Karin Stevens


Karin Christiaan Ida Catharina Stevens and known since 2015 as Stevie Malagrida, is a Dutch football striker, who plays for DVC Eva's Tienen in the women's Belgian First Division. She has also played for the Dutch national team.

Club career

Her career started at amateur clubs Leonidas Wolder and later SC Jekerdal where she played amongst the boys teams. She began as an offensive midfielder able to play in any position in the front. When the Dutch women's professional league was established in 2007, she signed to play for FC Twente, however she was prevented from playing for the club due to regulations restricting the number of national team players per club, in order to play she moved to Willem II.
In her first season at Willem II, she scored 20 goals in 22 matches and was the club and league top scorer. In her second season she managed 10 goals in 12 matches as a shoulder injury sidelined her for five months of the season. She received offers to play for clubs abroad, Brøndby IF and LdB FC Malmö showed interest, but planning for a career after football she decided to decline the offers from abroad. The shoulder injury required a second operation and she missed almost the entire 2009–10, playing just 2 matches and scoring 1 goal.
She was making her comeback during the 2010–11 season and played 4 matches scoring 1 goal, when on 4 January 2011, she joined Lierse in the Belgian First Division. At the end of the season, on 4 August 2011, she decided to retire from football.
In May 2015, she agreed a contract with Ladies Genk and in August 2015 she made a comeback under a new name. She played 9 matches of the 2015–16 Belgian Super League season for Ladies Genk.
She moved from Genk to DVC Eva's Tienen ahead of the 2016–17 Super League season. She played 3 matches for Tienen that season.

International career

She made her debut for the Netherlands women's national football team under coach Vera Pauw on 31 August 2006, in a 4–0 World Cup qualifying defeat to England.
She played an important part in qualifying the Netherlands to the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 for the first time by scoring three of the Dutch four goals in the two legs 2009 Euro qualifying play-offs against Spain. She was selected for the Dutch team which reached the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, playing all of the Netherlands five matches in the tournament and scoring the second goal of the country debut match in major tournaments, against Ukraine. The semifinal match England was her 35th and last match for the national team, she scored 16 goals.

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 September 2006Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands1–04–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.24 September 2006Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands2–04–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.24 September 2006Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands4–04–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4.22 November 2006Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands1–05–0Friendly
5.6 March 2008Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca, Cyprus1–11–32008 Cyprus Cup
6.8 March 2008Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus1–01–02008 Cyprus Cup
7.7 May 2008Univé Stadion, Emmen, Netherlands1–01–1Friendly
8.10 August 2008Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa2–12–1Friendly
9.27 September 2008Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands3–03–02009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
10.25 October 2008Pabellón de la Ciudad del Fútbol, Madrid, Spain1–02–02009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
11.30 October 2008Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands1–02–02009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
12.30 October 2008Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands2–02–02009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
13.14 December 2008Stade Paul Cosyns, Compiègne, France1–02–0Friendly
14.11 July 2009Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands1–05–0Four Nations Cup
15.15 July 2009Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands1–12–4Four Nations Cup
16.23 August 2009Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland2–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009