Wullaert with Manchester City in 2019
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Tielt, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Sittard | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| 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 | 31 | (31) |
| 2024– | Inter Woman | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Belgium U17 | 17 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Belgium U19 | 12 | (7) |
| 2011– | Belgium | 128 | (79) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:20, 26 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2024 | |||
Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch club Fortuna Sittard and the Belgium national team.
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 win the title.[2]
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.
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]
In 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.
After 2 years in her native Belgium Wullaert agreed terms with newcomers to the Dutch Eredivisie Fortuna Sittard just across the border from Belgium.[7] In March 2024, she scored a league record of 7 goals in an 8–0 win over Telstar.[8] With 26 goals, Wullaert became top scorer of the 2023–24 Eredivisie.[9]
On 7 June 2024, it was announced that Wullaert would join the Inter Milan woman team.[10]
Wullaert represented Belgium at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship[11] and in the same year made her debut for the senior national team.[12][13] 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.
| G | C | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 1 | 20 August 2011 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Russia
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1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 2 | 17 September 2011 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Hungary
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1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 3 | 5 | 15 February 2012 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Northern Ireland
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2–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 4 | 6 | 4 April 2012 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium |  Iceland
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1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 5 | 8 | 9 June 2012 | Henri Houtsaegerstadion, Koksijde, Belgium |  North Korea
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2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 11 | 15 September 2012 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Norway
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1–2 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 7 | 13 | 9 February 2013 | Regenboogstadion, Waregem, Belgium |  Netherlands
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1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 8 | 14 | 13 February 2013 | PGB-Stadion, Oostakker, Belgium |  Austria
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1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 15 | 2 June 2013 | Stade Leburton, Tubize, Belgium |  Ukraine
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3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 19 | 26 October 2013 | Levadia Stadium, Livadeia |  Greece
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4–1 | 7–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 11 | 7–1 | ||||||
| 12 | 20 | 31 October 2013 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium |  Portugal
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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
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2–0 | 6–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 26 | 13 September 2014 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Greece
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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
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1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 20 | 28 | 22 November 2014 | Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec, Poland |  Poland
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1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 21 | 29 | 11 February 2015 | Estadio José Antonio Pérez, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain |  Spain
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1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 22 | 30 | 3 March 2015 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus |  Czech Republic
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2–2 | 2–2 | 2015 Cyprus Cup |
| 23 | 34 | 23 May 2015 | Stayen, Sint-Truiden, Belgium | Norway
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3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 24 | 37 | 27 October 2015 | Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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
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1–0 | 5–0 | 2016 Algarve Cup |
| 27 | 44 | 12 April 2016 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Estonia
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3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 28 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 29 | 52 | 3 March 2017 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Italy
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1–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 30 | 54 | 8 March 2017 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus | Austria
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1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 31 | 56 | 11 April 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Scotland
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3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 32 | 60 | 11 July 2017 | Van Roystadion, Denderleeuw, Belgium | Russia
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1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 33 | 63 | 24 July 2017 | Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands | Netherlands
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1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
| 34 | 64 | 19 September 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Moldova
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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
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1–0 | 3–2 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 38 | 69 | 7 March 2018 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  South Africa
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1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Cyprus Cup |
| 39 | 72 | 20 June 2018 | Stade Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldavo | Moldova
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6–0 | 7–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 40 | 81 | 24 May 2019 | Municipal Pylos Stadium, Pylos, Greece | Greece
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2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 41 | 82 | 1 June 2019 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium |  Thailand
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2–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 42 | 86 | 8 November 2019 | Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia |  Croatia
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1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 43 | 91 | 18 September 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Romania
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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
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1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 47 | 93 | 27 October 2020 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania |  Lithuania
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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
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3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 51 | 100 | 21 September 2021 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Albania
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6–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 52 | 101 | 21 October 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium |  Kosovo
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 67 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 68 | 115 | 6 September 2022 | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia
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4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 69 | 116 | 6 October 2022 | Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Portugal | Portugal
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1–1 | 2–1 | 2023 FIFA WC Qualy play-offs |
| 70 | 117 | 13 November 2022 | Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Slovakia
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3–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 71 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 72 | 118 | 16 February 2023 | Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England | Italy
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2–1 | 2–1 | 2023 Arnold Clark Cup |
| 73 | 119 | 19 February 2023 | Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England |  South Korea
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1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 74 | 121 | 11 April 2023 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium |  Slovenia
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1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 75 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 76 | 125 | 31 October 2023 |  England
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2–2 | 3–2 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League | |
| 77 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 78 | 128 | 23 February 2024 | Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary | Hungary
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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
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1–1 | 5–1 | |
| 81 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 82 | 3–1 |
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