Voetbalvrouwen
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Voetbalvrouwen is a Dutch
dramedy favourably compared to Footballers' Wives
. Three seasons (all available on DVD) have been taped since 2006; the first was shown in 2007 on the demissionary channel
Tien, the second and third on RTL
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The first season ends with Melanie, Renske and Solange being arrested.
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...
dramedy favourably compared to Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006...
. Three seasons (all available on DVD) have been taped since 2006; the first was shown in 2007 on the demissionary channel
Television channel
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Tien, the second and third on RTL
RTL Television
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Cast
- Solange: Nicolette van DamNicolette van DamNicolette van Dam is a Dutch actress.-Biography:Van Dam was born in Amsterdam in 1984. After finishing high school at the havo level at the age of 18, Van Dam went to study at HBO. She didn't finish her study—instead, she was discovered and became a model...
(2007–2009)/Marit van Bohemen (2009-) - Melanie: Lone van Roosendaal
- Renske: Sophie van Oers (2007–2009)
- Liz: Leontine Borsato (2007–2009)
- Kate: Yolanthe Cabau van KasbergenYolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen-Early life:Sneijder-Cabau was born on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Her father, Xavier Cabau , was Spanish, while her mother, Richarda "Rici" van Kasbergen, is Dutch. Xavier Cabau was a wealthy entrepreneur known as the "King of Ibiza", who owned several discothèques, restaurants, and bars...
(2009-) - Oksana: Peggy Vrijens (2009-)
- Danny: Mike Weerts
- Italo: Bas Muijs
- Arjen: Victor LowVictor LöwVictor Löw , is a Dutch actor.Victor Löw studied at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp. He played his first small part in The Northerners...
(2007) - Rutger: Joep Sertons (2008-)
- Madonna: Marlous Dirks (2008-)
- Dylan: Ludwig Bindervoet (2008)
- Jeffrey: Barry Atsma (2007–2008)
- Gio: Curt Fortin (2008-)
- Hidde: Wolter Muller (2008)
- Kofi: André Dongelmans (2009-)
- Jokke: Frans van Deursen
Season 1 (2007)
- Arjen Duivendrecht coaches football-club Heros who are determined to regain the top spot. The arrival of centre-player Danny Doornbos ensures new positions for Italo Ferrero and the seasoned Jeffrey Woesthof. When Arjen's secret life as a transvestite gets media exposurePublicityPublicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject. The subjects of publicity include people , goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment.From a marketing perspective, publicity is one component of promotion which is one...
he loses his credibilityCredibilityCredibility refers to the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message.Traditionally, modern, credibility has two key components: trustworthiness and expertise, which both have objective and subjective components. Trustworthiness is based more on subjective...
and commits suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
, unaware that he has a teenage-daughter (Jamie) on the account of stolen spermSpermThe term sperm is derived from the Greek word sperma and refers to the male reproductive cells. In the types of sexual reproduction known as anisogamy and oogamy, there is a marked difference in the size of the gametes with the smaller one being termed the "male" or sperm cell...
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- His replacement Harry Reitsema is immediately installed and fails to win the players' hearts, dragging the fab four to the sidelineSidelineSideline may refer to:*Sidelines, lines which mark the outer boundaries of a sports field*Sideline reporter, sports term*"Sideline Ho," song by Monica...
s. Reitsema soon dies in a car crash. Italo, who was dismissed as "a disturbing force" is only "glad to see that moron go". For the time being, Jeffrey operates as assistant coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
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- Renske, Danny's longtime-girlfriend, is not in for a treat upon arrival; her privates hit the frontpage (captioned 'Eros' New Recruits'), the Doornbos-mansion turns out to have played host to a murder, and to make matters worse someone has installed cameras; could it be the neighbour (a martial artsMartial artsMartial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
practiser hiding behind a geekGeekThe word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to...
y image) ? No, it's their stylistStylistStylist can refer to:* Hair stylist, a person who cuts and styles hair* Personal stylist, a person concerned with the style of a single individual* Wardrobe stylist, a person who chooses clothing and accessories...
