Stefany Ferrer Van Ginkel | |
Fullname: | Stefany Ferrer Van Ginkel[1] [2] |
Birth Date: | 1998 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Campo Grande, Brazil |
Height: | 1.63m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Sant Boi |
Collegeyears1: | 2017–2021 |
College1: | West Virginia Mountaineers |
Collegecaps1: | 66 |
Collegegoals1: | 13 |
Years1: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs1: | Igualada |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs2: | Atlètic Vilafranca |
Years3: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs3: | Espanyol B |
Years4: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs4: | UANL |
Caps4: | 10 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2022 |
Clubs5: | Angel City |
Caps5: | 2 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Stefany Ferrer Van Ginkel (born 17 October 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Born in Campo Grande, Brazil, Ferrer Van Ginkel was one of three sisters and was placed in an orphanage at the age of three; all three sisters were eventually adopted by a Spanish family and moved to a village outside Barcelona, Spain.[3]
Ferrer Van Ginkel played youth soccer for C.F.S. Sant Boi, CF Igualada, and Fundació Esportiva Vilafranca.[4] After her college career in the United States, Ferrer Van Ginkel appeared in Ultimate Goal, a British reality competition series on BT Sport.[5]
Ferrer Van Ginkel played American collegiate soccer for the West Virginia Mountaineers.[6]
Ferrer Van Ginkel helped RCD Espanyol gain promotion.[3]
Ferrer Van Ginkel signed for Mexican club Tigres UANL in June 2021; she was the club's first foreign player.[3]
In January 2022, Ferrer Van Ginkel transferred to American club Angel City FC.[7] On November 14, 2022, Angel City announced that Ferrer Van Ginkel's contract had not been renewed.[8] She made her league debut against Portland Thorns on 4 June 2022.[9]
In November 2023, Ferrer Van Ginkel, while driving in a car in Beverly Hills, was giving the Nazi salute as pro-Israel demonstrators shout “Shame on you!”. It was unclear what occurred before the recording started.[10] The pair apologized on a social media video, later her social media account was deactivated.[11]