- News release
Beautiful milestone for Matla: 200 goals in the Tulp Hoofdklasse
Sun 23 Nov 14:45
Women 9 - 2
Den Bosch D1
Tilburg D1
Frédérique Matla reached a fine milestone in her hockey career on Sunday. The Den Bosch striker scored her 200th (and 201st) goal in the Tulp Hoofdklasse in the home game with Tilburg (9-2).
Matla signed for her jubilee goal in the 21st minute of the match - at a 3-1 interval. On a pass from Lieve Wijckmans, she blasted the ball with her backhand past Tilburg goalkeeper Ingeborg Dijkstra. Number 201 followed two minutes later, this time after an assist from Joosje Burg.
Matla is the third player in the history of Den Bosch to pass the 200-goal mark in the Hoofdklasse. In the past, only Maartje Paumen (358 goals on behalf of the Bosch players) and Mijntje Donners (263) managed to do so. Looking beyond the Bossche club history, the 28-year-old goalgetter is the eighth player in Hoofdklasse history with at least 200 goals to her name.
Top scorers of all time in the Hoofdklasse Women
- 368 goals - Maartje Paumen (Oranje Zwart, Den Bosch)
- 320 goals - Kim Lammers (Laren)
- 265 goals - Lisanne Lejeune (HGC)
- 263 goals - Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch)
- 232 goals - Helen Lejeune-Van der Ben (Amsterdam)
- 207 goals - Ageeth Boomgaardt (MOP, Den Bosch)
- 204 goals - Caia van Maasakker (SCHC)
- 201 goals - Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch)
With her two goals on Sunday, Matla already stands at 10 this season. It is the ninth year in a row she has hit double figures. Her most prolific vintage remains 2021-2022, when she scored 35 times in the yellow-black.
On her own pitch at Oosterplas, Matla scored 97 of her 201 goals. Her total includes 87 field goals, 92 hit penalty corners and 22 utilised penalty strokes. 163 of her goals came from the forehand, 38 from the backhand.
Pinoké is her favourite victim with 30 goals against. She also scored her very first Hoofdklasse goal against that club, as a 16-year-old in the 5-1 home win on 10 March 2013.
Matla's 201 goals per opponent
- 30 goals - Pinoké
- 21 goals - Bloemendaal
- 20 goals - HGC
- 20 goals - HDM
- 18 goals - Kampong
- 15 goals - Oranje-Rood, Hurley
- 13 goals - SCHC
- 12 goals - Hurley, Tilburg
- 6 goals - Huizen
- 5 goals - Groningen, Laren
- 4 goals - Klein Zwitserland
- 3 goals - Amsterdam
- 1 goal - Push, Rotterdam
