 season, she was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team and the All-South Region Second Team.[9] Ahead of her second season with Rice (and fourth at the collegiate level), she was named to the Conference USA All-Preseason Team.[10] She scored her first goal for Rice on 7 March 2021 against the North Texas Mean Green.[11] In March 2021, she was named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week.[12] At the end of the season, she was named a First Team All-American and was a semi-finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy.[13][14] She was also named the Conference USA Defender of the Year, and named to the All-South Region First Team, a First-Team Scholar All-American, Conference USA Academic Medalist, Conference USA Academic Honor Roll, Conference USA All-Academic Second Team, and a Rice Scholar Athlete.[9] Ahead of the 2021 Fall season, she was named a Preseason First Team All-American, Conference USA Preseason Team and the Conference USA Preseason Defender of the Year.[15][9] After a strong start to her final season, she suffered a season-ending injury halfway through the season.[9][16] At the end of the season, she was named to the Conference USA All-Academic Second Team and was nominated for the Senior CLASS Award.[9][17]
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Club career
In 2014, she began training with the ADO Den Haag first team while a member of the youth program, making her debut in 2015.[18]
During her time at college, she also briefly played with Calgary Foothills WFC in United Women's Soccer.[19]
In the summer of 2022, Roelfsema signed with Cypriot First Division club Apollon Ladies.[20][21]
In August 2023, she signed with Danish Women's League club AaB Fodbold.[22]
In July 2024, she signed with League of Ireland Women's Premier Division club Treaty United.[23][24] In November 2024, she departed the club.[25][26]
In December 2024, she signed with Canadian Northern Super League club Calgary Wild.[27][19] On April 16, 2025, she started in the league's inaugural game, a 1-0 defeat to Vancouver Rise FC.[28]
International career
In March 2015, Roelfsema was called up to the Netherlands U17 team for a training camp and played her first match against Germany U17 in a friendly, before being called up for Euro U17 qualifying matches the following month.[29]
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