Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Belgium | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
KFC Helson Helchteren | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | Genk | ||
2020–2023 | OH Leuven | 52 | (5) |
2023– | West Ham United | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2017 | Belgium U17 | 8 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Belgium U19 | 16 | (0) |
2021– | Belgium | 21 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC) |
Amber Tysiak (born 26 January 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Belgium national team.
Tysiak was born in Houthalen-Helchteren and is of Italian / Polish descent.[1] She started playing football around the age of 5, with the boys at KFC Helson (Helchteren).[2]
After playing four seasons with Genk, Tysiak transferred to Oud-Heverlee Leuven in April 2020.[3]
In January 2023, Tysiak joined English Women's Super League club West Ham United.[4]
Tysiak first got called up for a Belgium U16 international match on November 28, 2015 for a friendly game against Germany.[5] She subsequently became a regular at youth games and captained the U19 squad during the 2019 U19 EURO in Scotland.[2]
Tysiak made her debut for the Belgium national team on 18 February 2021, in a 6–1 friendly defeat by the Netherlands at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.[6]
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[7] as part of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification campaign.
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.[2]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Genk | 2016–17 | Belgian Women's Super League | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ? | ? | |
2017–18 | Belgian Women's Super League | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ? | ? | ||
2018–19 | Belgian Women's Super League | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ? | ? | ||
2019–20 | Belgian Women's Super League | 15 | 2 | ? | ? | — | 15 | 2 | ||
Total | 15 | 2 | ? | ? | — | 15 | 2 | |||
Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 2020–21 | Belgian Women's Super League | 24 | 1 | ? | ? | — | 24 | 1 | |
2021–22 | Belgian Women's Super League | 17 | 2 | ? | ? | — | 17 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | Belgian Women's Super League | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | ||
Total | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 53 | 5 | |||
West Ham United | 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Career total | 76 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Belgium | 2021 | 10 | 3 |
2022 | 9 | 2 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 5 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Armenia | 4–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 6–0 | |||||
3 | 13–0 | |||||
4 | 28 June 2022 | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium | Luxembourg | 3–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
5 | 5–1 |