Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Belgium national team.
 Wullaert with Manchester City in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Tielt, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Wakken | |||
| Engelmunster | |||
| Harelbeke | |||
| 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) |
| 2020–2022 | Anderlecht | 50 | (72) |
| 2022–2024 | Fortuna Sittard | 42 | (46) |
| 2024– | Inter Milan | 2 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Belgium U17 | 17 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Belgium U19 | 12 | (7) |
| 2011– | Belgium | 136 | (83) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:00, 24 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024 [1] | |||
Club career
editBelgium
editWullaert's first team was SV Zulte Waregem in the Belgian First Division, where she played from 2008 to 2012.[2] For the 2012–13 season, when the BeNe League, a new joint league between Belgium and the Netherlands, was created, she moved to RSC Anderlecht, with which she won the Belgian Cup. She left after one year and signed for Standard Liège, scoring 16 league goals during the 2013–14 season and winning the Belgian Cup again. In 2014–15, her second season playing for Standard, she won the BeNe League top scorer award with 18 goals, helping the club win the title.[3]
Wolfsburg
editIn May 2015, Wullaert moved to VfL Wolfsburg.[4] 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
editIn June 2018, Wullaert signed for English FA WSL club Manchester City.[5] 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.[6][7]
Anderlecht
editIn 2020, Wullaert moved back to Belgium to be closer to her family and boyfriend. She signed a contract with Anderlecht that made her the only fully professional female footballer in Belgium at the time.[citation needed] She scored more than 30 goals in each of her two seasons with Anderlecht, leading the Women's Super League in scoring and helping Anderlecht win two league titles and the Belgian Cup in 2022.
Fortuna Sittard
editAfter two years in her native Belgium, Wullaert agreed terms with newcomers to the Dutch Eredivisie Fortuna Sittard, situated just across the border from Belgium.[8] In March 2024, she scored a league record of 7 goals in an 8–0 win over Telstar.[9] With 26 goals, Wullaert became top scorer of the 2023–24 Eredivisie.[10] She also won the league's player of the year award.[11]
Inter Milan Women
editOn 7 June 2024, it was announced that Wullaert would join the Inter Milan women's team.[12]
International career
edit
Wullaert represented Belgium at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship[13] and in the same year made her debut for the senior national team.[14][15] 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 Oktober 2015 and overtook her in March 2016.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 6 October 2022[16]
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wullaert goal.
| G | C | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 20 August 2011 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Russia
|
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 2 | 17 September 2011 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Hungary
|
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 3 | 5 | 15 February 2012 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Northern Ireland
|
2–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 4 | 6 | 4 April 2012 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Iceland
|
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 5 | 8 | 9 June 2012 | Henri Houtsaegerstadion, Koksijde, Belgium |  North Korea
|
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 11 | 15 September 2012 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Norway
|
1–2 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 7 | 13 | 9 February 2013 | Regenboogstadion, Waregem, Belgium |  Netherlands
|
1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 8 | 14 | 13 February 2013 | PGB-Stadion, Oostakker, Belgium |  Austria
|
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 15 | 2 June 2013 | Stade Leburton, Tubize, Belgium |  Ukraine
|
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 19 | 26 October 2013 | Levadia Stadium, Livadeia |  Greece
|
4–1 | 7–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 11 | 7–1 | ||||||
| 12 | 20 | 31 October 2013 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium |  Portugal
|
2–1 | 4–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 13 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 14 | 23 | 5 April 2014 | Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, Albania |  Albania
|
2–0 | 6–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 26 | 13 September 2014 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Greece
|
4–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 17 | 8–0 | ||||||
| 18 | 11–0 | ||||||
| 19 | 27 | 17 September 2014 | Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal | Portugal
|
1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 20 | 28 | 22 November 2014 | Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec, Poland |  Poland
|
1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 21 | 29 | 11 February 2015 | Estadio José Antonio Pérez, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain |  Spain
|
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 22 | 30 | 3 March 2015 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus |  Czech Republic
|
2–2 | 2–2 | 2015 Cyprus Cup |
| 23 | 34 | 23 May 2015 | Stayen, Sint-Truiden, Belgium | Norway
|
3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 24 | 37 | 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 | 42 | 9 March 2016 | Complexo Desportivo de VRSA, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | Russia
|
1–0 | 5–0 | 2016 Algarve Cup |
| 27 | 44 | 12 April 2016 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Estonia
|
3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 28 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 29 | 52 | 3 March 2017 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Italy
|
1–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 30 | 54 | 8 March 2017 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus | Austria
|
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 31 | 56 | 11 April 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Scotland
|
3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 32 | 60 | 11 July 2017 | Van Roystadion, Denderleeuw, Belgium | Russia
|
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 33 | 63 | 24 July 2017 | Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands | Netherlands
|
1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
| 34 | 64 | 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 | 65 | 20 October 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Romania
|
1–0 | 3–2 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 38 | 69 | 7 March 2018 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  South Africa
|
1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Cyprus Cup |
| 39 | 72 | 20 June 2018 | Stade Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldavo | Moldova
|
6–0 | 7–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 40 | 81 | 24 May 2019 | Municipal Pylos Stadium, Pylos, Greece | Greece
|
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 41 | 82 | 1 June 2019 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Thailand
|
2–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 42 | 86 | 8 November 2019 | Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia |  Croatia
