Esmee Brugts
Esmee Virginia Brugts (born 28 July 2003) is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a forward for Liga F club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. Club career
Brugts started playing football with boys as a five-year-old for SV Heinenoord. She moved to FC Binnenmaas eight years later to play there for four years. She was highly sought after when she signed her first contract with PSV at age 16 in 2020. On 13 August 2020, she made her debut for PSV in a pre-season match against Olympique Lyonnais. In her first season at PSV she played 13 league games, scoring three goals. In the final of the KNVB Women's Cup she played the whole match, with PSV defeating ADO Den Haag 1–0. In her second season she played in the final of the 2022 KNVB Women's Cup, losing 2–1 to Ajax. In August 2023 she signed a four-year contract with Barcelona. International career
Brugts has played for several Netherlands youth teams. On 16 February 2022, she collected her first senior cap for the Netherlands in a game against Brazil during the 2022 Tournoi de France. She came on the field as a substitute for Victoria Pelova six minutes before the end of the match. She scored her first goal for the national team on 8 April 2022 in a match against Cyprus. On 6 September 2022, she scored a goal in the 93rd minute of the stoppage time in a 1–0 victory over Iceland, to qualify her country as top of Group C to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup. She played at all five games for the Netherlands during the World Cup, scoring twice against Vietnam in the final group game. Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brugts goal. References

External links
 Esmee Brugts at Soccerdonna
 

Living people
2003 births
People from Hoeksche Waard
Dutch women's footballers
Footballers from South Holland
Netherlands women's international footballers
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Eredivisie (women) players
Liga F players
PSV (women) players
FC Barcelona Femení players
Women's association football midfielders
Women's association football forwards