Amber Tysiak

Amber Tysiak (born 26 January 2000) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Belgium national team.

Amber Tysiak
Tysiak in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 5
Youth career
KFC Helson Helchteren
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Genk
2020–2023 OH Leuven 41 (3)
2023– West Ham United 4 (0)
International career‡
2015–2017 Belgium U17 8 (0)
2017–2019 Belgium U19 16 (0)
2021– Belgium 21 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023

Early life

Tysiak was born in Houthalen-Helchteren and is of Italian / Polish descent.[1] She started playing football around the age of 5, with the boys at KFC Helson (Helchteren).[2]

Club career

After playing four seasons with Genk, Tysiak transferred to Oud-Heverlee Leuven in April 2020.[3]

In January 2023, Tysiak joined English Women's Super League club West Ham United.[4]

International career

Tysiak first got called up for a Belgium U16 international match on November 28, 2015 for a friendly game against Germany.[5] She subsequently became a regular at youth games and captained the U19 squad during the 2019 U19 EURO in Scotland.[2]

Tysiak made her debut for the Belgium national team on 18 February 2021, in a 6–1 friendly defeat by the Netherlands at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.[6]

She scored her first goal, and her first hattrick, for the senior national team on 25 November 2021, during a 19–0 record win against Armenia[7] as part of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification campaign.

Personal life

Tysiak has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education teaching. Originally she combined football with a job as a teacher. At the start of the 2022/23 season she put her job on hold and plays full-time at OH Leuven and the national team.
She has a brother who is three years her senior.[2]

Career statistics
As of 8 October 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
U17 2015 10
2016 30
2017 40
Total80
U19 2017 10
2018 70
2019 80
Total160
Belgium 2021103
202292
Total195
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tysiak goal.
List of international goals scored by Amber Tysiak
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
125 November 2021Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium Armenia4–019–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26–0
313–0
428 June 2022Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium Luxembourg3–16–1Friendly
55–1

References
  1. "Presenting Amber Tysiak". hln.be. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. "RBFA : Amber Tysiak". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. "Drie Genkies beproeven hun geluk in Leuven" (in Dutch). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. "West Ham United Women capture Belgium international Amber Tysiak". West Ham United. 13 January 2023.
  5. "RBFA U16 : BEL-GER Friendly". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  6. Charlier, Dries (25 February 2021). "Na haar debuut bij de Red Flames ontvangt Amber Tysiak (OHL) haar ex-club KRC Genk : "We hebben iets goed te maken"" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  7. "Amber Tysiak". Royal Belgian Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021.


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