Nikki de Roest (Heerjansdam, 4 April 1993) is a Dutch educator and a former association football player, who played professionally in 2012–2013 season for PSV/FC Eindhoven. She played internationally for the Netherlands in young soccer selections. De Roest plays as a midfielder.[1] At present she plays futsal.
De Roest played initially played on boys teams of VV Heerjansdam and from 2010 at ASWH.[2] From 2011 she started playing on women's teams, initially one year at the Ridderkerk-side RVVH in the Hoofdklasse.
In 2009 De Roest played in Netherlands U–16, gaining 3 caps in total. In 2009-2010 she continued her international career in Netherlands U–17, where she had 8 caps.
In 2012 De Roest transferred to the newly established women's team PSV/FC Eindhoven, playing in the BeNe League.[3][4] On 24 Augustus 2012 she played her first game (from the 85th minute) for PSV/FC Eindhoven playing in The Hague against ADO Den Haag.[3] This was also the team's first game.[3]
In February 2013 De Roest and her team lost in the eighth finals of the National Cup, against SC Buitenveldert.[5] De Roest had played 69 minutes in this game.[5]
De Roest returned to RVVH Ridderkerk in the summer of 2013 due to the lack of the playing time at PSV/FC Eindhoven.[6]
In April 2015, she scored the finishing touch in a 4–0 victory against CVV Zwervers.[7] On 25 October she headed a decisive goal in against VIOD Driesum, bringing her team to lead the Hoofdklasse.[8] In June 2016 De Roest played very strong but did not score, when RVVH beat FC Eindhoven 4–3.[9]
In December 2016 De Roest scored RVVH's sole victory goal (1–0) in the 8th finals of the Dutch National Cup, once more against VIOD Driesum.[10][11] In May 2017 she missed out on a chance to score against SSS Klaaswaal.[12] In June 2018, De Roest scored three out of six goals in the decisive game against RCL, bringing RVVH back to the Topklasse.[13] In September 2018, after starting the new season at RVVH, Nikki decided to immediately end her field football player career.[2]
Since 2018, De Roest plays in the first tier futsal league Topdivisie, including the playoffs, for TPP Rotterdam (the women's team was VV Pernis the season before).[14][15] Her team won the national championship in 2019, then became Feyenoord Futsal.
Middenveldster Nikki de Roest verlaat PSV/FC Eindhoven na één seizoen om weer te gaan voetballen bij haar oude club RVVH. In Eindhoven kon de 20-jarige De Roest niet rekenen op speeltijd.