Marlies Verbruggen (born 8 January 1988) is a Belgian footballer, who has represented the national side on 41 occasions. At club level, she most recently played for

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

Club career

Verbruggen was part of the Sint-Truidense team that won the 2009–10 Belgian Women's First Division. In 2013, Verbruggen signed for

Beerschot AC Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

, who were playing in the BeNe League. Prior to the 2013–14 season starting, the team moved to

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

and became

Royal Antwerp Royal Antwerp Football Club, often referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Antwerp. Founded around 1880 as ''Antwerp Cricket Club'' by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before ...

, and Verbruggen captained Antwerp in the 2013–14 season. Verbruggen played for

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 the

2014–15 BeNe League The 2014–15 BeNe League was the third and last season of the Belgium and Netherlands' women's football top level league. The defending champion was FC Twente. The season started on 29 August 2014 and was played in a single division. The season ...

. In November 2015, Verbruggen scored for

in a match against her former team Oud-Heverlee Leuven. She was later part of the Anderlecht team that lost the 2016

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 ...

Final to

Lierse SK Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six ...

, and lost the 2017 Final to

Gent Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent (Dutch language, Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghen ...

. Anderlecht won the 2017–18

Belgian Women's Super League The Belgian Women's Super League (Dutch: Super League ''Vrouwenvoetbal/Belgisch Vrouwenvoetbal Kampioenschap''; French: ''Superligue/Championnat de Belgique féminin de football''; German: ''Superliga/Belgische Frauenfußballmeisterschaft'') is th ...

; Verbruggen missed the latter part of that season as she was pregnant. She scored a goal in a November 2017 match where Anderlecht beat KSK Heist 14-0.

International career

Verbuggen represented Belgium under-19s at the 2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made a total of 41 appearances for the Belgium senior side, with her last appearance being in March 2016. She was in the Belgium squad for

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying The UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition was a women's football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Netherlands in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final tournament. A total of 46 UEFA member nati ...

matches in 2015, and the

2016 Algarve Cup The 2016 Algarve Cup was the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 2 to 9 March. Teams Referees On 19 February 2016, FIFA announced the referees and the assi ...

Personal life

Verbruggen is originally from

Aartselaar Aartselaar (, old spelling: ''Aertselaer'') is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Aartselaar proper. In 2021, Aartselaar had a total population of 14,455. The total area is 10.93& ...

, and later lived in

Sint-Katelijne-Waver Sint-Katelijne-Waver (, old spelling: ''Kathelijne-Waver''; french: Wavre-Sainte-Catherine, ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver and Sint-Katelijne-Waver p ...

. In 2018, Verbruggen had a baby.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verbruggen, Marlies 1988 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Belgium women's international footballers Sint-Truidense V.V. (women) players Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players RSC Anderlecht (women) players Royal Antwerp F.C. (women) players People from Aartselaar Women's association footballers not categorized by position Footballers from Antwerp Province