Kevin Roelandts

Kevin Roelandts
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Roelandts
Date of birth	27 August 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Bruges, Belgium
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Maldegem
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2007	Club Brugge
2007	→ Germinal Beerschot (loan)
2007–2011	Zulte Waregem
2011–2013	OH Leuven
2012–2013	→ Antwerp (loan)
2013–	Maldegem
International career
2009	Belgium
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Roelandts (born 27 August 1982) is a Belgian midfielder who currently plays for Maldegem. He is a technical, clever and hard-working central midfielder. He also plays a full back. He has played for the Belgian national football team.

Biography

Roelandts played for the youth set up at Club Brugge. In 2002, he went into the A-Team. His debut came against VfB Stuttgart, in the UEFA Cup. He made his debut in the Champions league 1 year later against Celta Vigo (1-1), where in the last minutes of the game he prived a brilliant assist for Rune Lange. This meant Club Brugge were still in contention for the next round. Roelandts got 13 appearances that season under manager Trond Sollied, but did not succeed to get a fixed place in the side. In the 2005-2006 season, under manager Jan Ceulemans, Roelandts nailed a starting place at the club. By the beginning of the 2006-2007 season Roelandts had lost his place in the side. After negative remarks over teammate Brian Priske in November 2006, he was relegated to the B-Team. In December 2006 he was told he could leave Club Brugge. Passings Belgian clubs had been interested, but Roelandts finally chose to be loaned out to K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. In June 2007, he signed a 3-year contract at SV Zulte Waregem.

International career

Roelandts was called up for Belgium's Kirin Cup matches against Chile and Japan. He made his debut in the match against Chile on 29 May 2009 and scored once.

Kevin Roelandts: **International Goals**
Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 May 2009	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba	Chile	1 – 1	Drawn	Kirin Cup

External links

Kevin Roelandts stats (in English)

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