Background
She is the daughter of former Feyenoord and ADO Den Haag player Harry Melis.
She is the daughter of former Feyenoord and ADO Den Haag player Harry Melis.
Melis has spent most of her career playing in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Club
= Damallsvenskan, 2010–2015 Melis was the Damallsvenskan top-scorer in 2010 and 2011, playing for LdB Malmö. In November 2011 she announced she was moving from Malmö to Sky Blue Football Club in the American Women"s Professional Soccer (WPS) league.
In her last match she helped LdB secure a spot in Champions League quarterfinals with a goal.
Before Melis could play for Sky Blue the WPS suspended operations, so she returned to Sweden to sign for Linköpings Football Club. Two seasons with Linköpings both yielded 16 goals in 21 Damallsvenskan appearances. Melis agreed a return to Malmö in December 2012.
= Seattle Reign, 2016–present After two seasons at Kopparbergs/Göteborg Football Club, Melis signed with Seattle Reign in the National Women"s Soccer League for the 2016 season. Of her signing, Reign Football Club head coach Laura Harvey said, “Manon is a fantastic talent who will bring something new to our attack next season.
We’re thrilled to have a player with her experience and consistent record of success at the highest levels of club and international football join our club next season.”
International
She represented the Netherlands in the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualifying rounds and the Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2009 finals.
In August 2010 Melis scored twice against Belarus, her 29th and 30th international goals, which made her the national team"s all-time top goalscorer. In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Melis in the Netherlands squad for Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2013 in Sweden. = International goals Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.