Jill Janssens
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 Janssens with TSG Hoffenheim in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Diest, Belgium | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | OH Leuven | 87 | (17) |
| 2023– | TSG Hoffenheim | 62 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Belgium | 45 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 December 2025 [2] | |||
Jill Janssens (born 3 October 2003) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a forward for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the Belgium national team.
Janssens started playing football in Bekkevoort for the local VC Bekkevoort. At the age of twelve she moved to Oud-Heverlee in the youth department of Oud-Heverlee Leuven. In the 2019/20 season she played seven games for the first team in the Belgian Women's Super League, the highest division in Belgian women's football.
She made her debut on 6 December 2019 in the 0-3 defeat in the away game against KRC Genk Ladies as a substitute in the 73rd minute. In the following season she was a contract player for the first team and already played 17 league games, in which she also scored two goals. She scored her first on 7 November 2020 (7th matchday) in a 4-2 win in the away game against the SV Zulte Waregem women's soccer team with the goal to make it 2-0 in the 60th minute.
During her time at OHL, the club finished second behind Anderlecht in the league in 2022 and 2023, finishing top of the regular campaign for 2022-2023, but not winning the title.
She was signed by Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the 2023/24 season and given a contract that runs until 30 June 2025.
International career
Janssens made her debut for the Belgium national team on 10 June 2021, coming on as a substitute for Lenie Onzia against Spain.[3][4]
At the start of 2022, Janssens helped Belgium win the Pinatar Cup in Spain for the first time, beating Russia on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw.[5]
Missing out on the Belgium squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England, where the Red Flames were beaten in the quarter-finals 1-0 by Sweden, 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.[6][7]
On 11 June 2025, Janssens was called up to the Belgium squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[8]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 February 2024 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium |  Hungary | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 2. | 5–1 | |||||
| 3. | 26 June 2025 | Edmond Machtens Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Greece | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 1 December 2025 | Estadio El Pamar, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain |  Finland | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
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