Lize Kop
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| Date of birth | 17 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wormer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
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| Ajax | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Ajax | 82 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Leicester City | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Netherlands U16 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Netherlands U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Netherlands U19 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Netherlands U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Netherlands | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:20, 20 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Lize Kop (Dutch: [ˈlizə ˈkɔp]; born 17 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Netherlands national team. She previously played for Ajax and Leicester City.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Ajax
[edit | edit source]Kop made her league debut against Achilles '29 on 3 September 2017.[2] On 24 January 2023, she played her 100th game for the club in a match against ADO Den Haag.[3]
Leicester City
[edit | edit source]On 16 August 2023, Kop signed for Women's Super League club Leicester City on a three-year deal.[4] She made her league debut against Everton on 28 January 2024.[5]
Tottenham Hotspur
[edit | edit source]On 15 January 2025, it was announced that Kop had signed for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur until June 2028.[6]
International career
[edit | edit source]Kop was selected for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7][8] She made her international debut in 2019 against Poland in the Algarve Cup.[9] On 10 April 2019, Kop was named in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[10] On 16 June 2021, she was included in the 2020 Summer Olympics squad.[11] On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12] On 24 September 2023, Kop had to withdraw from training camp due to lack of fitness.[13] On 27 May 2024, Kop, Caitlin Dijkstra, and Romée Leuchter had to drop out due to injury.[14]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 14 December 2025[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ajax | 2017–18 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 20 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 12 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 0 | ||
| Leicester City | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 115 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes KNVB Women's Cup, Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes Eredivisie Cup (women), Women's League Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in Dutch Women's Super Cup
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 2 December 2025[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Netherlands | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Ajax
- Eredivisie: 2017–18, 2022–23
- KNVB Women's Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
- Eredivisie Cup: 2020–21
Netherlands
- FIFA Women's World Cup runner-up: 2019[16]
- Algarve Cup: 2018[17]
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship team of the tournament: 2017[18]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Senior national team profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Under-23 national team profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Under-20 national team profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Under-19 national team profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Under-17 national team profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Under-16 national team profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
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- Lize Kop at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Oldenzaal
- Athletes from Overijssel
- Dutch women's footballers
- Leicester City W.F.C. players
- AFC Ajax (women) players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
- Eredivisie (women) players
- Netherlands women's youth international footballers
- Netherlands women's international footballers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
- Footballers from North Holland
- Footballers from Overijssel
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Dutch expatriate women's footballers
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players