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Diede Lemey

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Diede Lemey
Lemey in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Tielt, Belgium
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Werder Bremen
Youth career
O.M.S. Ingelmunster
FC Meulebeke
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 VK Dames Egem
2012–2017 RSC Anderlecht 64 (0)
2017–2018 Verona 20 (0)
2018–2019 Atalanta Mozzanica 22 (0)
2019–2022 Sassuolo 31 (0)
2022–2024 Fortuna Sittard 38 (0)
2024– Werder Bremen (0)
International career
2011 Belgium U15 1 (0)
2011–2013 Belgium U-17 15 (0)
2013–2015 Belgium U19 7 (0)
2017– Belgium 9[a] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024 [1]

Diede Lemey (born 7 October 1996) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. At international level, she has played for the Belgium.

Club career

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Lemey played youth football at Ingelmunster and FC Meulebeke. In 2009, at the age of 13, she went to VK Dames Egem. In 2012, she signed with RSC Anderlecht. [3]

In 2022, she was awarded "Goalkeeper of the year" in the Italian Serie A, after a series of excellent performances for her team Sassuolo. Lemey managed nine clean sheets and a save rate of 74.2% that season.[4]

Lemey joined Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen in August 2024.[5]

International career

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Lemey played for several Belgium youth teams, including the U15, U17 and U19 sides. On 22 November 2014, Lemey was called for the first time for the senior team. However, it was only on 19 January 2017 that she really played for her country in a match against France. Lemey was part of the group that represented Belgium at the 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup, she also part of the 23-women squad who went to the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6] She was part of the national team at UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[7]

Personal life

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Lemey is in a same-sex relationship with Belgian footballer Ella Van Kerkhoven.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Al onze Red Flames" [All our Red Flames]. RBFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Pinatar cup 2022". www.rbfa.be. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Met rode lippen en blauwe plekken" (PDF). Dames-mth.be. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "A Belgian is the best goalkeeper in Italy, she has been waiting for her chance with the Flames for 8 years | Red Flames". Archysport. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Diede Lemey wechselt zum SV Werder" [Diede Lemey moves to SV Werder]. SV Werder Bremen (in German). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ^ "23 Belgian Red Flames in EK-selectie". Belgian Football. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  7. ^ UEFA.com (4 July 2022). "Women's EURO 2022 inside track: Belgium". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 Archived 12 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine, July 2022

Notes

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  1. ^ RBFA lists her caps as 8, however they counted the Pinatar cup game against Slovakia (16 February 2022) in which Lemey did not play[2]
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