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Van de Ven named in Netherlands World Cup squad

Micky van de Ven is heading to the 2026 World Cup after the Netherlands announced their squad on Wednesday afternoon.

This will be the 25-year-old's first taste of the major international tournament having being named in Ronald Koeman's 26-player squad going to the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer.

The centre-back made his national team debut against France in October, 2023 and has earned all 19 of his caps as a Spurs player, scoring his first international goal in an 8-0 win over Malta during qualifying in June, 2025.

Micky - who made 45 appearances in all competitions, won our OSC Goal of the Season and played the most minutes for us in 2025/26 - is heading to his second successive major event having featured for his nation on their run to the semi-finals at the 2024 European Championships.

The Netherlands have been drawn in Group F alongside Lucas Bergvall's Sweden, Japan and Tunisia. Their opener is against Japan in the AT&T Stadium, Texas, USA on Sunday 14 June at 9pm (UK).

Prior to that, they face warm-up friendlies against Algeria in Rotterdam, Holland on 3 June before travelling to North America to face Uzbekistan in New York City five days later.

Congratulations, Micky!

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