“My person for life.” This is how Daniëlle van de Donk, Olympique Lyonnais player, captioned a photo where she appears ring on her finger, with her teammate and now fiancée Ellie Carpenter. Van de Donk, Dutch midfielder, shared the news on Instagram to mark the new year, this Monday January 1, 2024.
Carpenter, 23, has been playing for OL since June 2020. Van de Donk, 32, joined the Rhone club a year after her. Holders under the orders of Sonia Bompastor, they notably won the Champions League in 2022. “Congratulations,” commented the OL women’s account on Instagram. Several of their teammates, including the French Wendie Renard and Eugénie Le Sommer but also Ada Hegerberg, also congratulated them.