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Janou Levels

Janou Levels

Dutch footballer (born 2000)

Janou Levels (born 30 October 2000) is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Levels has captained the Netherlands women's national under-23 football team, and she has been capped for the Netherlands national team twice. She previously played for Dutch teams CTO [nl] and PSV.

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Club career

Levels started playing football at the age of five for SHH Herten.[2] At the age of 14, she moved to CTO [nl] in Eindhoven.[2]

At the age of 17, Levels signed for PSV ahead of the 2018–19 Eredivisie season.[3][4] She was a part of the PSV team that lost the 2020 Eredivisie Cup Final to FC Twente.[5] In April 2020, she signed a new contract with PSV.[6] In the 2020–21 KNVB Women's Cup Final against ADO Den Haag, Levels conceded a peculiar penalty for handball. The ball touched her hand in the 18-yard box, when she raised it to appeal for supposed handball by her opponent.[7][8] Nevertheless, PSV won the match 1–0, and earned their first major honour.[9] In April 2021, she signed a new three-year contract with the club.[10] In total, she made 117 appearances for PSV in five seasons with the club. In June 2023, Levels was transferred to Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[11]

International career

In October 2021, Levels was named to the Netherlands women's national football team for the first time.[12] The next month, she made her senior debut in a match against Japan.[13] She was in the Dutch squad for three matches in February 2022.[14]

Personal life

Levels grew up in Herten, Netherlands.[15] She is the daughter of Jo Levels, who played for VVV-Venlo.[10]

References

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    "5 Janou Levels". bayer04.de. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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    "Janou Levels tekent 2-jarig profcontract bij PSV" (in Dutch). SSH Herten. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "VROUWENTEAM LEGT PATTIWAEL, LEVELS EN VAN SCHOONHOVEN VAST" (in Dutch). PSV. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "Toekomst van Oranjevrouwen: de 20 grootste talenten van Nederland". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "Limburgse doelpunten in eerste editie Eredivisie Cup". 1 Limburg (in Dutch). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "Drie speelsters verlengen contract bij PSV". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "Bizar: PSV'er appelleert voor hands en krijgt zélf een penalty tegen". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "Opmerkelijk penaltymoment houdt PSV vrouwen niet van de beker af". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "PSV verovert eerste prijs in clubhistorie bij de vrouwen". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 5 June 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  10. [10]
    "PSV-linksback Janou Levels: 'Het belangrijkste is dat wij aan het einde van de streep prijzen binnenhalen'". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 18 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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    "Bayer Leverkusen betaalt PSV transfersom voor overname Janou Levels". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Levels is Oranje Leeuwin: 'Nooit gedacht, wel gedroomd'". 1 Limburg (in Dutch). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Oranje Leeuwinnen spelen bij debuut Hertense Janou Levels bloedeloos gelijk tegen Japan". De Limburger (in Dutch). 29 November 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  14. [14]
    "Janou Levels alsnog opgeroepen voor Oranje Leeuwinnen". 1 Limburg (in Dutch). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  15. [15]
    "Janou Levels enorm gemotiveerd bij PSV: 'Ik wil die titel pakken en belangrijk zijn voor het team'". De Limburger (in Dutch). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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