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Yoni Buyens

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Yoni Buyens
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Duffel, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Westerlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Lierse 81 (4)
2009–2011 KV Mechelen 64 (2)
2011–2015 Standard Liège 103 (12)
2014–2015Charlton Athletic (loan) 40 (8)
2015–2018 Genk 30 (4)
2016–2017Westerlo (loan) 21 (1)
2018 Lierse 0 (0)
2018– Lierse Kempenzonen 0 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Belgium U19 8 (0)
2007–2008 Belgium U20 3 (0)
2009–2010 Belgium U21 2 (0)
Managerial career
2022– Westerlo (academy)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2017

Yoni Buyens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːni ˈbœyə(n)s]; born 10 March 1988) is a Belgian professional football coach and former football midfielder who is currently an academy coach for K.V.C. Westerlo.

Career

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On 21 June 2014, it was announced he had signed a one-year loan deal with Charlton Athletic[1]

On 30 June 2015, Buyens signed with Genk on a three-year deal[2]

In 2022, K.V.C. Westerlo announced that they had signed Buyens as an academy coach.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Charlton sign Yoni Buyens on season-long loan". Charlton Athletic. 21 June 2014.
  2. ^ "KRC Genk welcomes Yoni Buyens". K.R.C. Genk. 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Expansion youth department KVC Westerlo". kvcwesterlo.be. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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