h teams Linköping and Göteborg.

She was the Damallsvenskan top scorer three times, in 2008,

2010, and 2011. In 2016, she moved to the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the US,
playing for Seattle Reign for one season, before retiring from professional football.

At age 17, Melis made her debut for the Netherlands national team in 2004. Her scoring helped
the Dutch qualify for their first major tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, where they
reached the semi-finals. In the tournament, she scored a crucial goal in the final group game
against Denmark to send her team into the knockout stage. At Euro 2013 in Sweden and the 2015
FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, she played all seven combined matches for her country
but did not score. When she retired from playing international football in 2016, she had earned
136 caps and scored 59 goals. She was the all-time top goal scorer for the Netherlands national
team from 2010 to 2019.

Melis has been the manager of women's football development at Feyenoord since 2017 and aims
to create a first team that competes in the Dutch Eredivisie and is supported by youth and reserve
teams. She confirmed in March 2021 that Feyenoord Women would fiel

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