Anaëlle Wiard

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Anaëlle Wiard
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-23) 23 March 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Belgium
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
  [nl]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 White Star Woluwe
2010–2017 Anderlecht 69 (23)
2017–2018 Standard Liège 8 (3)
2018–2020 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 36 (9)
2020–  [nl]
2020– FP Halle-Gooik (futsal)
2020– New Team Brussels
(beach soccer)
National team
Belgium 16 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Anaëlle Wiard (born 23 March 1991) is a Belgian football, futsal and beach soccer player, who has made 16 appearances for the Belgium women's national football team. At club level, she currently plays football for  [nl], futsal for FP Halle-Gooik, and beach soccer for New Team Brussels.

Club career[]

Wiard plays as a striker.[1] She made her debut aged 16 for  [nl], and played for the club for three years. In 2010, she transferred to Anderlecht.[2] She played in the Anderlecht team that lost the 2016 Belgian Women's Cup Final to Lierse SK; she scored Anderlecht's only goal in the final, as they lost 2–1.[3][4] In 2017, Wiard was injured in a match against Standard Liège, and was forced to miss the last few matches of the season.[5] In 2018, she signed for Oud-Heverlee Leuven from Standard Liège;[1] she was one of 20 signings that OH Leuven made, and one of five signings from Standard Liège.[6] That year, she scored a hat-trick for OH Leuven in a match against KSK Heist.[7]

In April 2020, Wiard signed for  [nl].[8] In July 2020, she signed for Belgian futsal club FP Halle-Gooik. She continued to play football for Eendracht Aalst alongside her futsal role.[9] In September 2020, she played for beach soccer team New Team Brussels in the Beach Soccer Champions League. She had been the team's top scorer in the C1 league.[10] She had taken up the sport in June,[11] and was the tournaments' top scorer.[11][12] Wiard chose to miss Eendracht Aalst football matches to attend the tournament.[11] In November 2020, she sustained a cruciate ligament injury that sidelined her for six months.[13] It was the third cruciate ligament injury of her career.[12] In May 2021, Wiard signed a one-year contract extension with Eendracht Aalst.[14]

International career[]

Wiard has made 16 appearances for the Belgium women's national football team,[9] scoring five goals.[15] She was part of the Belgian squad at the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup.[16]

Personal life[]

Aside from football, Wiard works as a physical education teacher.[17] She is also a coach of an under-9s boys football team in Watermael-Boitsfort.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "OH Leuven Vrouwen stelt transfers 9 en 10 voor, inclusief spits van Standard". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Anaelle Wiard aimerait voir plus de femmes jouer au foot" (in French). Radio Bank. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Lierse pakt Beker van België bij de vrouwen". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Lierse sleept Beker van België in de wacht na zege tegen Anderlecht". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "BRUTE PECH VOOR SPEELSTER ANDERLECHT". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Maarten Timmermans: "Vooral talent uit omgeving voor OHL"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Wiard bezorgt met hattrick OH Leuven eerste zege in Super League". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Alost prépare son accession en Super League en transférant une Liégeoise et trois autres joueuses". Foot Feminin (in French). 4 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Zestienvoudige Red Flame kiest ook voor avontuur in zaalvoetbal". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 12 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Beach soccer: Anaëlle Wiard, meilleure buteuse de la C1, dingue de beach". La Capitale (in French). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c "BAREFOOT: The Beach Soccer Mag". No. 14. December 2020. pp. 26–27, 37, 48–53. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "#Anaëlle Wiard (SC Eendracht Aalst Ladies) voor lange tijd uitgeschakeld! (met video)". Belgian Vrouwen Voetbal (in Dutch). November 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Beelden van het duel tussen Aalst en Zulte Waregem, maandenlange revalidatie voor Wiard". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. ^ "NOG TWEE CONTRACTVERLENGINGEN BIJ EENDRACHT AALST LADIES". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Toptransfer bij damesploeg FP Halle-Gooik" (in Dutch).  [nl]. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Red Flames eens te meer rots in branding: Spaanse topklasser in mootjes gehakt". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 10 February 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Défendre le football féminin : un challenge qui va bien au-delà du sport". RTBF (in French). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Le foot féminin en Belgique : droites au but". Paris Match (in French). 7 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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