Amber Tysiak (born 26 January 2000) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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and the Belgium national team.

Early life

Tysiak was born in

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and is of Italian / Polish descent. She started playing football around the age of 5, with the boys at KFC Helson (Helchteren).

Club career

After playing four seasons with

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, Tysiak transferred to

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it inherited, '' ...

in April 2020. In January 2023, Tysiak joined English

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International career

Tysiak first got called up for a Belgium U16 international match on November 28, 2015 for a friendly game against Germany. She subsequently became a regular at youth games and captained the U19 squad during the 2019 U19 EURO in Scotland. Tysiak made her debut for the Belgium national team on 18 February 2021, in a 6–1 friendly defeat by the

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King Baudouin Stadium The King Baudouin Stadium (french: Stade Roi Baudouin , nl, Koning Boudewijnstadion ) is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. Located in the Heysel district of the City of Brussels, it was built to embellish the Heysel Plateau in v ...

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. She scored her first goal, and her first hattrick, for the senior national team on 25 November 2021, during a 19–0 record win against Armenia as part of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification campaign.

Personal life

Tysiak has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education teaching. Originally she combined football with a job as a teacher. At the start of the 2022/23 season she put her job on hold and plays full-time at OH Leuven and the national team. She has a brother who is three years her senior.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tysiak goal.''

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* * 2000 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Belgium women's international footballers KRC Genk Ladies players Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players West Ham United F.C. Women players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players Belgian people of Polish descent UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Belgium women's youth international footballers Belgian people of Italian descent {{Belgium-women-footy-bio-stub