Davina Philtjens (born 26 February 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo. From 2008 to 2025, she played for the Belgium national team, where she became the third most-capped Belgian women's player of all time.
Club career Philtjens previously played for Standard Liège in the Belgian Championship, where she won seven Belgian Super League titles and the short-lived BeNe League in 2014–15, along with two Belgian Cups in 2012 and 2014. Philtjens won a Dutch title with Ajax in the Eredivisie in 2017–18.
She subsequently was based in Italy's Serie A first with Fiorentina and then Sassuolo.
Philtjens signed for Sassuolo from Fiorentina in 2020 and celebrated her 100th game for the club in November 2024.
International career Having played 21 times for the Under-19 national side, Philtjens made her debut for Belgium at senior level in a 1–0 away win over Wales on 17 February 2008.
Philtjens played in Belgium's only two appearances at the Women's European Championships, their group stage exit at Euro 2017 where she netted in a 2–1 loss to the Netherlands, and the Red Flames' subsequent run to quarter-finals at Euro 2022, where she did not score but did help Belgium out of their group for the first time ever.
In their second appearance at the continental finals, the Red Flames finished second in Group D behind group favourites France, against whom they conceded a narrow defeat (1–2), but ahead of Iceland with a 1–1 draw and Italy, who they edged out 1–0. Belgium lost 1–0 to Sweden in the quarter-finals. Euro féminin : qualifiées pour les quarts, les Red Flames ont déjà tout gagné Euro féminin - Suède-Belgique : Les Red Flames éliminées en quart de finale dans les toutes dernières secondes
At the start of 2022, Philtjens helped Belgium win the Pinatar Cup friendly tournament in Spain for the first time, beating Russia on penalties in the final after a 0–0 draw. Philtjens missed Belgium's opening penalty of the shoot-out. Les Red Flames remportent la Pinatar Cup face à la Russie, le tout premier trophée de leur histoire
She went on to contribute to Belgium's successful qualification for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 via the play-offs, playing in all Belgium's group games, but missing out on knockout wins over Greece and Ukraine through injury. On 11 June 2025, Philtjens was called up to the Belgium squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.
In October 2025, Philtjens announced her retirement from the Belgium national team after making 128 caps across 17 years.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBelgium2008302010432011602012502013512014802015802016922017152201810020191322020702021702022150202330202440202560Total12810
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Philtjens goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Davina PhiltjensNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition128 March 2010Edmond Machtens Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–22–32011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification219 June 2010Stade Leburton, Tubize, Belgium2–011–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification35–0421 September 2013King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium1–02–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification520 October 2016Proximus Basecamp, Tubize, Belgium3–03–0Friendly624 November 2016Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium2–03–2Friendly73 March 2017Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus4–14–1Friendly819 September 2017Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium4–012–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification98 November 2019Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia2–04–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification103–1
Honours Standard Liège Belgian Women's First Division: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Belgian Women's Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14 BeNe Super Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13 Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13 BeNe League: 2014–15, runner-up: 2012–13, 2013–14
Ajax Eredivisie: 2017–18
Belgium Pinatar Cup: 2022
See also List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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