Manon Melis
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gabriëlla Maria Melis | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Seattle Reign FC | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RVVH | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Be Quick '28 | ||
| 2007–2011 | LdB FC Malmö | 83 | (74) |
| 2012–2013 | Linköpings FC | 21 | (16) |
| 2013–2014 | LdB FC Malmö | 21 | (11) |
| 2014–2015 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 41 | (23) |
| 2016–2016 | Seattle Reign FC | 16 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2016 | Netherlands | 135 | (59) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 8 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:17, 6 March 2016 (UTC) |
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Gabriëlla Maria "Manon" Melis (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣaːbriˈɛlaː maːˈriaː maːˈnɔn ˈmeːlɪs]; born 31 August 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League. Melis has spent most of her career playing in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. At international level, since making her debut in 2004, she has won over 100 caps and is the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands women's national football team. She is the daughter of former Feyenoord and ADO Den Haag player Harry Melis.
Melis was the Damallsvenskan top-scorer in 2010 and 2011, playing for LdB Malmö. She won the Damallsvenskan's awards for top footballer and top forward in 2010.
In November 2011 she announced she was moving from Malmö to Sky Blue FC in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league. In her last match she helped LdB secure a spot in Champions League quarterfinals with a goal. Before Melis could play for Sky Blue the WPS suspended operations, so she returned to Sweden to sign for Linköpings FC. Two seasons with Linköpings both yielded 16 goals in 21 Damallsvenskan appearances. Melis agreed a return to Malmö in December 2012.
Melis collected another league winner's medal with Malmö in 2013, before receiving a lucrative contract offer from Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC which she felt unable to turn down.
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