Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Hasselt, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.51 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2016 | Standard Liège | 59 | (9) |
2016–2018 | Ajax | 45 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Fiorentina | 30 | (4) |
2020– | Sassuolo | 41 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2003–2005 | Belgium U17 | 8 | (9) |
2005–2008 | Belgium U19 | 21 | (5) |
2008– | Belgium [1] | 122 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 [2] |
Davina Philtjens (born 26 February 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the Belgium women's national team. She is the third most-capped Belgian women's player of all-time. [2]
Philtjens previously played for Standard Liège in the Belgian Championship, [3] [4] where she won seven Belgian Super League titles and the shortlived BeNe League in 2014-15, along with two Belgian Cups in 2012 and 2014. Philtjens won a Dutch title with Ajax in the Eredivisie in 2017-18.
She subsequently was based in Italy's Serie A first with Fiorentina and then Sassuolo. [5]
Philtjens signed for Sassuolo from Fiorentina in 2020 and celebrated her 100th game for the club in November 2024. [6]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Belgium | 2008 | 3 | 0 |
2010 | 4 | 3 | |
2011 | 6 | 0 | |
2012 | 5 | 0 | |
2013 | 5 | 1 | |
2014 | 8 | 0 | |
2015 | 8 | 0 | |
2016 | 9 | 2 | |
2017 | 15 | 2 | |
2018 | 10 | 0 | |
2019 | 13 | 2 | |
2020 | 7 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
2022 | 15 | 0 | |
Total | 115 | 10 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 28 March 2010 | Edmond Machtens Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Wales | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 19 June 2010 | Stade Leburton, Tubize, Belgium | Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 11–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
3 | 5–0 | |||||
4 | 21 September 2013 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Albania | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
5 | 20 October 2016 | Proximus Basecamp, Tubize, Belgium | Russia | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
6 | 24 November 2016 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Netherlands | 2–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
7 | 3 March 2017 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Italy | 4–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
8 | 19 September 2017 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Moldova | 4–0 | 12–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
9 | 8 November 2019 | Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia | Croatia | 2–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification |
10 | 3–1 |
Standard Liège
Ajax
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