Lien Mermans
.jpg) Mermans in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lien Mermans | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1990 | ||
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Mermans works full-time as a physical education teacher.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- International
| 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 | |
| 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, Durres, 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
[edit]- Lierse SK
Runners-up
- Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13
- Individual
- Winner of The Sparkle trophy: 2017
References
[edit]- ^ a b "RBFA profile". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Lien Mermans: Wedstrijden". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Red Flame maakt overstap naar Moldavo". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Lierse pakt Beker van België bij de vrouwen". 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Tweevoudig bekerwinnaar Lierse stopt met voetballen in de Super League! – Vrouwenvoetbal.be".
- ^ "Lien Mermans won de Sparkle, maar aan wie zou zij hem gegeven hebben?". 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Nieuwe pech voor Lien Mermans: "Moet dat relativeren, want het had helemaal anders kunnen uitdraaien"". 29 January 2018.
- ^ https://www.hln.be/voetbal/red-flames-moeten-ook-lien-mermans-missen-op-ek~aad6e5a0/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rom-Bel friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Hun-Bel Euro 2013 Q Group 3". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b UEFA.com. "Hungary-Belgium | UEFA Women's EURO 2013". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Bel-Sco friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "LinkedIn profile". LinkedIn.
- ^ "Ukraine friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "ALB-BEL | WC2015". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "BEL-GRE | WC2015". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Poland friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Cyprus Cup 2017". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Lien Mermans at Soccerway
- Lien Mermans at the Royal Belgian Football Association
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