Nikita van der Vliet

Nikita van der Vliet
Personal information
Born (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000
Zaandam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Odense Håndbold
Number 44
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2009
 HV Zaanstreek
2009–2020
 VOC Amsterdam
2020–2023
 NFH
2023–
 Odense Håndbold
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
 Netherlands 72 (131)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 December 2025

Nikita van der Vliet (born 14 March 2000) is a Dutch handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team.[1] In September 2018, she was included by the European Handball Federation in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.[2]

National team

She debuted for the Dutch national team on the 28th of September 2018 in a match against Japan.

She represented the Netherlands at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.[3][4] Two years later she played at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.[5] At the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship he finished 5th with the Dutch team.[6] She also represented Netherlands at the 2024 Olympics.[7]

Club Career

Nikita van der Vliet started her career for VOC Amsterdam, where she played until 2020. Here she won the Dutch Women's Handball Championship in 2017, 2018 and 2019. In 2020 she joined Danish side Nykøbing-Falster.[8] In the 2022-23 European League she reached the final with the club, where they lost to Danish rivals Ikast Håndbold.

In 2023 she joined Odense Håndbold.[9] In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.[10] Later the same year she reached the final of the EHF Champions League where Odense lost the final to Hungarian Győri ETO KC 30-27.[11] 11 days later she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.[12]

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "20 rising stars to watch for the future". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mayonnade maakt definitieve EK-selectie bekend". handbal (in Dutch). 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 European Women's Handball Championship Roster Netherlands" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "EHF 2022 Match NED-ROU". EHF. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Netherlands" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics Netherlands - 2024 Olympics" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Hollandsk landsholdsstreg ophæver kontrakt med NFH" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Handbalster Nikita van der Vliet moest traan laten na bekendmaken transfer naar Odense" (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Morten Mølby (5 April 2025). "Odense napper rub og stub og vinder grundspillet med lutter sejre" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "LIVE BLOG: Györ keep the trophy for another year after beating Odense". European Handball Federation. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Odense vinder DM-guld efter vanvittig afgørelse". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "The Poland 2018 All-star Team". ihf.info. 19 August 2018.
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