# Tessa Wullaert

Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Belgium national team, where she has amassed the second-highest number of caps for her country ever. She is her country's highest goalscorer of all-time in women's international football with 87 goals, and also holds the absolute goalscoring national record having scored two more than Romelu Lukaku. Wullaert has won league titles in Belgium and Germany, plus the English FA Cup.

## Club career
### Belgium

Wullaert's first team was SV Zulte Waregem in the Belgian First Division, where she played from 2008 to 2012. For the 2012–13 season, when the BeNe League, a new joint league between Belgium and the Netherlands, was created, she moved to RSC Anderlecht, with which she won the Belgian Cup. She left after one year and signed for Standard Liège, scoring 16 league goals during the 2013–14 season and winning the Belgian Cup again. In 2014–15, her second season playing for Standard, she won the BeNe League top scorer award with 18 goals, helping the club win the title.

### Wolfsburg

In May 2015, Wullaert moved to VfL Wolfsburg. She spent three seasons with the club, winning two Bundesliga and three DFB-Pokal titles. She also appeared in two Champions League finals, both as a substitute.

### Manchester City

In June 2018, Wullaert signed for English FA WSL club Manchester City. In her first season with the club, Wullaert won the FA Cup and League Cup double, finishing runner-up in the league. Following two seasons with the club, Wullaert announced she had declined a new contract and would be leaving.

### Anderlecht

In 2020, Wullaert moved back to Belgium to be closer to her family and boyfriend. She signed a contract with Anderlecht that made her the only fully professional female footballer in Belgium at the time. She scored more than 30 goals in each of her two seasons with Anderlecht, leading the Women's Super League in scoring and helping Anderlecht win two league titles and the Belgian Cup in 2022.

### Fortuna Sittard

After two years in her native Belgium, Wullaert agreed terms with newcomers to the Dutch Eredivisie Fortuna Sittard, situated just across the border from Belgium. In March 2024, she scored a league record of 7 goals in an 8–0 win over Telstar. With 26 goals, Wullaert became top scorer of the 2023–24 Eredivisie. She also won the league's player of the year award [nl].

### Inter Milan Women

On 7 June 2024, it was announced that Wullaert would join the Inter Milan women's team.

