Tom Soetaers
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tom Soetaers | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Tienen, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden (Head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Anderlecht | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Roda JC | 98 | (23) |
| 2004–2005 | Ajax | 17 | (4) |
| 2005–2009 | Genk | 99 | (19) |
| 2009 | KV Kortrijk | 8 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | KV Mechelen | 17 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Olympia SC Wijgmaal | ||
| 2015–2016 | SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden | ||
| International career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Belgium U18 | 13 | (6) |
| 1998–1999 | Belgium U19 | 9 | (4) |
| 2000–2002 | Belgium U21 | 18 | (3) |
| 2002–2005 | Belgium | 8 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden | ||
| 2017 | Olympia SC Wijgmaal | ||
| 2018– | SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tom Soetaers (born 21 July 1980) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a midfielder and current football coach, mostly being deployed as a left-winger.[1] He is currently in charge of SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden.[2]
Club career
[edit]Soetaers began his career at Belgian side Anderlecht where he made just seven appearances for the first team before moving to the Netherlands to play for Roda JC. He spent three years at Roda becoming a big part of their team and was signed by league rivals AFC Ajax. However Soetaers failed to ever really establish himself at the club and after just over a year he returned to his home country with K.R.C. Genk.
On his return to Belgium Soetaers managed to rediscover the form he showed at Roda JC and helped the side to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for two seasons. He also won the Belgian Cup in 2008–09 with K.R.C. Genk, beating K.V. Mechelen in the final. On 21 June 2009, Soetaers signed a two-year contract with K.V. Kortrijk, but after only 6 months he went to KV Mechelen, in a transfer deal that included Giuseppe Rossini who went the other way.
Soetaers currently has eight caps for Belgium winning his first in 2003 in a match against Poland.
Currently Soetaers is working for the TV channel 2Be.
Honours
[edit]Roda JC
Genk
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Soetaers" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ Hoegaarden: Tom Soetaers is nieuwe trainer SC Out-Hoegaarden‚ nieuwsblad.be, 30 January 2018
- ^ "2000: DE CUP IS VOOR DEFENSIEF IJZERSTERK RODA". totoknvbbekker.nl. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Le Racing a sauvé sa saison". dhnet.be. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Tom Soetaers at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tom Soetaers at the Royal Belgian Football Association
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Belgium men's international footballers
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Roda JC Kerkrade players
- AFC Ajax players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- K.V. Mechelen players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- People from Tienen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Flemish Brabant
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Belgian football midfielder stubs