Teun Koopmeiners is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta and the Netherlands national team.
Having represented the Netherlands at various youth levels, Koopmeiners was called up to the senior team's preliminary UEFA Nations League squad in August 2020. He was later part of their squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
On 19 August 2020, Koopmeiners was called up to the senior Netherlands national team by caretaker manager Dwight Lodeweges in the preliminary squad for the UEFA Nations League fixtures against Poland and Italy. In October, he made his debut in a friendly match against Mexico. He made his competitive debut in a World Cup Qualification match against Turkey, contributing with an assist in a 6-1 victory. He scored his first senior goal for the Oranje in a UEFA Nations League match against Wales. In the 2022 World Cup quarter-final against Argentina, known as the Battle of Lusail, Koopmeiners assisted former AZ teammate Wout Weghorst with a clever free-kick routine in the 11th minute of stoppage time to send the fixture to extra time. He then scored his penalty in the subsequent shoot-out but could not stop the Netherlands from being eliminated 4-3. |
