Jeroen Simaeys
Jeroen Simaeys (2014)
Personal information
Full name Jeroen Simaeys
Date of birth (1985-05-12) 12 May 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Mechelen, Belgium
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back, Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Butsel
Mechelen
OH Leuven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 OH Leuven 46 (7)
2005–2007 Sint-Truiden 60 (9)
2007–2011 Club Brugge 111 (11)
2011–2014 Genk 61 (3)
2014–2016 Krylia Sovetov Samara 35 (1)
2016–2017 OH Leuven 15 (2)
International career
2008–2009 Belgium 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jeroen Simaeys (Dutch pronunciation: [jəˈrun ˈsi.maːis]) (born 12 May 1985) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a centre back. Simaeys suffered an injury in the beginning of 2017 and was forced to retire several months later when it became apparent he would no longer be able to play professional football.[1]

Club career

He joined Genk on 30 July 2011. He has previously played for Club Brugge, Sint-Truiden, Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Butsel and Mechelen.

National team career

He made his debut for the senior Belgium national football team in a friendly against Luxembourg on 18 November 2008.

He competed for Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Honours

Genk

References

  1. ^ "Jeroen Simaeys stopt met voetballen". ohl.be. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Jeroen Simaeys Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2009.


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