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

Anderlecht Anderlecht (; ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 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, B ...

and the

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Club career

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

RSC Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, commonly abbreviated to RSC Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Div ...

. In 2012–13 she won with Anderlecht the

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. In season 2015–16 she played again in the final in the Cup but they lost against Lierse SK. De Neve has won seven league titles in a row with Anderlecht, sweeping the

Belgian Women's Super League The Belgian Women's Super League (Dutch: Super League ''Vrouwenvoetbal/Belgisch Vrouwenvoetbal Kampioenschap''; French: ''Superligue/Championnat de Belgique féminin de football''; German: ''Superliga/Belgische Frauenfußballmeisterschaft'') is t ...

from the 2017-18 season right through to 2023-24.

International career

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

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in Portugal. She was selected for the 2017 Cyprus Cup 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 professional 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 number it i ...

, therefore she had to forfeit the Cyprus Cup and was replaced by Sarah Wijnants in the selection. In recent years she remained a regular choice in the senior team. De Neve was part of the squad at the

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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

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and played 2 of the 3 group matches (against Iceland and France), and again in the quarter finals where they lost against Sweden. She went on to contribute to Belgium's successful qualification for

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

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Anderlecht *

: 2017-18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 *

: 2022 Belgium *

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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 21st-century Belgian sportswomen {{Belgium-women-footy-bio-stub