Jill Janssens (born 3 October 2003) is a Belgian

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Belgium national team.

Career

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

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, the highest division in Belgian women's football. She made her debut on 6 December 2019 in the 0-3 defeat in the away game against

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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 7 November 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 30 June 2025.

International career

Janssens made her debut for the Belgium national team on 10 June 2021, coming on as a substitute for Lenie Onzia against

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. At the start of 2022, Janssens helped Belgium win the

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in Spain for the first time, beating

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on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw. Missing out on the Belgium squad for

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in England, where the Red Flames were beaten in the quarter-finals 1-0 by

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, she went on to contribute to Belgium's successful qualification for

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via the play-offs, starting both legs of the play-off final against

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. On 11 June 2025, Janssens was called up to the Belgium squad for the

International goals

Honours

Belgium *

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* 2003 births Living people Footballers from Leuven Belgian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (women) players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players Frauen-Bundesliga players Belgium women's international footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players Belgian expatriate women's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany 21st-century Belgian sportswomen {{Belgium-women-footy-bio-stub