Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ella Van Kerkhoven [1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 November 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Leuven, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Feyenoord | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 67 | (8) |
2015–2019 | Anderlecht | (27) | |
2019–2020 | Inter Milan | 9 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Gent | 13 | (8) |
2021–2022 | Anderlecht | 4 | (2) |
2022–2023 | OH Leuven | 25 | (21) |
2023-2024 | Genk | 4 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Belgium U19 | 17 | (1) |
2018– | Belgium | 23 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 |
Ella Van Kerkhoven (born 20 November 1993) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a forward for Gent and the Belgium national team. She previously played for Oud-Heverlee Leuven, RSC Anderlecht in Belgium and for Inter Milan in Italy.
In August 2019 Van Kerkhoven agreed a transfer from RSC Anderlecht to Inter Milan of the Italian Serie A. [2]
Van Kerkhoven made her debut for the Belgium women's national team on 31 August 2018, in a 1–0 win over Romania in Botoșani. She scored the winning goal after entering play as a second half substitute.
G | C | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 1 | 31 August 2018 | Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani, Romania | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 9 | 24 May 2019 | Municipal Stadium, Pylos, Greece | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
3 | 10 | 1 June 2019 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | ![]() | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
4 | 3–0 | ||||||
5 | 4–0 | ||||||
6 | 11 | 29 August 2019 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | ![]() | 2–2 | 3–3 | |
7 | 3–2 | ||||||
8 | 16 | 23 June 2022 | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium | ![]() | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
9 | 4–1 | ||||||
10 | 21 | 6 September 2022 | FFA Academy Stadium, Armenia | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–7 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
11 | 0–5 | ||||||
12 | 0–6 |
Van Kerkhoven lives in a same-sex relationship with Belgian footballer Diede Lemey. [4]
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