Jacky Peeters

Jacky Peeters (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɟɛki ˈpeːtərs]) (born 13 December 1969) is a retired Belgian football defender. After a successful professional football career, Jacky now runs his own business in Bocholt, Limburg. The company provides environmental solutions related to building construction. He is happily married to Anja Bloemen, his childhood sweetheart and they have three children. He was inspired to get serious about football by his older brother Mathy, who also was a professional football for KV Mechelen. He and his brother Lambert first started playing football at KVV Overpelt Fabriek in 1988, a third division team in Belgium.

Career

He was selected to join K.R.C Genk in 1994, where he stayed until 1998. His last game with Genk was the winning match against Brugge (4-0) to see the team win the Cup Final. Peeters scored the fourth goal. He then joined Arminia Bielefeld to play in the German second division Bundesliga, where the team was successful in winning and being promoted to the first division. He then returned to Belgium to join K.A.A Gent, a first division team in Belgium.

International

Peeters played with the Red Devils, the national Belgium team, where he played with them for Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. His first international game was against the Netherlands on the 4th September 1999, where the game was a five-five draw. One of the highlights of his career was playing for Belgium during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea. Most memorable was the game against Brazil, where he assisted a goal by the captain Marc Willmots, which was not counted at the time, but later considered a legal goal. HIs last game with the Red Devils was a friendly match against Poland on the 21st August 2002. Altogether he played 17 matches with the national Belgian team.

External links

• Jacky Peeters at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• riooltechniekenbollen.be