, a straight man hiding behind a gayGayGay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
image. Renske works with, to put it in her own words, mentally restrictedHandicappedHandicapped or handicap may refer to:*Handicapping, various methods of leveling a sport or game**Golf handicap, a sport-specific handicapping method**Go handicaps**Handicaps in shogi**Asian handicap, bookmakers technique to level odds...
children, but loses her job because her colleagues reckon that she's getting too glamorousGlamorousGlamorous may refer to:* Glamour * Beautiful* Stylish ;* Glamorous , a song by Fergie;* Glamorous , a song by Natalia & En Vogue;* Glamorous , a 2005 album by Denise Ho.-See also:...
. On her stag nightStag night*Stag Night a 2008 horror film*'Stag night' UK, Canadian, Irish, Australian and New Zealand term for a bachelor party...
she gets laid by a ChippendaleChippendaleChippendale may refer to:*Thomas Chippendale, or his furniture*Thomas Chippendale, the younger, son of Thomas Chippendale*Chairface Chippendale, a supervillain*Chippendales, a chain of clubs and troupe of performers*Chippendale, New South Wales...
, a move she immediately regrets and only comes clean about days after her televised marriageMarriageMarriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
. Danny suggests that Renske has been raped.
- Liz is married to Arjen; they live at a farmhouseFarmhouseFarmhouse is a general term for the main house of a farm. It is a type of building or house which serves a residential purpose in a rural or agricultural setting. Most often, the surrounding environment will be a farm. Many farm houses are shaped like a T...
and have an EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-speaking employee (Damian). After 20 years of playing second fiddle to her husband she reckons it's time to turn the tables and relocate to SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Her dream gets shattered after Arjen's suicide.
- Solange, Italo's girlfriend, wants to have a career of her own but she's treated like a slave; she retaliates by stitching Dolce & GabbanaDolce & GabbanaDolce & Gabbana is an Italian luxury industry fashion house. The company was started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Milan, Italy. By 2005 their turnover was €597 million....
labels onto cut-price underwear and spiking his smoothieSmoothieA smoothie is a blended and sometimes sweetened beverage made from fresh fruit and in special cases can contain chocolate or peanut butter. In addition to fruit, many smoothies include crushed ice, frozen fruit, honey or contain syrup and ice ingredients...
s with tranquillizers. Italo's response; confiscating her passport on the eve of a trip to MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
with Melanie. Fed up with this male chauvinist behaviour Solange walks out but returns after getting proposed; she says yes on condition that she gets treated like a lady, career and bank accountBank accountA Bank account is a financial account recording the financial transactions between the customer and the bank and the resulting financial position of the customer with the bank .-Account types:...
included.
- Melanie Woesthof is Jeffrey's wife; she mothers his second-born son and co-hosts a shownews-programme. The first episode sees bodylifted bleach-blondePeroxideA peroxide is a compound containing an oxygen–oxygen single bond or the peroxide anion .The O−O group is called the peroxide group or peroxo group. In contrast to oxide ions, the oxygen atoms in the peroxide ion have an oxidation state of −1.The simplest stable peroxide is hydrogen peroxide...
Mel receiving bad news, she gets sacked for being too old. When Jeffrey is up for a transfer to BahrainBahrain' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
she covers the stairs in soap because her lifestyle doesn't fit in a country where women are excpected to walk the streets in veilVeilA veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part of the head or face.One view is that as a religious item, it is intended to show honor to an object or space...
s and burkaBurkaA burka is a dress made from felt or karakul . Karakul being quite expensive, burkas were usually sewn from felt treated to look like karakul...
s. Disgusted with the men being relegated to less than a supporting role, Mel hatches a plot with Renske and Solange to rule out Harry Reitsema. The threesome are caught celebrating his death and during an appearance on a TV-show they're confronted with the upcoming coverstory of a gossip-zine.
The first season ends with Melanie, Renske and Solange being arrested.
Season 2 (2008)
- The ladies are released due to lack of evidence but people are still keen to uncover the truth. And the truth is that Reitsema had a mentally restricted son whom Renske had contact with before the accident that could've been a fate shared by Solange's brother Mickey.
