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My Take
Jackie Groenen is the most striking story in this group for me. A judoka before she was a footballer, she rebuilt herself into a midfielder good enough for Chelsea, Manchester United, and now Paris Saint-Germain, plus the Dutch national team. At 166 cm she should be easy to bully off the ball, yet I suspect the balance and core strength from the tatami are exactly why she is not. Switching sports outright takes a rare kind of nerve, and her 2017 Order of Orange-Nassau confirms the country noticed. I find her adventurous, fearless arc genuinely inspiring, and I will keep following it.
Overview
Jackie Noëlle Groenen (born 17 December 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer and former judoka who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the Netherlands national team. Groenen previously played for German clubs SGS Essen, FCR 2001 Duisburg and FFC Frankfurt, as well as for Chelsea and Manchester United in the English FA WSL.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jackie Groenen
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャッキー・グローネン
- Reading
- じゃっきー・ぐろーねん
- Born
- December 17, 1994 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dog
- Origin
- Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 166 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / judoka
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Judoka — see all → · More people from Netherlands →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.