## International career

Wullaert represented Belgium at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship and in the same year made her debut for the senior national team. Within four years she achieved the record for highest number of international goals by a Belgian female football player, going level up with team captain Aline Zeler in October 2015, overtaking her in March 2016.
Wullaert played in Belgium's only two appearances at the Women's European Championships, their group stage exit at Euro 2017 where she netted in a 2-1 loss to the Netherlands, and the Red Flames' subsequent run to quarter-finals at Euro 2022, where she did not score but did help Belgium out of their group for the first time ever.
In their second appearance at the continental finals, the Red Flames finished second in Group D behind group favourites France, against whom they conceded a narrow defeat (1–2), but ahead of Iceland with a 1-1 draw and Italy, who they edged out 1-0. Belgium lost 1-0 to Sweden in the quarter-finals.
At the start of 2022, Wullaert was named in the Belgium squad for the Pinatar Cup friendly tournament in Spain but had to pull out through injury. Belgium went on to win the tournament for the first time, beating Russia on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
Wullaert's two goals against Greece in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-off semi-final second leg on 29 October 2024 saw her reach 85 goals for her country, matching Romelu Lukaku's men's record to become the joint-highlest goalscorer ever for any Belgiam senior national football team.
This record came in her 137th appearance for the Red Flames, with only Janice Cayman amassing more caps (153).
Wullaert took custody of the Belgian outscoring senior reconrd again when she netted her 86th goal for the Red Flames in their 2-0 Euro 2025 play-off final first-leg win away to Ukraine on 29 November 2024, scoring the clincher in the second-leg for a 2-1 win on the night, qualifying 4-1 on aggregate.
Among Wullaert's record national haul of 87 goals, Wullaert has scored eight hat-tricks in her international career, including a five-goal haul in a 19-0 Women's World Cup qualifier against Armenia in 2021 and four against Greece in another qualifier in 2015.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 25 February 2024
    Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wullaert goal.
List of international goals scored by Tessa Wullaert :
| G | C | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 1 | 20 August 2011 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium | Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 2 | 17 September 2011 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium | Hungary | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 3 | 5 | 15 February 2012 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium | Northern Ireland | 2–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 4 | 6 | 4 April 2012 | Stade Armand-Melis, Dessel, Belgium | Iceland | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 5 | 8 | 9 June 2012 | Henri Houtsaegerstadion, Koksijde, Belgium | North Korea | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 11 | 15 September 2012 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | Norway | 1–2 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 7 | 13 | 9 February 2013 | Regenboogstadion, Waregem, Belgium | Netherlands | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 8 | 14 | 13 February 2013 | PGB-Stadion, Oostakker, Belgium | Austria | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 15 | 2 June 2013 | Stade Leburton, Tubize, Belgium | Ukraine | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 19 | 26 October 2013 | Levadia Stadium, Livadeia | Greece | 4–1 | 7–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 11 | 19 | 26 October 2013 | Levadia Stadium, Livadeia | Greece | 7–1 | 7–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 20 | 31 October 2013 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium | Portugal | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 13 | 20 | 31 October 2013 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium | Portugal | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 23 | 5 April 2014 | Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, Albania | Albania | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 26 | 13 September 2014 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Greece | 4–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 26 | 13 September 2014 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Greece | 6–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 17 | 26 | 13 September 2014 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Greece | 8–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 18 | 26 | 13 September 2014 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Greece | 11–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 19 | 27 | 17 September 2014 | Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, Abrantes, Portugal | Portugal | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 20 | 28 | 22 November 2014 | Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec, Poland | Poland | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 21 | 29 | 11 February 2015 | Estadio José Antonio Pérez, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | Spain | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 22 | 30 | 3 March 2015 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus | Czech Republic | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2015 Cyprus Cup |
| 23 | 34 | 23 May 2015 | Stayen, Sint-Truiden, Belgium | Norway | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 24 | 37 | 27 October 2015 | Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 25 | 37 | 27 October 2015 | Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 26 | 42 | 9 March 2016 | Complexo Desportivo de VRSA, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | Russia | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2016 Algarve Cup |
| 27 | 44 | 12 April 2016 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Estonia | 3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 28 | 44 | 12 April 2016 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Estonia | 5–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 29 | 52 | 3 March 2017 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus | Italy | 1–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 30 | 54 | 8 March 2017 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus | Austria | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 31 | 56 | 11 April 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Scotland | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 32 | 60 | 11 July 2017 | Van Roystadion, Denderleeuw, Belgium | Russia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 33 | 63 | 24 July 2017 | Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands | Netherlands | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
| 34 | 64 | 19 September 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Moldova | 2–0 | 12–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 35 | 64 | 19 September 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Moldova | 3–0 | 12–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 36 | 64 | 19 September 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Moldova | 5–0 | 12–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 37 | 65 | 20 October 2017 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Romania | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 38 | 69 | 7 March 2018 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | South Africa | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Cyprus Cup |
| 39 | 72 | 20 June 2018 | Stade Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldavo | Moldova | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 40 | 81 | 24 May 2019 | Municipal Pylos Stadium, Pylos, Greece | Greece | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 41 | 82 | 1 June 2019 | Stade Eneco, Leuven, Belgium | Thailand | 2–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 42 | 86 | 8 November 2019 | Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia | Croatia | 1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 43 | 91 | 18 September 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Romania | 1–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 44 | 91 | 18 September 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Romania | 3–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 45 | 91 | 18 September 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Romania | 4–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 46 | 92 | 22 September 2020 | Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 47 | 93 | 27 October 2020 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania | Lithuania | 1–0 | 9–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 48 | 93 | 27 October 2020 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania | Lithuania | 7–0 | 9–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 49 | 93 | 27 October 2020 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania | Lithuania | 8–0 | 9–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 50 | 94 | 1 December 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Switzerland | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 51 | 100 | 21 September 2021 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Albania | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 52 | 101 | 21 October 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Kosovo | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 53 | 101 | 21 October 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Kosovo | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 54 | 101 | 21 October 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Kosovo | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 55 | 103 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Armenia | 2–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 56 | 103 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Armenia | 10–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 57 | 103 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Armenia | 12–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 58 | 103 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Armenia | 17–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 59 | 103 | 25 November 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Armenia | 18–0 | 19–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 60 | 105 | 7 April 2022 | Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania | Albania | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 61 | 105 | 7 April 2022 | Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania | Albania | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 62 | 106 | 12 April 2022 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 63 | 106 | 12 April 2022 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 64 | 106 | 12 April 2022 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 65 | 106 | 12 April 2022 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo | 5–0 | 6–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 66 | 108 | 23 June 2022 | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 67 | 108 | 23 June 2022 | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium | Northern Ireland | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 68 | 115 | 6 September 2022 | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 69 | 116 | 6 October 2022 | Estádio do FC Vizela, Vizela, Portugal | Portugal | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2023 FIFA WC Qualy play-offs |
| 70 | 117 | 13 November 2022 | Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Slovakia | 3–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 71 | 117 | 13 November 2022 | Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Slovakia | 6–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 72 | 118 | 16 February 2023 | Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England | Italy | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2023 Arnold Clark Cup |
| 73 | 119 | 19 February 2023 | Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England | South Korea | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2023 Arnold Clark Cup |
| 74 | 121 | 11 April 2023 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Slovenia | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 75 | 121 | 11 April 2023 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Slovenia | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 76 | 125 | 31 October 2023 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | England | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 77 | 125 | 31 October 2023 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | England | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 78 | 128 | 23 February 2024 | Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary | Hungary | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 79 | 128 | 23 February 2024 | Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary | Hungary | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 80 | 129 | 27 February 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Hungary | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 81 | 129 | 27 February 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Hungary | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 82 | 129 | 27 February 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Hungary | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 83 | 132 | 31 May 2024 | Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 84 | 137 | 29 October 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Greece | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 85 | 137 | 29 October 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Greece | 3–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 86 | 138 | 29 November 2024 | Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey | Ukraine | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 87 | 139 | 3 December 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Ukraine | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 88 | 140 | 21 February 2025 | Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia, Spain | Spain | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League |

## Honours

Zulte Waregem
* Belgian Women's Second Division: 2008–09
Anderlecht
* Belgian Women's Super League: 2021, 2022
* Belgian Women's Cup: 2013, 2022
Standard Liège
* BeNe League: 2014–15
* Belgian Women's Cup: 2014
VfL Wolfsburg
* DFB-Pokal: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
* Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18
* UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2015–16, 2017–18
Manchester City
* FA Women's League Cup: 2018–19
* FA Cup: 2018–19
Belgium
* Pinatar Cup: 2022
Individual
* BeNe League topscorer: 2014–15
* BeNe League player of the season: 2014–15
* The Sparkle: 2015
* Belgian Golden Shoe: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
* Super League topscorer: 2020–21, 2021–22
* Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 2021–22
* Record of most goals in 1 Eredivisie-game (7): 2024
* Eredivisie top scorer: 2023–24
* Eredivisie player of the year: 2023–24
* Honorary Citizen of Harelbeke, Belgium: 2024
* Belgium women's record goalscorer: 75 goals