Tessa Wullaert leaves Anderlecht for the Dutch Fortuna Sittard

The 29-year-old attacker from Stasegem became champion and cup winner this season with Anderlecht. She herself scored 38 times in the Scooore Super League and became the top scorer. “The switch to the Netherlands feels like a new challenge, a new competition for me,” Wullaert explains on the team website.

“Putting women’s football on the map”

“The ambitious plan of Fortuna Sittard appealed to me enormously, which made me decide to choose Sittard. I am convinced that with my experience I can contribute to this beautiful project and to put women’s football on the map in the Dutch Limburg. The club and partner Azerion are committed to women’s rights, which ties in well with my own project GRLPWR.” Tessa recently wrote a book about women’s football.

In the past, Wullaert also played for Zulte Waregem (2008-2012), a first time Anderlecht (2012-2013), Standard (2013-2015), the German Wolfsburg (2015-2018) and the English Manchester City (2018-2020). ). Fortuna Sittard just started with a women’s team, but has a lot of ambition. The club immediately wants to attack the top in the Eredivisie.