Tibo Persyn
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 (age 21)
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Eindhoven
Number 99
Youth career
2012–2018 Club Brugge
2018–2021 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Club Brugge (loan) 2 (1)
2022 → Westerlo (loan) 4 (1)
2022–2023 → Eindhoven (loan) 30 (0)
2023– Eindhoven 0 (0)
International career
2017 Belgium U15 2 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U17 19 (0)
2019 Belgium U18 4 (1)
2020 Belgium U19 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Tibo Persyn (born 13 March 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Eindhoven.

Club career

Inter Milan

Having joined the youth academy of Club Brugge in 2012, Persyn signed for Inter Milan in summer 2018, aged 16.[2]

Loans to Club Brugge and Westerlo

In July 2021, he returned to Club Brugge of the Belgian First Division A on a season-long loan with the option to make the loan permanent.[3][4] He made his professional debut on 15 August 2021, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Clinton Mata in a 4–0 league win against Zulte Waregem.[5] Persyn's first goal for the club came on 22 August 2021 in the 55th minute of a 3–2 win against Beerschot.[6]

On 27 January 2022, Brugge and Westerlo agreed that Persyn will join Westerlo until the end of the season.[7]

FC Eindhoven

On 22 July 2022, Persyn joined Eerste Divisie club FC Eindhoven on a season-long loan.[8]

On 15 July 2023, Persyn rejoined Eindhoven, this time on a permanent transfer.[9]

International career

Persyn has represented Belgium at under-15, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels.[10] He made 3 appearances for Belgium at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and 4 appearances at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 May 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club Brugge (loan) 2021–22 Belgian First Division A 2 1 0 0 0 0 — 2 1
Westerlo (loan) 2021–22 Belgian First Division B 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
Eindhoven (loan) 2022–23 Eerste Divisie 30 0 2 0 — 2[a] 0 34 0
Career total 36 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 40 2
  1. ^ All appearance(s) in the Promotion/relegation play-offs.

Honours

Westerlo

References

  1. ^ "Tibo Persyn". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "16-jarig talent van Club Brugge tekent contract bij Inter Milaan". sporza.be (in Flemish). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Club Brugge rondt de "thuiskomst" van sneltrein Tibo Persyn af". sporza.be (in Flemish). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Tibo Persyn joins Club Brugge". inter.it. Inter Milan. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ^ Messiaen, Tjorven (15 August 2021). "De Grote Charles De Ketelaere Show: youngster dirigeert Club Brugge naar ruime zege op het veld van Zulte Waregem". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. ^ Lagae, Bart (22 August 2021). "Club Brugge pakt eerste thuiszege van het seizoen voor vol huis na spektakelstuk tegen Beerschot". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Welcome Tibo Persyn" (Press release). Westerlo. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Tibo Persyn all'FC Eindhoven" (Press release) (in Italian). Inter Milan. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Tibo Persyn to FC Eindhoven" (Press release). Inter Milan. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Tibo Persyn". static.belgianfootball.be (in Flemish). Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Tibo Persyn » Internationals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  12. ^ Tibo Persyn at Soccerway
  13. ^ "Welcome back les Campinois" (in French). Belgian Pro League. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

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FC Eindhoven – current squad
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