Tessa Wullaert

Tessa Wullaert (born 19 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch club Fortuna Sittard and the Belgium national team.

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 a new joint league between Belgium and the Netherlands called BeNe League was created, she moved to RSC Anderlecht, with which she won the Belgian Cup. She left after one year at the club and signed for Standard Liège, scoring 16 league goals during the 2013–14 season and winning the Belgian Cup again. On her second season (2014–15) 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.

Fortuna Sittard
After 2 years in her native Belgium Wullaert agreed terms with newcomers to the Dutch Eredivisie Fortuna Sittard 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.

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. After only a few years, she achieved the record for highest number of international goals by a Belgian female football player, she caught up with team captain Aline Zeler in Oktober 2015 and overtook her in March 2016.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wullaert goal.

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

Individual
 * BeNe League topscorer: 2014–15
 * BeNe League player of the season: 2014–15
 * The Sparkle: 2015
 * Belgian Golden Shoe: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023 
 * 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
 * Honorary Citizen of Harelbeke, Belgium: 2024