Laura De Neve (born 9 October 1994) is a Belgian footballer. She plays as a defender for

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as th ...

and the

Belgium women's national football team The Belgium women's national football team (nicknamed ''Belgian Red Flames'') represents Belgium in international women's football. It is controlled by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the governing body for football in Belgium. Their hom ...

Club career

De Neve started her career the Dender youth team. As from season 2012–13 she transferred to

RSC Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

. In 2012–13 she won with Anderlecht the

Belgian Women's Cup The Belgian Women's Cup (; ; ) is the cup competition for women's football in Belgium. The Royal Belgian Football Association established the cup in 1977. List of finals The following is a list of all finals: Most wins See also *Football i ...

. In season 2015–16 she played again in the final in the Cup but they lost against

Lierse SK Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six ...

International career

In 2016, she played for the Flames 3 games in the

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

in Portugal. She was selected for the

2017 Cyprus Cup The 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup was the tenth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Format The tournament consisted of a group stage, held over three match days followed by a single ...

games. Because an injury in the competition with Anderlecht against

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian association football, football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, ''F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration num ...

, therefore she had to forfeit the Cyprus Cup and was replaced by

Sarah Wijnants Sarah Wijnants (born 13 October 1999) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a forward for Anderlecht and the Belgium women's national football team (also known as the Belgian Red Flames). Club career Wijnants started her career at the youth ...

in the selection. In recent years she remained a regular choice in the senior team. De Neve was part of the squad at the

Pinatar Cup The Pinatar Cup, by full name Pinatar Cup by IAST SPORTS, is an invitational women's association football tournament held in March in San Pedro del Pinatar, Region of Murcia, Spain. In the first edition (in 2020), it was contested by Iceland, ...

2022 in Spain, where Belgium won their very first trophy after defeating Russia in the final. De Neve went on and represented Belgium at the

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by U ...

and played 2 of the 3 group matches (against Iceland and France), and again in the quarter finals where they lost against Sweden.

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* * * 1994 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Belgium women's international footballers Women's association football defenders Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players RSC Anderlecht (women) players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Belgium-women-footy-bio-stub