|
1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 43 | 91 | 18 September 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Romania
|
1–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 44 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 45 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 46 | 92 | 22 September 2020 | Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland |  Switzerland
|
1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 47 | 93 | 27 October 2020 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania |  Lithuania
|
1–0 | 9–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 48 | 7–0 | ||||||
| 49 | 8–0 | ||||||
| 50 | 94 | 1 December 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Switzerland
|
3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 51 | 100 | 21 September 2021 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Albania
|
6–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 52 | 101 | 21 October 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium |  Kosovo
|
3–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 53 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 54 | 7–0 | ||||||
| 55 | 103 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium |  Armenia
|
2–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 56 | 10–0 | ||||||
| 57 | 12–0 | ||||||
| 58 | 17–0 | ||||||
| 59 | 18–0 | ||||||
| 60 | 105 | 7 April 2022 | Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania | Albania
|
2–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 61 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 62 | 106 | 12 April 2022 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo
|
2–0 | 6–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 63 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 64 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 65 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 66 | 108 | 23 June 2022 | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium | Northern Ireland
|
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 67 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 68 | 115 | 6 September 2022 | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia
|
4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 69 | 116 | 6 October 2022 | Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Portugal | Portugal
|
1–1 | 2–1 | 2023 FIFA WC Qualy play-offs |
| 70 | 117 | 13 November 2022 | Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Slovakia
|
3–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 71 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 72 | 118 | 16 February 2023 | Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England | Italy
|
2–1 | 2–1 | 2023 Arnold Clark Cup |
| 73 | 119 | 19 February 2023 | Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England |  South Korea
|
1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 74 | 121 | 11 April 2023 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium |  Slovenia
|
1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 75 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 76 | 125 | 31 October 2023 |  England
|
2–2 | 3–2 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League | |
| 77 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 78 | 128 | 23 February 2024 | Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary | Hungary
|
2–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 79 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 80 | 129 | 27 February 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Hungary
|
1–1 | 5–1 | |
| 81 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 82 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 83 | 132 | 31 May 2024 | Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic | Czech Republic
|
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 84 | 137 | 29 October 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Greece
|
2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 85 | 3–0 |
Honours
editZulte Waregem
- Belgian Women's Second Division: 2008–09
Anderlecht
- Belgian Women's Super League: 2021, 2022
- Belgian Women's Cup: 2013, 2022
Standard Liège
VfL Wolfsburg
- DFB-Pokal: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18
- UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2015–16, 2017–18
Manchester City
Individual
- BeNe League topscorer: 2014–15
- BeNe League player of the season: 2014–15[17]
- The Sparkle: 2015[18]
- Belgian Golden Shoe: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023[19]
- Super League topscorer: 2020–21, 2021–22
- Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 2021–22[20]
- Record of most goals in 1 Eredivisie-game (7): 2024[21]
- Eredivisie top scorer: 2023–24[11]
- Eredivisie player of the year: 2023–24[11]
- Honorary Citizen of Harelbeke, Belgium: 2024[22]
References
edit- ^ "Al onze Red Flames" [All our Red Flames]. RBFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ 2011–12 squad Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine in Zulte Waregem's website -> Info DZW -> Speelsters
- ^ "Standard Liege are BeNe League champions" (in Dutch). BeNeLeague.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Tessa Wullaert switches Standard Liège for Wolfsburg" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Manchester City Women sign Tessa Wullaert from Wolfsburg". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Tessa Wullaert: Manchester City's Belgium forward to leave club". BBC Sport. 26 June 2020.
- ^ Oatway, Caroline. "Tessa Wullaert to depart". www.mancity.com.
- ^ "Wow! Wullaert tekent contract in Nederland: "Mooi project" (Foto)".
- ^ "Weergaloze Wullaert scoort 7 goals in monsterzege Fortuna Sittard en vestigt Eredivisie-record" (in Dutch). Sporza. 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Red Flame Tessa Wullaert maakt toptransfer naar Inter". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 7 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Big winners of the Eredivisie Awards: Luuk de Jong, Tessa Wullaert, Johan Bakayoko, and Lily Yohannes". Eredivisie. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Toptransfer voor Tessa Wullaert: Gouden Schoen tekent tot 2026 bij Inter". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 7 June 2024.
- ^ Quick-fire goals beat Belgium and keep Italy perfect. UEFA
- ^ Profile in UEFA's website
- ^ Tessa Wullaert scores for the Red Devils against Northern Ireland. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
- ^ "Royal Belgian FA".
- ^ "Standard-spits Tessa Wullaert valt in de prijzen". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Eerste Sparkle is voor Tessa Wullaert!". vrouwenvoetbal.be (in Dutch). 2015.
- ^ "Toby Alderweireld zet kroon op Antwerpse feestavond met Gouden Schoen, Tessa Wullaert wint vierde bij de vrouwen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Deniz Undav is Profvoetballer & Tessa Wullaert Profvoetbalster van het Jaar". SPORZA. 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Voetbalster Wullaert vestigt Eredivisie-record: zeven goals in één wedstrijd". hartvannederland.nl (in Dutch). 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Voetbalster Tessa Wullaert gehuldigd als ereburger van Harelbeke". VRT (in Dutch). 22 June 2024.
External links
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- Tessa Wullaert – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Tessa Wullaert at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Player German domestic football stats (in German) at DFB
- Tessa Wullaert at Soccerway