Justine Vanhaevermaet

Justine Vanhaevermaet (born 29 April 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton and the Belgium national team.^[2]

Justine Vanhaevermaet

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-04-29) 29 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfield
Team information
Current team	Everton
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	WB Sinaai Girls
2012–2013	Anderlecht	12	(2)
2013–2016	Lierse[note 1]	48	(10)
2016–2018	Anderlecht	41	(12)
2018	SC Sand	3	(1)
2019	Røa	21	(3)
2020–2021	LSK Kvinner	26	(2)
2021–2023	Reading	39	(6)
2023–	Everton	31	(1)
International career‡
2008–2009	Belgium U17	11	(1)
2009–2011	Belgium U19	21	(7)
2013–	Belgium	67	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:46, 12 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2024[1]

Club career

Vanhaevermaet started with Sinaai Girls from Waasland-Beveren. From 2012 she played first for RSC Anderlecht then for Lierse SK in the joint Belgian-Dutch BeNe League. After a short stay at Bundesliga club SC Sand, she moved to Norwegian first division club Røa IL in 2019 and to league rivals Lillestrøm Kvinner FK in 2020. With Lillestrøm she qualified for the round of 16 of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. After a 2-0 win over the Belarusian champions FC Minsk, to which she contributed the second goal,^[3] they were able to afford a 0-1 defeat in the home game to reach the round of 16, which took place in March 2021. They were eliminated after two 0-2 defeats against VfL Wolfsburg.

On 17 August 2021, Reading announced the signing of Vanhaevermaet to a two-year contract.^[4]

International career

Youth

Vanhaevermaet took part in the second qualifying round for the inaugural 2008 UEFA U17 European Championship in April 2008. At the tournament in the Czech Republic they achieved a 1-1 draw in the first game against the Netherlands, but then lost twice 1-3 against England and the hosts. They were eliminated as bottom of the group. At least she scored her first international goal against England. In October they made a new attempt and had home advantage in the first round. They were able to take advantage of this and reach the second round with two wins and one draw. They played at home in the second qualifying round for the 2009 UEFA U17 European Championship but missed the finals as bottom of the group.

In September 2009 she took part in the first qualifying round for the 2010 UEFA U19 European Championship in Hungary. With a 10-0 win against Armenia, in which she contributed her first three U-19 goals, and a 4-2 win against Latvia, in which she scored the first and last goals, as well as a goalless draw against the hosts they qualify for the second round as group winners. At the tournament starting at the end of March 2010, they were able to win two games, scoring the 2-1 winner against Ukraine. However, they missed the finals due to a 5-0 defeat against Italy. At the next attempt in September 2010, they only needed two wins against Estonia and Lithuania as Azerbaijan withdrew shortly before the tournament to reach the second round. At the end of March and early April they were able to qualify for the finals with two draws against Serbia and Finland and a win against hosts Russia. At the 2011 UEFA U19 European Championship, she was captain. Her team was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Senior

On 14 August 2013 she came on as a substitute for the Belgian senior national team for the first time in a friendly against Austria. She also came on as a substitute against South Africa in her second appearance, at the 2015 Cyprus Cup. On 19 January 2017 she played over 90 minutes for the first time in her sixth international match. The opponent in the 2-1 win was the French U-23 team.^[5] She had two appearances at the 2017 Cyprus Cup and then twice again at the 2018 Cyprus Cup.

Vanhaevermaet (no. 27 shirt) in 2021

When qualifying for the Euro 2022 began in September 2019, she became a regular player. She was used in all eight games, scored her first goal for the senior national team in a 6-1 win against Romania on 18 September 2020 and was able to win with her team in the last game with a 4-0 win against Switzerland qualify again for the European Championship finals.^[6]

In the first eight games of qualifying for the 2023 World Cup, she played seven times and scored three goals.

At the European Championship finals, she was in the starting line-up in her team's four games, which ended with a 0-1 defeat against Sweden in the quarter-finals. In the first group game against Iceland she scored the goal with a penalty to make the final score 1-1.

After the European Championships, she played in the last two group games of qualifying for the 2023 World Cup and qualified with her team for the play-offs for the runners-up in the group. However, her team failed in the first play-off round with a 1-2 defeat against Portugal. She was selected by Ives Serneels to compete in the 2023 Arnold Clark Cup where Belgium finished second.^[7]

She went on to contribute to Belgium's successful qualification for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 via the play-offs, starting both legs of the play-off final against Ukraine.^[8][9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 February 2025^[2][10][11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Anderlecht	2012–13	BeNe League	12	2	?	?	—		—		12	2
Lierse SK	2013–14	BeNe League	25	8	?	?	—		—		25	8
	2014–15	BeNe League	23	2	?	?	—		—		23	2
	Total		48	10	?	?	—		—		48	10
Anderlecht	2015–16	Belgian Women's Super League	15	0	?	?	—		—		15	0
	2016–17	Belgian Women's Super League	13	6	?	?	—		—		13	6
	2017–18	Belgian Women's Super League	13	6	?	?	—		—		13	6
	Total		41	12	?	?	—		—		41	12
SC Sand	2018–19	Frauen-Bundesliga	3	1	0	0	—		—		3	1
Røa IL	2019	Toppserien	21	3	3	0	—		—		24	3
LSK Kvinner	2020	Toppserien	15	2	4	1	—		4	1	23	4
	2021	Toppserien	11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		26	2	5	1	—		4	1	35	4
Reading	2021–22	Women's Super League	19	2	2	1	3	0	—		24	3
	2022–23	Women's Super League	20	4	2	0	2	1	—		24	5
	Total		39	6	4	1	5	1	—		48	8
Everton	2023–24	Women's Super League	19	1	2	1	3	0	—		24	2
	2023–24	Women's Super League	12	0	2	0	1	0	—		15	0
	Total		31	1	4	1	4	0	—		39	2
Career total			221	7	16	3	9	1	4	1	250	42

International

As of match played 3 December 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	2013	1	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	4	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	7	0
	2020	7	1
	2021	8	3
	2022	11	2
	2023	12	0
	2024	12	1
Total		67	7

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

List of international goals scored by Justine Vanhaevermaet

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	18 September 2020	Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium	Romania	6–1	6–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2	21 October 2021	Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium	Kosovo	1–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3				5–0
4	25 November 2021	Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium	Armenia	11–0	19–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5	10 July 2022	Academy Stadium, Manchester, England	Iceland	1–0	1–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
6	6 September 2022	FFA Academy Stadium Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	3–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	[13]
7	23 February 2024	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary	Hungary	3–1	5–1	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

• Belgian Women's Super League: 2017–18
• Belgian Women's Cup winner: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15

Notes

1. Stats refer to BeNe League matches only