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 52 (5)
2023– West Ham United 9 (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, correct as of 17:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

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

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

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genk 2016–17 Belgian Women's Super League ? ? ? ? — ? ?
2017–18 Belgian Women's Super League ? ? ? ? — ? ?
2018–19 Belgian Women's Super League ????—??
2019–20 Belgian Women's Super League 152??—152
Total 152??—152
Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2020–21 Belgian Women's Super League 241??—241
2021–22 Belgian Women's Super League 17 2 ? ? — 17 2
2022–23 Belgian Women's Super League 11 2 1 0 — 12 2
Total 52 5 1 0 — 53 5
West Ham United 2022–23 Women's Super League 40000040
2023–24 Women's Super League 50001060
Total 900010100
Career total 7671010787


International

As of match played 5 December 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 2021103
202292
2023 2 0
Total215
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. 1 2 3 "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.
  8. ↑ "Amber Tysiak". Soccerdonna. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Belgium - A. Tysiak - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Belgium - A. Tysiak - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2023.


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