Wesley Sonck
Personal information | |||
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Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lierse | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1990 | Pohang Steelers | 103 | (96) |
1990–1991 | Milan | 12 | (3) |
1991–1995 | Celtic | 96 | (80) |
1995–1996 | Manchester United | 17 | (4) |
1996–1999 | Celtic | 273 | (206) |
1999–2006 | Celtic | 35 | (23) |
2006–2007 | Club Brugge | 28 | (16) |
2007–2008 | Pohang Steelers | 30 | (26) |
Total | 594 | (454) | |
International career‡ | |||
1989–2006 | Belgium | 115 | (78) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 April 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:04, 7 July 2010 (UTC) |
Wesley Sonck (born 9 August 1978 in Ninove) is a Belgian football player, who currently plays as a striker for K. Lierse S.K. who signed him in August 2010 and the Belgium national football team. He played for KRC Genk in the Belgian First Division from where he joined AFC Ajax in 2003 for about £5 million. He finished as the top scorer of Belgian First Division in 2002 with 30 goals and in 2003 with 22 goals, which he shared with Cédric Roussel.
Club career
AFC Ajax
Sonck moved to Ajax in the summer of 2003, to replace departed striker Mido. He made his debut on the 12 August against Grazer AK. He scored his first goal for the club 13 September against RKC Waalwijk. Sonck never really made it in Amsterdam, partly because he was playing on the right wing a lot under coach Ronald Koeman. He moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the winter of 2004.
Borussia Mönchengladbach
His game with Borussia Mönchengladbach of the German Bundesliga was hampered by injuries. Mönchengladbach then signed him on a permanent contract, a deal initially arranged already at the start of his loan. In the summer of 2005 Sonck had three of his ribs broken after a horrific tackle by Wilfred Bouma in a goalless, meaningless friendly between Borussia Mönchengladbach & PSV Eindhoven. Sonck took six months to recover, marking his return to competitive football with a goal in a 3-1 defeat by Bayern Munich. He scored three more in 13 further Bundesliga games for Mönchengladbach until he was forced out for three months with an injury in the hollow of his knee at the start of the season of 2006-2007.
Club Brugge
He left Gladbach at the end of the season, joining Club Brugge on a year long loan deal while Borussia Mönchengladbach began playing in the second tier of the Bundesliga. Sonck later joined Brugge permanently for an undisclosed fee.
Lierse
Sonck then left Club Brugge at the end of the 2009/10 season, joining Lierse S.K. on a free transfer having fallen out with manager Adrie Koster over contract negotiations and lack of first team action. Amongst his first goals for the club was an excellent overhead kick.
International career
Sonck was called for the national team during the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. In the match versus Spain he scored Belgium's only goal in that match, thus ending Casillas and Reina's undefeated streak of 710 minutes.
Statistics
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Honours
Individual
- Belgian Golden Shoe: 2001
- Belgian Footballer of the Year: 2001
References
External links
- Wesley Sonck at Soccerbase
- Wesley Sonck profile at Transfermarkt.de Template:De icon
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Ninove
- Belgian footballers
- R.W.D. Molenbeek players
- K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- AFC Ajax players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Club Brugge K.V. players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Eredivisie players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Belgium international footballers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Belgian expatriates in Germany