Julie Biesmans

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Julie Biesmans
Biesmans in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-04) 4 May 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Bilzen, Belgium
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Team information
Current team
OH Leuven
Number 30
Youth career
2008–2012 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Standard Liège 78 (16)
2017–2019 Bristol City 35 (1)
2019–2023
PSV
24 (2)
2023– OH Leuven
International career
2008–2009 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2009–2011 Belgium U17 18 (0)
2008–2013 Belgium U19 10 (1)
2011–2023 Belgium 104 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024

Julie Biesmans (born 4 May 1994) is a Belgian professional

footballer who plays as a midfielder for OH Leuven in the Belgian Women's Super League
.

Club career

Standard Liège, 2012–2017

Biesmans started her senior career playing for

campaign saw Biesman's team fail to get out of the qualifying round.

Bristol City, 2017–2019

In August 2017, Biesmans signed with

FA WSL side Bristol City.[13][14] In her first season in the club she made 16 regular season appearances, scoring once. Biesmans extended her Bristol City contract by one year in July 2018.[15] During her second season with the club she started in all 20 regular season games.[16] In May 2019 it was announced that Biesmans was leaving the club.[17]

PSV Eindhoven, 2019–2023

On 4 June 2019, it was announced that Biesmans had signed with

OH Leuven, 2023–

On 30 May 2023, Biesmans announced that she had signed with OH Leuven in the Belgian Women's Super League.[19]

International career

Biesmans made her Belgium debut at the

2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship
.

Biesmans made her senior team debut for the Belgium national team in 2011. She helped the team qualify for its first major tournament, Euro 2017, by scoring two goals. During UEFA Women's Euro 2017 she played in two of the three matches for Belgium. She subsequently helped Belgium in their unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Belgium were eliminated in the play-off stage by Switzerland.

On 31 August 2023, Biesmans announced her retirement from international soccer to spend more time with her family.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 October 2022[21]
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Biesmans goal.
List of international goals scored by Julie Biesmans
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 October 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 5–0 UEFA Women's EURO 2017 qualification
2 2–0
3 10 June 2018 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova 4–0 7–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

See also

References

  1. ^ "BeNe League". 30 August 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. ^ 2011–12 squad in Standard's website
  3. ^ "BeNe League Red". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Soccerway". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Soccerway". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  6. ^ Profile in UEFA's website
  7. ^ "Dames Twente kampioen" (in Dutch). NOS.nl. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "Soccerway Liège". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA.
  11. ^ "Report". UEFA.
  12. ^ "Report". UEFA.
  13. ^ "Julie Biesmans: Bristol City Women sign Belgium midfielder from Standard Liege". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  14. ^ "City Women Sign Julie Biesmans". Bristol. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Red Flame Julie Biesmans verlengt bij Bristol City" (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Julie Biesmans". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  17. ^ "CITY WOMEN DEPARTURES". Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Belgisch international Julie Biesmans kiest voor PSV" (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Royal Belgian FA". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  21. ^ "rbfa profile".

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