Tessa van Zijl

Tessa van Zijl

Player information
birthday	April 5, 1996
place of birth	's-Gravenhage , Netherlands
citizenship	Dutch
height	1.72 m
Playing position	Back right
Throwing hand	Left
Club information
society	HSG Blomberg-Lippe
Jersey number	8th
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000–2014	Verburch
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2014-2017	HV Quintus
2017–	HSG Blomberg-Lippe
As of April 13, 2019

Tessa van Zijl (born April 5, 1996 in 's-Gravenhage ) is a Dutch handball player who is under contract with the German first division club HSG Blomberg-Lippe .

Life

Tessa van Zijl was trained at the Dutch HandbalAcademie from 2013 to 2017. She played for Verburch until 2014 and then moved to the Dutch first division handbalvereniging Quintus for three years . In April 2017, the HSG was able to sign Blomberg-Lippe van Zijl for an initial two years. In December 2018, her contract was prematurely extended for a further three seasons until 2022. For the 2020/21 season she will move to Borussia Dortmund .

Tessa van Zijl was part of the Dutch U18 team in Macedonia in 2014 and part of the U20 team in Russia in 2016.

Web links

• Tessa van Zijl in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Profile on hbf-info.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Lotman: Tessa van Zijl: “Ooit een buitenlandse club is my droom”. In: handbalstartpunt.nl. September 17, 2015, accessed April 13, 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ^ Peter Lotman: Op de vrouw af: Tessa Van Zijl. In: handbalstartpunt.nl. March 24, 2016, accessed April 13, 2019 (Dutch). 
3. ↑ Oliver König: The new season is ready: HSG signs Tessa van Zijl. In: lz.de. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Tessa van Zijl gives HSG fans an early Christmas present. December 19, 2018, accessed April 13, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Two more Dutch women for Borussia Dortmund. In: hbf-info.de. February 6, 2020, accessed February 6, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Tessa Van Zijl. In: Scoresway.nl. Retrieved April 13, 2019 .