- Melanie's hotel-owning sister Madonna returns from France and she isn't pleased to see her, despite Madonna playing a key-role in Mel's pregnancy. The boys though are fond of her and when Madonna is banned from the place she buys the mansion next door. More bad news; Jeffrey is still up for transfer to Bahrain and gives it the go ahead, particularly after finding out that Mel had Diego pretend to be ill (a role abandoned by crawling out of bed and sampling the snacks at the farewell-party). Broken-hearted Mel develops a drinking-problem but is angry to learn from her sister's own brush with alcohol when attending an AA-meeting. She blows a chance to sing the Heros Club Anthem at the stadium (accompanied by Diego on piano) by staging another booze-up after press-speculations of Jeffrey having a new girlfriend. Needless to say that the press are having a field day. Mel launches a celebrity magazine "that stands out from the others"; she's to interview Froukje de Both but ends up taking her out for a joyless shopping spree, meaning that Madonna has to rewrite the entire article. Mel eventually has enough and sends her packing; after an evening on the tiles she ends up puking in the canal and wakes up in a rehab-clinic where she refuses to participate in activities. Coming back home after only one day Mel's in for a few nasty surprises; her alcohol-consumption has left her with huge bills to pay, her magazine is cancelled after the staff unanimously walked out, Dylan shares a hotel room with goalie Hidde Storm and to make matters worse Diego has decided to move in with Madonna. Mel shifts her attention to Hidde who got grassed for his part in the bribery scandal. At that point Jeffrey returns; Diego is sent back home with the promise that Dad will never abandon him again. Jeffrey is planning to take him to Bahrain but fails to inform, him beforehand; consequently Diego loses his trust and ends up jumping from the rooftop right before his parents eyes
- Danny is ruled out after a serious injury; for his recovery he hires a mental coach who not only takes out the bad foods but also the joys of his marriage. Renske seeks and finds consolation in Danny's replacement Gio Goudzand (who gave up a stint in Germany); she falls in love with him and ends up getting pregnant. Although her feelings aren't mutual, Renske insists that Gio stays away from her. "The kid is Danny's" she tells him, but is that true ?. Renske gives birth to a son Levi, but soon afterwards he gets abducted by a welfare mother who took advantage of Renske after nearly being driven down. Renske and Danny get their son back, but Gio discovers the truth when noting similarities with his own baby-picture. Abandoned by his own father he wants access to Levi; the answer remains no.
- Liz gets Arjen's will on the one condition that she lives a happy life; she buys a yacht and dates new coach Rutger Carolus; he breaks off the relationship feeling that it's a forced one. Liz moves on to Baron van Ravenswaaij, a posh bloke whom she first met during the party at her yacht. He wants to marry her but she has to give up on her friends; Liz refuses to do so and returns to Rutger.
- Italo promises to treat Solange right and not to cheat on her; a marriage is on the cards but Solange's AZ-supporting father only wants to give away his daughter in return for the Cup. Italo disagrees so Solange does the job; however, the marriage is off when Italo finds out that Mickey nearly endangered him by hiding drugs in his pad-case (stolen during a robbery on a CL-trip to Germany). He is so angry that he bans the family's trailer from his place. With Solange a no-show at her own wedding Italo ends up marrying Rutger's daughter Tessa. Needless to say that this rebound doesn't last; Italo still loves Solange and after a call-to-truce they exchange their vows.
Season 3 (2009)
- Solange neglects herself; she lies all day on the couch, wearing a trailer park suit and putting on weight. "I'm working on my inner-self" she claims, but Italo isn't buying it ("There is no inner-you!"); he's fed up with "being the laughing stock" and "coming home to Billy Bunter's sisterBessie BunterElizabeth Gertrude Bunter, better known as Bessie Bunter, is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton, who also created her more famous brother Billy Bunter.-History:...
