Jackie Groenen

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.

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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)

Origin

Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

Height

166 cm

Occupation

association football player / judoka

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jackie_groenen_14/
• Xhttps://x.com/jackie_10_
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie%20Groenen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460559

Tags

• North Brabant
• association football player
• judoka

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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