Sarah Wijnants (born 13 October 1999) is a

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who plays as a forward for Anderlecht and the

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(also known as the Belgian Red Flames).

Club career

Wijnants started her career at the youth of NS Tervuren. She transfers in 2014 to

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. The season after she joined Standard Liège she made her first

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debut on 10 October 2015 against

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. The game was lost with 6–0. In the season 2015–16 She played in Super League as in the First Division and Standard won in both leagues the championship title. At the end of season 2016–17 Wijnants left Stander Liège to play for Anderlecht.

International career

Wijnants played her first game with the Flames U15 on 26 March 2014 against the

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. The game was lost 0–6. The same year, she played for the Flames U16 and U17. She made her first cap for the U16 on a tournament in

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, Switzerland against

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. The game was won 0–4. Her last game for the U16 was on 7 May 2015 against

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. On 6 October 2014 she made her first cap with the U17 in a 3–0 victory against Latvia on which she scored the opening goal. This was the first goal as an international. She played in total 14 games and was able to score 3 goals. She played her last game for the U17 on 29 March 2015 against

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, the game was lost 2–0. In 2016 she made her first cap for the U19 in a match against

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and won with 2–1. The friendly game was played in

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on 19 September. Wijnants made her first senior appearance in a friendly match against

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in Clairefontaine on 19 January. She played 10 minutes and the game ended with a 1–2 victory. The Red Flames where invited to participate on the

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. Wijnants didn't made it to the selection at first but because of the injury of Laura de Neve she was called up in extremis for the selection.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Awards

* 2016–2017 Winner Super League Vrouwenvoetbal * 2015–2016 Winner Super League Vrouwenvoetbal * 2015–2016 Winner Belgian Women's First Division

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wijnants, Sarah 1999 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Belgium women's international footballers Women's association football forwards Standard Liège (women) players RSC Anderlecht (women) players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Footballers from Leuven