Janou Levels
Dutch footballer (born 2000)
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Janou Levels (born 30 October 2000) is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a defender for Liga F club Real Madrid. Levels has captained the Netherlands women's national under-23 football team, and she has been capped for the Netherlands national team once. She previously played for Dutch teams CTO and PSV.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Janou Johanna Theodora Levels | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Roermond, Netherlands[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| c. 2014–2018 | CTO | ||
| 2018–2023 | PSV | 87 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | Bayer Leverkusen | 35 | (2) |
| 2025–2026 | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 | (3) |
| 2026– | Real Madrid | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Netherlands U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2019– | Netherlands U23 | 14 | (0) |
| 2021– | Netherlands | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Levels started playing football at the age of five for SHH Herten.[2] At the age of 14, she moved to CTO in Eindhoven.[2]
At the age of 17, Levels signed for PSV ahead of the 2018–19 Eredivisie season.[3][4] She was a part of the PSV team that lost the 2020 Eredivisie Cup Final to FC Twente.[5] In April 2020, she signed a new contract with PSV.[6] In the 2020–21 KNVB Women's Cup Final against ADO Den Haag, Levels conceded a peculiar penalty for handball. The ball touched her hand in the 18-yard box, when she raised it to appeal for supposed handball by her opponent.[7][8] Nevertheless, PSV won the match 1–0, and earned their first major honour.[9] In April 2021, she signed a new three-year contract with the club.[10] In total, she made 117 appearances for PSV in five seasons with the club. In June 2023, Levels was transferred to Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[11]
On 11 July 2026, it was announced that Levels had signed a four-year deal with Liga F club Real Madrid until June 2030.[12]
International career
In October 2021, Levels was named to the Netherlands women's national football team for the first time.[13] The next month, she made her senior debut in a match against Japan.[14] She was in the Dutch squad for three matches in February 2022.[15]
Personal life
Levels grew up in Herten, Netherlands.[16] She is the daughter of Jo Levels, who played for VVV-Venlo.[10]
