Dione Housheer

Dione Housheer
Personal information
Born (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999
Gendringen, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Győri ETO KC
Number 48
Youth career
Years Team
2004–2012
 UGHV
2012–2015
 AAC 1899
Senior clubs
Years Team
2015–2016
 HV Fortissimo
2016–2018
 VOC Amsterdam
2018–2021
 Nykøbing Falster
2021–2024
 Odense Håndbold
2024–
 Győri ETO KC
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–
 Netherlands 128 (456)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2019 Japan
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2018 France
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 9 April 2026

Dione Housheer (born 26 September 1999) is a Dutch female handballer for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team.[1][2]

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.[3][4][5][6] With Nykøbing Falster she won the Danish cup; the first of its kind for the club.[7]

When her contract ran out she signed for league Rivals Odense Håndbold.[6] 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.[8]

In 2024 she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC from Odense together with fellow Dutch international Bo van Wetering.[9] She won the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League and the Hungarian Championship in her first season with the team, and became a leader and top scorer of Győr with 226 goals (all competitions combined).[10] Her original contract was for 3 years, ending in 2027, but in 2025 (after one season) she and the club came to an agreement regarding the prolongation of said contract, therefore she signed for 3 more years, extending until 2030.[11]

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.[2]

She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship,[12][13] 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.[14]

A year later at the 2020 European Championship she fisnished 6th with the Dutch team.[15]

At the 2020 Olympics she also represented the Netherlands, where the Dutch team finished 5th.[16]

At the 2023 World Championship she finished 5th with the Dutch team, scoring 31 goals.[17]

At the 2025 World Championship, which was co-hosted by the Netherlands, she finished 4th with the Dutch team, scored 44 goals and made 41 assists, and was named the All-Star right back of the competition. [18][19]

Achievements

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "2018 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ↑ gld.nl: Dione Housheer uit Ulft landskampioen met VOC Amsterdam, retrieved 13 December 2023
  4. ↑ parool.nl: Handbalsters VOC uit Noord pakken weer de landstitel, retrieved 4 July 2021
  5. ↑ nhnieuws.nl: Handbalsters VOC verslaan Quintus in bekerfinale, retrieved 4 July 2021
  6. 1 2 "Odense Håndbold skriver kontrakt med hollandsk verdensmester" [Odense signs contract with Dutch world champion] (in Danish). TV2 Fyn. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Nykøbing F. Håndbold vinder kvindernes pokalfinale" [Nykøbing F. Håndbold wins women's cup final] (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  8. ↑ tophaandbold.dk, „Årets Hold Bambusa Kvindeligaen“, 31. March 2022, retrieved 3. April 2022
  9. ↑ "Györ holt niederländisches Duo aus Dänemark" (in German). handball-world.news. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  10. ↑ Szendrei, Zoltán (31 May 2025). "Már első győri idényében vezérré vált – interjú Dione Housheerrel a budapesti négyes döntő előtt" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  11. ↑ ""Hatalmas élmény ez a közös utazás" – Dione Housheer 2030-ig zöld-fehérben!" (in Hungarian). gyorietokc.hu. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Mayonnade maakt definitieve WK-selectie bekend". handbal.nl (in Dutch). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  13. ↑ 2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Holland er verdensmester for første gang" [Netherlands are world champions for the first time ever] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  15. ↑ "2020 Women's EHF EURO: Russia vs. Netherlands". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Match Team Statistics: Netherlands vs. Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Netherlands" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "IHF | Top Scorers Assists Statistics".
  19. ↑ "IHF | News".
  20. ↑ "2025 IHF Women's World Championship: All-Star team". ihf.info. IHF. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "EHF Excellence Awards 2025: Women's Team of the Season revealed". EHF. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
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