Lieke Martens
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Lieke Martens is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football player who currently plays for Standard Liège
Standard Liège (women)
Standard Fémina de Liège is Standard Liège's women's section and the most honoured women's football team in Belgium, with 14 national leagues. It was founded in 1971 as Saint-Nicolas FC Liège before taking its current name three years later after winning the inaugural edition of the Belgian...

. She previously played for SC Heerenveen and VVV-Venlo in the Vrouwen Eredivisie
Eredivisie (women)
Starting in 2007, the Eredivisie is the first professional football league for women in the Netherlands. Unlike its male equivalent, the Eredivisie for women is smaller currently featuring only eight teams....

. She can play as a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 and a striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

. In her first official match with Standard she scored two goals to help it win her first title, the newly-founded BeNe Super Cup
BeNe Super Cup
The BeNe Super Cup is a women's football competition between the holders of the Vrouwen Eredivisie and the Belgian Women's First Division.Its inaugural edition took place on 30 August 2011 in Venlo, Netherlands and confronted Standard Liège and FC Twente....

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Martens was the top scorer of the 2010 U-19 Euro
2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:---------Final:-Goal scorers:4 goals Turid Knaak Lieke Martens3 goals Rebecca Dempster2 goals Lauren Bruton Toni Duggan Amélie Barbetta Léa Le Garrec...

, tied at 4 goals with Turid Knaak
Turid Knaak
Turid Knaak is a German footballer. She currently plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.-Club career:Knaak started her professional career at FCR Duisburg with whom she won the German Cup and the UEFA Women's Cup...

. In August 2011 she played her first game for the senior national team
Netherlands women's national football team
The Netherlands women's national football team represents the Netherlands in international women's football. The team played the first women's international recognized by FIFA, on 17 April 1971 against France.-World Cup record:-Current squad:...

, in a friendly match against China
China women's national football team
The China women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football.- Records :China had held the record of going for 442 minutes without conceding a World Cup goal, until it was broken by Germany on September 26, 2007, when Germany beat Norway 3-0...

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