| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Belgium,Diest | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | OH Leuven | 87 | (17) |
| 2023– | TSG Hoffenheim | 8 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Belgium | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 | |||
Jill Janssens (born 3 October 2003) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a forward for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the Belgium national team.[2]
Janssens started playing football in Bekkevoort for the local VC Bekkevoort. At the age of twelve she moved to Oud-Heverlee in the youth department of Oud-Heverlee Leuven. In the 2019/20 season she played seven games for the first team in the Belgian Women's Super League, the highest division in Belgian women's football.
She made her debut on December 6 2019 in the 0-3 defeat in the away game against KRC Genk Ladies as a substitute in the 73rd minute. In the following season she was a contract player for the first team and already played 17 league games, in which she also scored two goals. She scored her first on November 7, 2020 (7th matchday) in a 4-2 win in the away game against the SV Zulte Waregem women's soccer team with the goal to make it 2-0 in the 60th minute.
During her time at OHL, the club finished second behind Anderlecht in the league in 2022 and 2023, finishing top of the regular campaign for 2022-2023, but not winning the title.
She was signed by Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the 2023/24 season and given a contract that runs until June 30, 2025.
Janssens made her debut for the Belgium national team on 10 June 2021, coming on as a substitute for Lenie Onzia against Spain.[3][4]