Julie Biesmans (born 4 May 1994) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Club career

Standard Liège, 2012–2017

Biesmans started her senior career playing for

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in the Belgium-Netherlands League (BeNe League) (2012–2015) and then Belgian Super League (2015–2017). In 2012–13, she won the Belgium part of the BeNe League and came in second in the

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. She also won the 2012–13 Belgium Super Cup and BeNe Super Cup. Liège and Biesmans also competed in the Champions League losing in the round of 32. She again finished runner up in the

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and excited in the round of 32 in the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League. However, she was part of the squad which won the 2013–14

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. Standard Liege and Biesmans won the

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, which was the last year of the combined Belgium-Netherlands top sides. In the

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Liege went out in the

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. Biesmans won back to back 2015–16 and 2016–17 Belgium Super League titles. In the

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Biesmans and Liège exited in the round of 32. The

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campaign saw Biesman's team fail to get out of the qualifying round.

Bristol City, 2017–2019

In August 2017, Biesmans signed with

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side

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

. In her first season in the club she made 16 regular season appearances, scoring once. Biesmans extended her Bristol City contract by one year in July 2018. During her second season with the club she started in all 20 regular season games. In May 2019 it was announced that Biesmans was leaving the club.

PSV Eindhoven, 2019–2023

On 4 June 2019, it was announced that Biesmans had signed with

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OH Leuven, 2023–

On 30 May 2023, Biesmans announced that she had signed with

in the

International career

Biesmans made her Belgium debut at the U15 level in 2008. She subsequently represented Belgium at the U17 and U19 levels from 2009 to 2011 and 2008–2013 respectively. Biesmans was part of the sides which made it to the second qualifying rounds of the

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and

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. Biesmans made her senior team debut for the Belgium national team in 2011. She helped the team

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for its first major tournament, Euro 2017, by scoring two goals. During

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she played in two of the three matches for Belgium. She subsequently helped Belgium in their unsuccessful campaign to

for the

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. Belgium were eliminated in the

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stage by

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. At the start of 2022, Biesmans 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. Biesmans featured in Belgium's second appearance at the continental finals, where the Red Flames finished second in UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group D behind group favourites

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, against whom they conceded a narrow defeat (1–2), but ahead of

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with a 1-1 draw and

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, who they edged out 1-0. Belgium lost 1-0 to

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in the quarter-finals. On 31 August 2023, Biesmans announced her retirement from international soccer to spend more time with her family.

Career statistics

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

Honours

Standard Liege *

: 2015-16, 2016–17 Belgium *

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