Anaëlle Wiard

Anaëlle Wiard
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-23) 23 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Belgium
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Fémina White Star Woluwe [nl]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 White Star Woluwe
2010–2017 Anderlecht 69 (23)
2017–2018 Standard Liège 8 (3)
2018–2020 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 36 (9)
2020–2022 Eendracht Aalst [nl] 23 (3)
2020– FP Halle-Gooik (futsal)
2020–? New Team Brussels
(beach soccer)		 6 (7)
2022–2023 Fémina White Star Woluwe [nl] 23 (7)
?– Playas San Javier (beach soccer)
International career
2011–2016 Belgium 16 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:19, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Anaëlle Wiard (born 23 March 1991) is a Belgian football, futsal and beach soccer player, who has made 16 appearances for the Belgium women's national football team. At club level, she most recently played football for Fémina White Star Woluwe [nl] and beach soccer for Playas San Javier.

Club career

Wiard plays as a striker.[1] She made her debut aged 16 for White Star Woluwe [nl], and played for the club for three years. In 2010, she transferred to Anderlecht.[2] She played in the Anderlecht team that lost the 2016 Belgian Women's Cup Final to Lierse SK; she scored Anderlecht's only goal in the final, as they lost 2–1.[3][4] In 2017, Wiard was injured in a match against Standard Liège, and was forced to miss the last few matches of the season.[5] In 2018, she signed for Oud-Heverlee Leuven from Standard Liège;[1] she was one of 20 signings that OH Leuven made, and one of five signings from Standard Liège.[6] That year, she scored a hat-trick for OH Leuven in a match against KSK Heist.[7]

In April 2020, Wiard signed for Eendracht Aalst [nl].[8] In July 2020, she signed for Belgian futsal club FP Halle-Gooik. She continued to play football for Eendracht Aalst alongside her futsal role.[9] In September 2020, she played for beach soccer team New Team Brussels in the Beach Soccer Champions League. She had been the team's top scorer in the C1 league.[10] She had taken up the sport in June,[11] and was the tournament's top scorer.[11][12] Wiard chose to miss Eendracht Aalst football matches to attend the tournament.[11] In November 2020, she sustained a cruciate ligament injury that sidelined her for six months.[13] It was the third cruciate ligament injury of her career.[12] In May 2021, Wiard signed a one-year contract extension with Eendracht Aalst.[14]

Wiard played for Fémina White Star Woluwe [nl] in the 2022–23 Belgian Women's Super League. She announced her retirement from football at the end of the season.[15] In beach soccer, she played for Playas San Javier at the 2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup in June 2023. She scored four goals in the quarter final match.[16]

International career

Wiard has made 16 appearances for the Belgium women's national football team,[9] scoring five goals.[17] She was part of the Belgian squad at the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup.[18]

Personal life

Aside from football, Wiard works as a physical education teacher.[19] She is also a coach of an under-9s boys football team in Watermael-Boitsfort.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "OH Leuven Vrouwen stelt transfers 9 en 10 voor, inclusief spits van Standard". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Anaelle Wiard aimerait voir plus de femmes jouer au foot" (in French). Radio Bank. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Lierse pakt Beker van België bij de vrouwen". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Lierse sleept Beker van België in de wacht na zege tegen Anderlecht". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "BRUTE PECH VOOR SPEELSTER ANDERLECHT". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Maarten Timmermans: "Vooral talent uit omgeving voor OHL"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Wiard bezorgt met hattrick OH Leuven eerste zege in Super League". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Alost prépare son accession en Super League en transférant une Liégeoise et trois autres joueuses". Foot Feminin (in French). 4 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Zestienvoudige Red Flame kiest ook voor avontuur in zaalvoetbal". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 12 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Beach soccer: Anaëlle Wiard, meilleure buteuse de la C1, dingue de beach". La Capitale (in French). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "BAREFOOT: The Beach Soccer Mag". No. 14. December 2020. pp. 26–27, 37, 48–53. Retrieved 19 June 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. ^ a b "#Anaëlle Wiard (SC Eendracht Aalst Ladies) voor lange tijd uitgeschakeld! (met video)". Belgian Vrouwen Voetbal (in Dutch). November 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Beelden van het duel tussen Aalst en Zulte Waregem, maandenlange revalidatie voor Wiard". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. ^ "NOG TWEE CONTRACTVERLENGINGEN BIJ EENDRACHT AALST LADIES". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Brusselse Anaëlle Wiard doet met Woluwe verrassend Anderlecht knielen". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Four semi-finalists of the Euro Winners Cup (Women) defined". Beach Soccer. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Toptransfer bij damesploeg FP Halle-Gooik" (in Dutch). Ring-TV [nl]. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Red Flames eens te meer rots in branding: Spaanse topklasser in mootjes gehakt". Vrouwen Voetbal Krant (in Dutch). 10 February 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Défendre le football féminin : un challenge qui va bien au-delà du sport". RTBF (in French). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Le foot féminin en Belgique : droites au but". Paris Match (in French). 7 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.