Karel Geraerts
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Genk, Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Union SG (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Club Brugge | 9 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Lokeren (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Standard Liège | 93 | (16) |
| 2007–2011 | Club Brugge | 119 | (15) |
| 2011–2014 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 79 | (13) |
| 2014–2016 | Charleroi | 32 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2009 | Belgium | 20 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022– | Union SG | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Karel Geraerts (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈɣeːraːrts]; born 5 January 1982) is a Belgian former footballer and current head coach of Union SG.
Career
Geraerts played for Club Brugge from 1998 to December 2003. In 2004 Club Brugge lent him to Lokeren where he scored his first goal in the Jupiler League. In the summer of 2004 he moved to Standard Liège. In June 2007 he went back to Bruges. As a youngster the midfielder played with C.S. Mechelen-aan-de-Maas and Racing Genk (from 1996 to 1998) before he moved to the youth team of Club Brugge. After the 2010–11 season, Geraerts was no longer part of the plans at Club Brugge and was told he could look for a new club, which resulted in him signing with newly promoted side Oud-Heverlee Leuven on the last day of the transfer period.[1] Geraerts' contract ended in 2014 and with Oud-Heverlee Leuven just being relegated, it was not renewed. This allowed him to move as a free agent player to Charleroi. He last played for Charleroi in 2016 and after being without a club for half a year has announced his retirement in January 2017.[2]
In 2005, Geraerts debuted for the Belgium national football team. In his first match in the starting line-up, on 12 October in and against Lithuania in a World Cup qualifier, he scored the opening goal.
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 October 2005 | Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania |  Lithuania |
0–1 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 20 May 2006 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia |  Slovakia |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 12 September 2007 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan |
0–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 4. | 17 October 2007 | Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium |  Armenia |
3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
Honours
Club Brugge
References
- ^ "Geraerts:"I want to attain the level of my best years at Club Brugge."" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Karel Geraerts hangt voetbalschoenen definitief aan de haak" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 4 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- Karel Geraerts at Soccerway
- Karel Geraerts at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Belgian footballers
- K.R.C. Genk players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Standard Liège players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
- R. Charleroi S.C. players
- Belgium international footballers
- Belgian First Division A players
- Sportspeople from Genk
- Footballers from Limburg (Belgium)
- Association football midfielders
- Belgian football midfielder stubs