Imke Courtois (born 14 March 1988) is a Belgian former

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who played as a defender. She works as a sports analyst. She played for the Belgium national team.

Playing career

Courtois started her senior career at

KFC Rapide Wezemaal K. Sint-Truidense VV Vrouwen is a Belgian women's football club representing K. Sint-Truidense VV in the Belgian First Division. Originally established in 1983 as FCL Rapide Wezemaal, it was absorbed by Sint-Truidense in 2008, moving from Wez ...

in 2003. In 2008 she left Wezemaal for DVC Eva's Tienen. From 2010 she played for

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

Media career

Courtois is a football analyst for Sporza. She also played in the movie

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, where she played the part of Sharon's friend. In 2008 Courtois was also seen in the second series of Topmodel. She finished 9th out of 12 contestants.

Personal life

Courtois is not related to

Thibaut Courtois Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers in world football. Courtoi ...

Career statistics

Honours

* 8 times Belgian Champion * 3 times

Belgian Women's Cup The Belgian Women's Cup (; ; ) is the cup competition for women's football in Belgium. The Royal Belgian Football Association established the cup in 1977. List of finals The following is a list of all finals: Most wins See also *Football i ...

* 2 times

BeNe Super Cup The BeNe Super Cup was a women's association football, women's football competition between the holders of the Dutch Eredivisie (women), Vrouwen Eredivisie and the Belgian Women's First Division. It was played two times. Its inaugural edition took ...

* 2 times Belgian Super Cup * 1 time Women's BeNe League * 1 time Double

References

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* 1988 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Belgium women's international footballers Women's association football defenders Standard Liège (women) players Sint-Truidense V.V. (women) players Belgium women's youth international footballers Footballers from Leuven UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Belgium-women-footy-bio-stub