Christophe Kinet

Christophe Kinet
Personal information
Date of birth	15 May 1979
Place of birth	Huy, Belgium
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Liège
1995–1997	Germinal Ekeren
1997–2000	RC Strasbourg
2000–2003	Millwall
2003–2004	FC Brussels
2005–2006	Sparta Rotterdam
2006–2011	Liège
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christophe Kinet (born 15 May 1979) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Belgian, British, French and Dutch league for, among others Millwall F.C., Sparta Rotterdam, RC Strasbourg, FC Brussels and RFC Liège.

Career

Born in Huy, Belgium, Kinet started his youth training at R.S.C. Anderlecht. He quit Anderlecht for studies.^{[citation needed]}

He joined Millwall F.C. in 2000, then playing in the second league and left Millwall again in 2002, only to be brought back shortly afterwards.^[1] One of his most memorable moments at Millwall was scoring a hat-trick against Northampton in the Football League Trophy.^[2]

In the 2004–05 winter transfer window Kinet transferred from FC Brussels to Sparta Rotterdam. During the 2005–06 season, he transferred to then third division club RFC de Liege, after Roeselare expressed initial interest.^[3]

Personal life

Kinet left Millwall because his then-girlfriend was expecting a baby. Kinet returned to Belgium and became the father of a son, named Henrick.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Germinal Ekeren

Belgian Cup: 1996–97^[4]

References

^ "Millwall re-sign Kinet". BBC Sport. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
^ "Millwall 4-1 Northampton". BBC. 5 December 2000. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ "Kinet naar FC Luik" (in Dutch). ELFvoetbal. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Belgium 1996/97". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

External links

Christophe Kinet at WorldFootball.net
Christophe Kinet at Soccerbase

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[1] "Millwall re-sign Kinet". BBC Sport. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2009.

[2] "Millwall 4-1 Northampton". BBC. 5 December 2000. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

[3] "Kinet naar FC Luik" (in Dutch). ELFvoetbal. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Belgium 1996/97". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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