Tine De Caigny

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Tine De Caigny
Tine De Caigny, Italy vs Belgium women's, Ferrara 2018-04-10 02.jpg
De Caigny in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-09) 9 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Beveren, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Anderlecht
Number 6
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Club Brugge 41 (1)
2015–2016 Lierse
2016 Vålerenga 6 (1)
2017–2021 Anderlecht 46 (34)
2021–2023 1899 Hoffenheim 25 (6)
2023- Anderlecht 0 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Belgium U15 4 (2)
2012–2013 Belgium U17 12 (4)
2013–2015 Belgium U19 14 (1)
2014– Belgium 103 (41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2024 [1]

Tine De Caigny (born 9 June 1997) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Anderlecht after previously featuring for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim. She is one of a select number of players with over 100 caps for the Belgium national team. [2]

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Playing Career

From Beveren, De Caigny spent the early years of her career with Club Brugge where she played in two Belgian Cup Finals, losing both. She moved in 2015 to Lierse for a season and spending a year in Norway the following year with Vålerenga.

De Caigny joined Anderlecht in 2017, enjoying league glory in each of her four seasons with the Brussels club, winning four league titles in a row, [3] [4] before moving in the summer of 2021 to Frauen-Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim, where she played in the 2021-22 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Returning to Anderlecht in 2023, [5] she helped the Mauves win the 2023-24 Belgian title via the title play-offs, overhauling regular season winners Oud-Heverlee Leuven. [6]

She won the Belgian Golden Shoe for Player of the Year in 2020. [5]

International Career

On 12 November 2019, De Caigny became the first Belgian player to score five goals in a senior international game, 6–0 against Lithuania.

At the start of 2022, De Caigny helped Belgium win the Pinatar Cup in Spain for the first time, beating Russia on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw. De Caigny scored in the shoot-out. [7]

On 18 July 2022, she scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Italy, earning Belgium a spot in the quarter-finals of the Euro 2022 for the first time in the history of the competition. [8] [5]

On 12 July 2024, De Caigny recorded her 100th cap for Belgium in a 3–0 defeat against Denmark. [9]

She went on to contribute to Belgium's successful qualification for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 via the play-offs, coming on as substitute in both legs of the play-off final against Ukraine. [10] [11] She had missed parts of the campaign through injury.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Caigny goal.
List of international goals scored by Tine De Caigny [12]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 September 2014 Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 1–011–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
29–0
322 November 2014 Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec, PolandFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 4–14–1 Friendly
416 September 2015 Tubize, BelgiumFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 3–05–0Friendly
512 April 2016Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2–06–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
64–0
715 September 2016 Sports Center of FA of Serbia, Stara Pazova, SerbiaFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1–03–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
819 September 2017Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 10–012–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
924 Oktober 2017 Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel, PortugalFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–01–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1028 February 2018 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, CyprusFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1–21–2 Cyprus Cup
116 April 2018Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–01–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
129 Oktober 2018 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, SwitzerlandFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1–11–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
133 September 2019Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2–06–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
148 November 2019 Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, CroatiaFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4–14–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
1512 November 2019Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1–06–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
163–0
174–0
185–0
196–0
207 March 2020Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, PortugalFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–01–0 2020 Algarve Cup
2127 October 2020 Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, LithuaniaFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4–09–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
225–0
236–0
241 December 2020Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
252–0
2611 April 2021 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–01–0Friendly
2721 September 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Albania.svg  Albania 2–07–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier
283–0
2921 Oktober 2021Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 4–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier
3025 November 2021Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 5–019–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier
317–0
329–0
3330 November 2021Den Dreef, Leuven, BelgiumFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–04–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier
3416 February Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, SpainFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3–04–0Friendly
357 April 2022 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, AlbaniaFlag of Albania.svg  Albania 1–05–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier
363–0
3712 April 2022 Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, KosovoFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1–06–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier
3818 July 2022 Academy Stadium, Manchester, EnglandFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–01–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
3912 November 2022 Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4–07–0Friendly
4019 February 2023 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, EnglandFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2–12–1Friendly
4131 May 2024 Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech RepublicFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2–02–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

Honours

Anderlecht

Lierse

Club Brugge

Belgium

Individual

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  7. (in French) Les Red Flames remportent la Pinatar Cup face à la Russie, le tout premier trophée de leur histoire
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