Marlies Verbruggen
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. Club careerVerbruggen was part of the Sint-Truidense team that won the 2009–10 Belgian Women's First Division.[1] In 2013, Verbruggen signed for Beerschot AC, who were playing in the BeNe League.[2] Prior to the 2013–14 season starting, the team moved to Antwerp and became Royal Antwerp,[3] and Verbruggen captained Antwerp in the 2013–14 season.[4] Verbruggen played for Oud-Heverlee Leuven in the 2014–15 BeNe League.[5] In November 2015, Verbruggen scored for Anderlecht in a match against her former team Oud-Heverlee Leuven.[6] She was later part of the Anderlecht team that lost the 2016 Belgian Women's Cup Final to Lierse SK,[7] and lost the 2017 Final to Gent.[8] Anderlecht won the 2017–18 Belgian Women's Super League; Verbruggen missed the latter part of that season as she was pregnant.[9] She scored a goal in a November 2017 match where Anderlecht beat KSK Heist 14-0.[10] International careerVerbuggen represented Belgium under-19s at the 2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[11] She made a total of 41 appearances for the Belgium senior side, with her last appearance being in March 2016.[9] She was in the Belgium squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying matches in 2015,[12] and the 2016 Algarve Cup.[13] Personal lifeVerbruggen is originally from Aartselaar, and later lived in Sint-Katelijne-Waver.[8] In 2018, Verbruggen had a baby.[9] References
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