Jo Coppens
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jo Coppens | ||
Date of birth | 21 December 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lillestrøm SK | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Halveweg | |||
VV Zonhoven | |||
Heusden-Zolder | |||
Genk | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2014 | Cercle Brugge | 46 | (0) |
2014–2016 | MVV Maastricht | 68 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Roeselare | 10 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 41 | (1) |
2020– | Lillestrøm SK | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2006 | Belgium U16 | 2 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Belgium U17 | 13 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Belgium U18 | 13 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Belgium U19 | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2019 |
Jo Coppens (born 21 December 1990) is a Belgian professional football goalkeeper who plays for Lillestrøm Sportsklubb in the Norwegian Norwegian First Division.
Career
In May 2007, Coppens came third with Belgium at the European U17 Football Championship. In the summer of 2007, he was part of the Belgian squad at the U17 World Cup in South Korea. Coppens played all three matches. In the beginning of 2008, he came fourth with the Belgian U18 team at the international tournament of Saint Petersburg.
After running through the youth ranks of different Limburg sides, Coppens signed his first professional contract with Cercle Brugge. He started the season as third goalkeeper, behind Bram Verbist and Patrick Lane. When Verbist broke his wrist in the match against AA Gent, Coppens was given his chance for the last two matches of the season. He made his debut in a 2–1 win against Westerlo. In the summer of 2014, he was released and signed with Dutch side MVV Maastricht.
External links
- Personal website (in Dutch)
- Jo Coppens player info at Sporza.be (in Dutch)
- Belgium Stats at Belgian FA
- Jo Coppens at Soccerway
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium youth international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- MVV Maastricht players
- K.S.V. Roeselare players
- FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Belgian Second Division/Belgian First Division B players
- Eerste Divisie players
- 3. Liga players
- People from Heusden-Zolder
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Association football goalkeepers who have scored
- Belgian football goalkeeper stubs