Tessa Wullaert

Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Anderlecht and the Belgian national team.

Tessa Wullaert
Wullaert in 2019
Personal information
Full name Tessa Wullaert
Date of birth (1993-03-19) 19 March 1993
Place of birth Tielt, Belgium
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Anderlecht
Number 27
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Zulte Waregem
2012–2013 Anderlecht 15 (6)
2013–2015 Standard Liège 51 (34)
2015–2018 VfL Wolfsburg 37 (7)
2018–2020 Manchester City 31 (6)
2020– Anderlecht 3 (9)
National team‡
2008 Belgium U15 2 (1)
2008–2010 Belgium U17 17 (3)
2008–2011 Belgium U19 14 (8)
2011– Belgium 94 (50)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Club career

Belgium

Wullaert's first team was SV Zulte Waregem in the Belgian First Division, where she played from 2008 to 2012.[1] For the 2012–13 season, when a new joint league between Belgium and the Netherlands called BeNe League was created, she moved to RSC Anderlecht, with which she won the Belgian Cup. She left after one year at the club and signed for Standard Liège, scoring 16 league goals during the 2013–14 season and winning the Belgian Cup again. On her second season (2014–15) playing for Standard, she won the BeNe League top scorer award with 18 goals helping the club to win the title.[2]

Wolfsburg

In May 2015, Wullaert moved to VfL Wolfsburg.[3] She spent three seasons with the club, winning two Bundesliga and three DFB-Pokal titles. She also appeared in two Champions League finals, both as a substitute.

Manchester City

In June 2018, Wullaert signed for English FA WSL club Manchester City.[4] In her first season with the club, Wullaert won the FA Cup and League Cup double, finishing runner-up in the league. Following two seasons with the club, Wullaert announced she had declined a new contract and would be leaving.[5][6]

International career

Wullaert represented Belgium at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship[7] and in the same year made her debut for the senior national team.[8][9] After only a few years, she achieved the record for highest number of international goals by a Belgian female football player, she caught up with team captain Aline Zeler in November 2015 and overtook her in March 2016.

Career statistics

International goals
As of match played 18 September 2020. Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Wullaert goal.[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 August 2011 Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium  Russia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 17 September 2011 Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium  Hungary 1–0 2–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
3 15 February 2012 Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium  Northern Ireland 2–1 2–2
4 4 April 2012 Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium  Iceland 1–0 1–0
5 9 June 2012 Henri Houtsaegerstadion, Koksijde, Belgium  North Korea 2–2 2–2 Friendly
6 15 September 2012 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway 1–2 2–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
7 9 February 2013 Stade Arc-en-ciel, Waregem, Belgium  Netherlands 1–0 2–3 Friendly
8 13 February 2013 PGB-Stadion, Oostakker, Belgium  Austria 1–0 2–0
9 2 June 2013 Stade Edmond-Leburton, Tubize, Belgium  Ukraine 3–0 3–0
10 26 October 2013 Levadia Stadium, Livadeia  Greece 4–1 7–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11 7–1
12 31 October 2013 Bosuilstadion, Antwerpen, Belgium  Portugal 2–1 4–1
13 4–1
14 5 April 2014 Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, Albania  Albania 2–0 6–0
15 13 September 2014 Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium  Greece 4–0 11–0
16 6–0
17 8–0
18 11–0
19 17 September 2014 Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal  Portugal 1–0 1–0
20 22 November 2014 Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec, Poland  Poland 1–0 4–0 Friendly
21 11 February 2015 Estadio José Antonio Pérez, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain  Spain 1–0 1–2
22 3 March 2015 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus  Czech Republic 2–2 2–2 2015 Cyprus Cup
23 23 May 2015 Stayen, Sint-Truiden, Belgium  Norway 3–2 3–2 Friendly
24 27 October 2015 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
25 4–0
26 9 March 2016 Complexo Desportivo de VRSA, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Russia 1–0 5–0 2016 Algarve Cup
27 12 April 2016 Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium  Estonia 3–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
28 5–0
29 3 March 2017 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus  Italy 1–1 4–1 Friendly
30 8 March 2017 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus  Austria 1–0 1–1
31 11 April 2017 Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium  Scotland 3–0 5–0
32 11 July 2017 Van Roystadion, Denderleeuw, Belgium  Russia 1–0 2–0
33 24 July 2017 Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–1 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017
34 19 September 2017 Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium  Moldova 2–0 12–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
35 3–0
36 5–0
37 20 October 2017 Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium  Romania 1–0 3–2
38 7 March 2018 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  South Africa 1–1 2–1 2018 Cyprus Cup
39 20 June 2018 Stade Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldavo  Moldova 6–0 7–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
40 24 May 2019 Municipal Pylos Stadium, Pylos, Greece  Greece 2–0 2–1 Friendly
41 1 June 2019 Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium  Thailand 2–0 6–1
42 8 November 2019 Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia  Croatia 1–0 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
43 18 September 2020 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Romania 1–0 6–1
44 3–0
45 4–0
46 22 September 2020 Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switserland   Switzerland 1–2 1–2
47 27 October 2020 Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 9–0
48 7–0
49 8–0
50 1 December 2020 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium   Switzerland 3–0 4–0

Honours

Club

RSC Anderlecht

Standard Liège

VfL Wolfsburg

Manchester City

Individual

References
  1. 2011–12 squad Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine in Zulte Waregem's website -> Info DZW -> Speelsters
  2. "Standard Liege are BeNe League champions" (in Dutch). BeNeLeague.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. "Tessa Wullaert switches Standard Liège for Wolfsburg" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. "Manchester City Women sign Tessa Wullaert from Wolfsburg". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  5. "Tessa Wullaert: Manchester City's Belgium forward to leave club". BBC Sport. 26 June 2020.
  6. Oatway, Caroline. "Tessa Wullaert to depart". www.mancity.com.
  7. Quick-fire goals beat Belgium and keep Italy perfect. UEFA
  8. Profile in UEFA's website
  9. Tessa Wullaert scores for the Red Devils against Northern Ireland. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
  10. "Tessa Wullaert". Belgian football.
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