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Lien Mermans
Mermans in 2014
Personal information
Full name Lien Mermans
Date of birth (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VC Moldavo
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Vlimmeren Sport ? (4)
2009–2010 DVC Eva's Tienen ? (?)
2010–2016 Lierse SK 65 (19)
2016–2018 Genk 28 (7)
2018– VC Moldavo ? (?)
International career‡
2005 Belgium U15 1 (0)
2005 Belgium U17 4 (0)
2005–2009 Belgium U19 18 (4)
2009–2017 Belgium 48 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[1]

Lien Mermans (born 27 September 1990) is a Belgian football midfielder who last played for VC Moldavo.[3]

Club career

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Mermans started her senior career at Vlimmeren, which later became known as Women's Department Lierse SK.

After 1 year with DVC Eva's Tienen, she returned to Lierse where she played from 2010 until 2016. During that period, they won the Belgian Cup twice.[4] At the end of the 2015/16 season, Lierse's women's department folded because of financial problems and Mermans subsequently joined KRC Genk Ladies.[5] Her first year at Genk saw some good performances rewarded with "The Sparkle" trophy - the women's equivalent of the Belgian Golden Shoe.[6]

She missed out on most of the 2017/18 season and the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament because of an inflammation on the heart muscle.[7][8] At the end of 2018, Mermans announced her retirement from the national team and signed for D1 team VC Moldavo.[3]

International career

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Mermans was a long-time member of the Belgian women's national team.[1] At youth level she played for U-15, U-17 and U-19.

On sep. 5, 2009 she earned her first cap for the senior team in a friendly game against Romania where she substituted Femke Maes in the 88th minute. The match ended in a 2-7 win for Belgium.[9]

The first time she scored was on 20 juni 2012, during a qualification match for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in an away game against Hungary. Mermans started the match and scored 0-1 in the 13th minute.[10][11]

Mermans' 48th and final cap was in a friendly against Scotland on 11 April 2017, where she scored 2-0 in the 46th minute. The game ended in a 5-0 victory.[12]

Personal life

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Mermans works full-time as a physical education teacher.[13]

Career statistics

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International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium U15 2005 1 0
Total 1 0
Belgium U17 2005 4 0
Total 4 0
Belgium U19 2005 1 0
2006 3 1
2007 3 0
2008 6 3
2009 6 0
Total 19 4
Belgium 2009 2 0
2010 2 0
2011 7 0
2012 9 1
2013 7 2
2014 8 4
2015 1 0
2016 6 0
2017 6 2
Total 48 9
List of international goals scored by Lien Mermans
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 20 June 2012 Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely, Hungary  Hungary 0–1 1–3 2013 W-EURO Qualy Group 3 [11]
2 2 June 2013 Proximus Basecamp, Tubize, Belgium  Ukraine 1–0 3–0 Friendly [14]
3 2–0
4 5 April 2014 Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, Albania  Albania 0–3 0–6 2015 FIFA WC, UEFA Group 5 [15]
5 13 September 2014 Den Dreef, Louvain, Belgium  Greece 3–0 11–0 2015 FIFA WC, UEFA Group 5 [16]
6 5-0
7 22 November 2014 Sosnowiec, Poland  Poland 1–4 1–4 Friendly [17]
8 1 March 2017 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Switzerland 1-1 2–2 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup [18]
9 11 April 2017 Den Dreef, Louvain, Belgium  Scotland 2-0 5–0 Friendly [12]

Honours

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Lierse SK

Runners-up

Individual
  • Winner of The Sparkle trophy: 2017

References

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  1. ^ a b "RBFA profile". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Lien Mermans: Wedstrijden". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Red Flame maakt overstap naar Moldavo". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Lierse pakt Beker van België bij de vrouwen". 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Tweevoudig bekerwinnaar Lierse stopt met voetballen in de Super League! – Vrouwenvoetbal.be".
  6. ^ "Lien Mermans won de Sparkle, maar aan wie zou zij hem gegeven hebben?". 8 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Nieuwe pech voor Lien Mermans: "Moet dat relativeren, want het had helemaal anders kunnen uitdraaien"". 29 January 2018.
  8. ^ https://www.hln.be/voetbal/red-flames-moeten-ook-lien-mermans-missen-op-ek~aad6e5a0/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "Rom-Bel friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Hun-Bel Euro 2013 Q Group 3". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b UEFA.com. "Hungary-Belgium | UEFA Women's EURO 2013". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Bel-Sco friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  13. ^ "LinkedIn profile". LinkedIn.
  14. ^ "Ukraine friendly". rbfa.be. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  15. ^ UEFA.com. "ALB-BEL | WC2015". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  16. ^ UEFA.com. "BEL-GRE | WC2015". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Poland friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Cyprus Cup 2017". rbfa.be. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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