Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dyanne Marie Christine Bito | ||
Date of birth | 10 August 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Curaçao | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward, Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1998 | Geel-Wit | ||
1998–2000 | TYBB | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2004 | Wartburgia | ||
2004–2007 | Heike Rheine | 63 | (30) |
2007–2008 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | (3) |
2008–2011 | AZ Alkmaar | 65 | (3) |
2011–2015 | Telstar | 84 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
2000–2015 | Netherlands | 146 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2016 |
Dyanne Marie Christine Bito (Dutch pronunciation: [diˈɑnə maːˈri krɪsˈtinə ˈbitoː]; born 10 August 1981) is a Dutch former football defender who played for the Netherlands women's national football team and clubs in the Netherlands and Germany.
Bito began her career in Haarlem where she played for Geel-Wit in 1994, she moved to The Yellow Black Boys (TYBB) in 1998 and to ASV Wartburgia in 2000.
In 2004 she signed with FFC Heike Rheine of the German Bundesliga. She stayed 3 seasons in Germany and scored 30 league goals in 63 league appearances.
She returned to the Netherlands ahead of the 2007–08 season and played for ADO Den Haag in the inaugural women's Eredivisie. Until that point in her career, Bito played as a forward but at ADO she began playing as a right-back. She also made her debut in the UEFA Women's Cup (now known as UEFA Women's Champions League) during the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup first qualifying round match against KÍ of the Faroe Islands.
In 2008 she signed with AZ Alkmaar and won the Eredivisie titles in 2008–09 and 2009–10. Bito won the KNVB Women's Cup in 2010–11, she played in the final where AZ defeated SC Heerenveen by 2–0.