Jill Janssens

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Jill Janssens
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21) [1]
Place of birth Diest, Belgium,
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
TSG Hoffenheim
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 OH Leuven 87 (17)
2023– TSG Hoffenheim 20 (3)
International career
2021– Belgium 29 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 [2]

Jill Janssens (born 3 October 2003) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a forward for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the Belgium national team. [3]

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Career

Janssens started playing football in Bekkevoort for the local VC Bekkevoort. At the age of twelve she moved to Oud-Heverlee in the youth department of Oud-Heverlee Leuven. In the 2019/20 season she played seven games for the first team in the Belgian Women's Super League, the highest division in Belgian women's football.

She made her debut on December 6, 2019 in the 0-3 defeat in the away game against KRC Genk Ladies as a substitute in the 73rd minute. In the following season she was a contract player for the first team and already played 17 league games, in which she also scored two goals. She scored her first on November 7, 2020 (7th matchday) in a 4-2 win in the away game against the SV Zulte Waregem women's soccer team with the goal to make it 2-0 in the 60th minute.

During her time at OHL, the club finished second behind Anderlecht in the league in 2022 and 2023, finishing top of the regular campaign for 2022-2023, but not winning the title.

She was signed by Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the 2023/24 season and given a contract that runs until June 30, 2025.

International career

Janssens made her debut for the Belgium national team on 10 June 2021, coming on as a substitute for Lenie Onzia against Spain. [4] [5]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 February 2024 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4–15–1 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs
2.5–1

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References

  1. Jill Janssens at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. "Al onze Red Flames" [All our Red Flames]. RBFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  3. "Jill Janssens". Playmaker Stats. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. "Spain vs Belgium". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. "Jill Janssens". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2021.