Amber Tysiak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | OH Leuven | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KFC Helson Helchteren | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Genk | ||
| 2020– | OH Leuven | 41 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2017 | Belgium U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Belgium U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2021– | Belgium | 19 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2022 | |||
Amber Tysiak (born 26 January 2000) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian Women's Super League club Oud-Heverlee Leuven and the Belgium national team.
Early life
Tysiak was born in Houthalen-Helchteren and is of Italian / Polish descent.[1] She started playing football around the age of 5, with the boys at KFC Helson (Helchteren).[2]
Club career
After playing four seasons with Genk, Tysiak transferred to Oud-Heverlee Leuven in April 2020.[3]
International career
Tysiak first got called up for a Belgium U16 international match on November 28, 2015 for a friendly game against Germany.[4] She subsequently became a regular at youth games and captained the U19 squad during the 2019 U19 EURO in Scotland.[2]
Tysiak made her debut for the Belgium national team on 18 February 2021, in a 6–1 friendly defeat by the Netherlands at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.[5]
She scored her first goal, and her first hattrick, for the senior national team on 25 November 2021, during a 19–0 record win against Armenia[6] as part of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification campaign.
Personal life
Tysiak has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education teaching. Originally she combined football with a job as a teacher. At the start of the 2022/23 season she put her job on hold and plays full-time at OH Leuven and the national team.
She has a brother who is three years her senior.[2]
Career statistics
- As of 8 October 2022
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| U17 | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
| U19 | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 2021 | 10 | 3 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | 19 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tysiak goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium |  Armenia |
4–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 6–0 | |||||
| 3 | 13–0 | |||||
| 4 | 28 June 2022 | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium |  Luxembourg |
3–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 5–1 |
References
- ^ "Presenting Amber Tysiak". hln.be. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "RBFA : Amber Tysiak". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Drie Genkies beproeven hun geluk in Leuven" (in Dutch). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "RBFA U16 : BEL-GER Friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Charlier, Dries (25 February 2021). "Na haar debuut bij de Red Flames ontvangt Amber Tysiak (OHL) haar ex-club KRC Genk : "We hebben iets goed te maken"" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Amber Tysiak". Royal Belgian Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021.
External links
- Amber Tysiak at Soccerway
- Amber Tysiak Royal Belgian Football Association
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