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Nurija van Schoonhoven

Feb 8, 1998

#27 - Midfielder

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Nurija van Schoonhoven is a Dutch midfielder who plays for Ajax in the Eredivisie Women. She has represented the Netherlands at multiple youth levels.

Did You Know?

She studies biology alongside football, and she says it gives her “energy and mental peace.”

She loves nature and animals, and she also says the climate is important to her.

Source: Instagram | inurija

She was adopted from a children’s home in Ulyanovsk (Russia) and her Russian roots are an important part of her life in the Netherlands.

She started crowdfunding to improve her biological mother’s life in Russia after finding her in 2019.

As a kid, she had to earn her swimming diploma before her parents let her start playing football.

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Nurija van Schoonhoven's volley for 5th goal

Club Achievements

Netherlands – Vrouwen Eredivisie	1×
Netherlands – KNVB Cup	1×

Stats

Year	Club	AP	GL
2025 - present	Ajax	6	0
2023 - 2025	FC Utrecht	44	7
2022 - 2023	OH Leuven Women	28	3
2021 - 2022	FC Twente	18	1
2018 - 2021	PSV Eindhoven	34	1
2015 - 2016	PEC Zwolle	15	0
International Stats
2019 -	Netherlands U23	3	0
2018 -	Netherlands U20	2	0
2016 - 2017	Netherlands U19	13	0