Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mathias Delorge-Knieper | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Truiden, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sint-Truiden | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | Heers VV | ||
2011–2022 | Sint-Truiden | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Sint-Truiden | 31 | (1) |
2023 | →Lierse Kempenzonen (loan) | 10 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2020 | Belgium U16 | 5 | (0) |
2021 | Belgium U18 | 6 | (0) |
2023– | Belgium U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:06, 9 December 2023 (UTC) |
Mathias Delorge-Knieper (born 31 July 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sint-Truiden.
Delorge is a youth product of Heers VV before moving to Sint-Truiden's academy in 2011. In November 2020, he started training with the senior team for the first time.[1] On 15 January 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Sint-Truiden and started playing with their reserves.[2] He was a part of the senior team for the preseason in the summer of 2021.[3]
Delorge made his senior and professional debut with Sint-Truiden as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Standard Liège on 10 April 2022.[4] In the summer of 2022 he tore his meniscus, which kept him out for 4 months. On January 31 2023, he was loaned to Lierse Kempenzonen in the Challenger Pro League for the second half of the season.[5] Making 10 appearances and scoring 1 goal on his loan, Delorge returned to Sint-Truiden for the 2023–24 season.[6]
Delorge is a youth international for Belgium, having played for the Belgium U20s in November 2023.[7]
Mathias is the son of Peter Delorge and nephew of Kristof Delorge, both former professional footballers.[8]