Koen Persoons

Koen Persoons
Personal information
Full name	Koen Persoons
Date of birth	12 July 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Aalst, Belgium
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ninove
Youth career
	Oudegem
	Eendracht Aalst
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2002	Eendracht Aalst
2002–2005	Denderleeuw
2005–2007	FCV Dender
2007–2010	Mechelen
2010–2017	Lokeren
2017–2019	OH Leuven
2019–2020	Knokke
2020–	Ninove
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2018

Koen Persoons (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkun ˈpɛr.ˌsoːns]) (born 12 July 1983) is a Belgian professional footballer playing for Belgian Second Amateur Division outfit Ninove. He is a defensive midfielder.

Career

Persoons made his first team debut with Eendracht Aalst. When the team went bankrupt, he signed for Aalst rivals FC Denderleeuw, who became FCV Dender after their merge with Verbroedering Denderhoutem. He became popular quite quickly, and was even nicknamed Biglia by his coach Jean-Pierre Vande Velde. Even though Dender became Belgian Second Division champions in 2007, Persoons chose to sign for KV Mechelen who were also playing in Second Division. As KV Mechelen won the playoffs a few weeks later, they promoted toger with Dender to the highest level of Belgian football.

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