Belgium international defender Amber Tysiak joined West Ham United from Belgian Women’s Super League club OH Leuven in January 2023.
The tall centre-back started her senior career with KRC Genk Ladies, spending four seasons with them before moving to Leuven in 2020.
A teaching graduate, Tysiak made her senior Belgium debut in 2021 and was part of the Red Flames’ squad at UEFA Women’s Euro 2022.
Career
Started the FA Women’s League Cup group-stage defeats at Brighton & Hove Albion and Birmingham City…Started West Ham United’s 1-3 extra-time defeat at Chelsea in the Women’s FA Cup fourth round on 14 January 2024…Scored her first WSL goal in a 3-4 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on 21 January 2024...Totaled 17 WSL appearances, 16 of them starts, and one goal...Appeared in two FA Women’s League Cup group-stage ties and one Women's FA Cup tie to take her totals to 20 appearances, 18 starts and one goal in all competitions...Made six appearances for Belgium, helping her country retain their place in UEFA Women's Nations League A, then start qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, taking her to 27 senior caps.
Transferred to West Ham United on 13 January 2023…Made her West Ham United debut in a 6-2 home WSL win over Manchester City on 23 April 2023…Finished the season having made four WSL appearances, three of them starts.
Born in Houthalen-Helchteren in the Belgian province of Limburg on 26 January 2000...Played for local club KFC Helson as a schoolgirl...Joined KRC Genk Ladies at the age of 16 in 2016…Joined Belgian Women’s Super League club OH Leuven in April 2020…Initially combined her football career with her studies for a teaching degree and job as a secondary school teacher…Finished as a Belgian Women’s Super League runner-up with OH Leuven in 2020/21 and 2021/22…Made her senior Belgium debut in a friendly defeat by the Netherlands in Brussels in February 2021…Scored a hat-trick in Belgium’s 19-0 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying win over Armenia on 25 November 2021 – her first senior international goals…Scored two goals in Belgium’s 6-1 friendly win over Luxembourg in Lier on 28 June 2022.