". He not only threatens to divorce but also to cancel her credit card if she fails to get her act together. Following a photo-shoot for the canine-themed issue of Madonna's glossy. Solange gets driven down by Rutger (who consequently loses a pregnant Liz) and undergoes plastic surgery. Coming home with a new face she assumes that she's been mixed up because Dushi doesn't recognise her; then it transpires that Dushi's been mixed up with the dog of stylist Kate de Witte. Mickey introduces his wife-to-be; Roswita appears to be bisexual, she fancies Solange. Italo is keen on the idea of triple-sex; he arranges a date at a hotel but ends up facing the anger of Mickey.
- Kate meanwhile has got her own problems to fix; she gets pursued by Alex, a porn movie-director who has an old score to settle. Unless Kate pays him 100 grand, her vaulted performance will be put online. Kate finds out that Alex still fancies young girls but as he can't be arrested because the evidence tape is illegally retrieved she sets up a booby trap herself; she pretends to star in a new movie and draws a confession out of him whilst hiding a camera in her bag. Kate decides to use the tape in her advantage and becomes frontpage-news.
- Having spent a few weeks with her parents, Renske decided to split with Danny and return to her hometown. However, she settles for plan B; moving in with Gio who angers Danny further by taking over his place after an embarrassing start of the new season. Devastated though, Danny finds aversion in Kate who seems to be happy to play his new girlfriend. Renske finds out that Gio bypassed her for his ex-girlfriend Shirley to introduce Levi to his relatives. Renske wants to leave after all; Gio threatens to fight for full custody but backs down after Danny interferes. Danny can't cope with Kate's new-found media-attention and turns to cokeCocaineCocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
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- Diego is in hospital and there seems to be no progress in his condition. Truth is that he's putting on an Oscar-winning act because he wants to live with Madonna instead of with Mel; wheelchair-bound he continues his farce for a while after coming home. Jeffrey knows too, and he threatens to cease all financial benefits if Mel doesn't let go of Diego. More bad news; her estranged father Dirk, recovering from a brain haemorrhage, gave up his FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
hideaway to live with his daughter. Mel passes on the responsibility to Madonna and insists that her son avoids his grandad. Diego wants answers after discovering eight years' worth of unreceived postcards; it transpires that he was spanked as a four-year-old for being disobedient and escaping from the cellar where he was told to stay. Dirk confesses, but he also regrets that Mel socialised with the wrong people and that she settled for an empty life of shopping sprees and drinking sessions; why didn't she use her potential like Madonna did ? "Because you always kept me inside". An apology only emerges when Dirk nearly falls into the water with his zimmer frame. Father and daughter seem to make amends till Dirk collapses while fishing; he dies on the spot. To make matters worse, Diego has moved in with Madonna after all because Mel failed to pick him up. Then Madonna shows her true colours; she keeps Mel at arms length and wants Diego all for herself. Mel consequently misses Dirk's final farewell but she finds comfort in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n player Kofi Akua who lives with her.
- Heros got a new president coming all the way from UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
; when he embarks on a so-called expedition he forwards his wife Oksana. Gio fancies her but Oksana isn't having any of it.
Trivia
- The Wives are parodied in a chip fatFatFats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and generally insoluble in water. Chemically, fats are triglycerides, triesters of glycerol and any of several fatty acids. Fats may be either solid or liquid at room temperature, depending on their structure...
commercial.
- Nicolette van DamNicolette van DamNicolette van Dam is a Dutch actress.-Biography:Van Dam was born in Amsterdam in 1984. After finishing high school at the havo level at the age of 18, Van Dam went to study at HBO. She didn't finish her study—instead, she was discovered and became a model...
previously starred in the NickelodeonNickelodeon (TV channel)Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
-broadcast ZoopZoopZoop is a puzzle game developed by Hookstone, and published by Viacom New Media.Some of its rules resemble those of Plotting , but unlike Plotting, Zoop runs in real time....
as the divaDivaA diva is a celebrated female singer. The term is used to describe a woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, and, by extension, in theatre, cinema and popular music. The meaning of diva is closely related to that of "prima donna"....
-like animalAnimalAnimals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
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Bionda. Lone van Roosendaal guested as her Mum.