Dione Housheer (born 26 September 1999) is a Dutch female handballer for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team.
Career
Club
Housheer started playing handball at the age of 5 at the Dutch club UGHV. In 2015/2016 she played a single season for HV Fortissimo before signing for VOC Amsterdam. Here she played from 2016-2018, where she won the Eresdivisie in both seasons as well as the Dutch Cup in 2018, before signing for Danish side Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub on a 3 year deal. With Nykøbing Falster she won the Danish cup; the first of its kind for the club.
When her contract ran out she signed for league Rivals Odense Håndbold. With Odense she won the Danish League in 2021 and 2022. In the 2021-2022 she was selected for the league all-star team as the right back.
In 2024 she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC from Odense together with fellow Dutch international Bo van Wetering.
National Team
Housheer debuted for Dutch national team on October 28th 2017 in a match against Germany. Her first major international tournament was the 2018 European Championship where she won Bronze medals with the Dutch team.
She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Netherlands surprised many to win the title, beating Spain 30:29 in the final. This was the first title in the country's history.
A year later at the 2020 European Championship she fisnished 6th with the Dutch team.
At the 2020 Olympics she also represented the Netherlands, where the Dutch team finished 5th.
At the 2023 World Championship she finished 5th with the Dutch team, scoring 31 goals.
Achievements
- Eredivisie:
- Winner: 2017, 2018
- Beker van Nederland:
- Winner: 2018
- Nederlandse Supercup:
- Winner: 2016
- Danish Women's Handball League
- Winner: 2021, 2022
- runner-up: 2023
- Danish Santander Cup
- Winner: 2018
- Finalist: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Spare Kasse Danmark Super Cup
- Winner : 2023, final game voted best player
- Finalist: 2022 final game voted best player, 2021
- EHF Champions League
- 2022, play-offs, 2023 quarter-finals, 2024 semi-finals
Awards and recognition
- MVP of the Youth European Open Championship: 2016
- Eredivisie Talent of the Year: 2017
- Eredivisie Player of the Year: 2018
- Best right back Danish Kvindeligaen 2021/22, 2022/23
- Best young player nomination in the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League
- Nomination EHF Excellence Awards 2022/23
- Most assists in Danish Kvindeligean 2023/2024 167x, 2022/2023 137x, 2nd place 2021/2022 171 x
References
External links
- Dione Housheer at the European Handball Federation
- Dione Housheer at Olympics.com
- Dione Housheer at Olympedia
- Dione Housheer at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
