Lien Mermans
Mermans in 2014
Personal information
Full name Lien Mermans
Date of birth (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VC Moldavo
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Vlimmeren Sport ? (4)
2009–2010 DVC Eva's Tienen ? (?)
2010–2016 Lierse SK 65 (19)
2016–2018 Genk 28 (7)
2018– VC Moldavo ? (?)
International career‡
2005 Belgium U15 1 (0)
2005 Belgium U17 4 (0)
2005–2009 Belgium U19 18 (4)
2009–2017 Belgium 48 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[1]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[2]

Lien Mermans (born 27 September 1990) is a Belgian football midfielder who last played for VC Moldavo.[3]

Club career

Mermans started her senior career at Vlimmeren, which later became known as Women's Department Lierse SK.

After 1 year with DVC Eva's Tienen, she returned to Lierse where she played from 2010 until 2016. During that period, they won the Belgian Cup twice.[4] At the end of the 2015/16 season, Lierse's women's department folded because of financial problems and Mermans subsequently joined KRC Genk Ladies.[5] Her first year at Genk saw some good performances rewarded with "The Sparkle" trophy - the women's equivalent of the Belgian Golden Shoe.[6]

She missed out on most of the 2017/18 season and the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament because of an inflammation on the heart muscle.[7][8] At the end of 2018, Mermans announced her retirement from the national team and signed for D1 team VC Moldavo.[3]

International career

Mermans was a long-time member of the Belgian women's national team.[2] At youth level she played for U-15, U-17 and U-19.

On sep. 5, 2009 she earned her first cap for the senior team in a friendly game against Romania where she substituted Femke Maes in the 88th minute. The match ended in a 2-7 win for Belgium.[9]

The first time she scored was on 20 juni 2012, during a qualification match for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in an away game against Hungary. Mermans started the match and scored 0-1 in the 13th minute.[10][11]

Mermans' 48th and final cap was in a friendly against Scotland on 11 April 2017, where she scored 2-0 in the 46th minute. The game ended in a 5-0 victory.[12]

Personal life

Mermans works full-time as a physical education teacher.[13]

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium U15 200510
Total10
Belgium U17 200540
Total40
Belgium U19 200510
200631
200730
200863
200960
Total194
Belgium 200920
201020
201170
201291
201372
201484
201510
201660
201762
Total489
List of international goals scored by Lien Mermans
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 20 June 2012 Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely, Hungary  Hungary 0–1 1–3 2013 W-EURO Qualy Group 3 [11]
2 2 June 2013 Proximus Basecamp, Tubize, Belgium  Ukraine 1–0 3–0 Friendly [14]
3 2–0
4 5 April 2014 Niko Dovana Stadium, Durres, Albania  Albania 0–3 0–6 2015 FIFA WC, UEFA Group 5 [15]
5 13 September 2014 Den Dreef, Louvain, Belgium  Greece 3–0 11–0 2015 FIFA WC, UEFA Group 5 [16]
6 5-0
7 22 November 2014 Sosnowiec, Poland  Poland 1–4 1–4 Friendly [17]
8 1 March 2017 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Switzerland 1-1 2–2 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup [18]
9 11 April 2017 Den Dreef, Louvain, Belgium  Scotland 2-0 5–0 Friendly [12]

Honours

Lierse SK

Runners-up

  • Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13
Individual
  • Winner of The Sparkle trophy: 2017

References

  1. ↑ "Lien Mermans: Wedstrijden". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  2. 1 2 "RBFA profile". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  3. 1 2 "Red Flame maakt overstap naar Moldavo". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Lierse pakt Beker van België bij de vrouwen". 17 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tweevoudig bekerwinnaar Lierse stopt met voetballen in de Super League! – Vrouwenvoetbal.be".
  6. ↑ "Lien Mermans won de Sparkle, maar aan wie zou zij hem gegeven hebben?". 8 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Nieuwe pech voor Lien Mermans: "Moet dat relativeren, want het had helemaal anders kunnen uitdraaien"". 29 January 2018.
  8. ↑ https://www.hln.be/voetbal/red-flames-moeten-ook-lien-mermans-missen-op-ek~aad6e5a0/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "Rom-Bel friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  10. ↑ "Hun-Bel Euro 2013 Q Group 3". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  11. 1 2 UEFA.com. "Hungary-Belgium | UEFA Women's EURO 2013". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  12. 1 2 "Bel-Sco friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  13. ↑ "LinkedIn profile". LinkedIn.
  14. ↑ "Ukraine friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  15. ↑ UEFA.com. "ALB-BEL | WC2015". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  16. ↑ UEFA.com. "BEL-GRE | WC2015". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  17. ↑ "Poland friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  18. ↑ "Cyprus Cup 2017". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-09-25.


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