Two players from the Lyon women’s team, Australian defender Ellie Carpenter and Dutch midfielder Danielle van de Donk, announced their engagement on New Year’s Eve. The two women posted a photo on Instagram on Monday, the showing on a beach, the 32-year-old Dutch woman wearing a ring on her finger. “My partner for life,” she added.
The two internationals met at OL femmes, a multiple European club champion and French champion. Carpenter, 23, arrived in Lyon in the summer of 2020 from the Portland Thorns (United States) while van de Donk was recruited a year later, in June 2021 after playing for Arsenal (England).
Together, they have won two French championships (2022, 2023), a French Cup (2023) and a Champions League (2022). THE OL club congratulated them, as well as several of their teammates such as Wendie Renard, Ada Hegerberg, Eugénie Le Sommer, as well as the Australian Samantha Kerr, who plays for Chelsea and other international players.