Marlies Verbruggen (born 8 January 1988) is a Belgian footballer, who has represented the national side on 41 occasions. At club level, she most recently played 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 ...

Club career

Verbruggen was part of the Sint-Truidense team that won the 2009–10

Belgian Women's First Division The Belgian Women's First National Division, formerly Belgian Women's First Division is the second highest women's football league of Belgium. The league was the top level league until 2011–12. It was first played in 1973–74. From 2012 to 20 ...

. In 2013, Verbruggen signed for

Beerschot AC Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

, who were playing in the

BeNe League The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal D ...

. Prior to the 2013–14 season starting, the team moved to

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

and became

Royal Antwerp Royal Antwerp Football Club (commonly referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp) is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Antwerp. They compete in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. Founded in 1 ...

, and Verbruggen captained Antwerp in the 2013–14 season. Verbruggen played for

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 ...

in the

2014–15 BeNe League The 2014–15 BeNe League was the third and last season of the Belgium and Netherlands' women's football top level league. The defending champion was FC Twente. The season started on 29 August 2014 and was played in a single division. The season f ...

. In November 2015, Verbruggen scored for

in a match against her former team Oud-Heverlee Leuven. She was later part of the Anderlecht team that lost the 2016

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Final to Lierse SK, and lost the 2017 Final to

Gent Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent ( Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent ** .gent, ...

. Anderlecht won the 2017–18

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 ...

; Verbruggen missed the latter part of that season as she was pregnant. She scored a goal in a November 2017 match where Anderlecht beat KSK Heist 14-0.

International career

Verbuggen represented Belgium under-19s at the

2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2006 Final Tournament was held in Switzerland between 11 and 22 July 2006. Germany won the cup after defeating France 3–0 in the final match. Players born after 1 January 1987 were eligible to participate in th ...

. She made a total of 41 appearances for the Belgium senior side, with her last appearance being in March 2016. She was in the Belgium squad for

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matches in 2015, and the 2016 Algarve Cup.

Personal life

Verbruggen is originally from

Aartselaar Aartselaar (, old spelling: ''Aertselaer'') is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Aartselaar proper. In 2021, Aartselaar ha ...

, and later lived in

Sint-Katelijne-Waver Sint-Katelijne-Waver (, old spelling: ''Kathelijne-Waver''; , ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver and Sint-Katelijne-Waver proper. In 2021, Sint-Katelijn ...

. In 2018, Verbruggen had a baby.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verbruggen, Marlies 1988 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Belgium women's international footballers Sint-Truidense V.V. (women) players Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players RSC Anderlecht (women) players K Kontich FC (women) players People from Aartselaar Women's association football players not categorized by position Footballers from Antwerp Province 21st-century Belgian sportswomen Women's association football midfielders