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===Claims of racism===
===Claims of racism===
Van Damme was sued by [[Standard Liege]] center back [[Oguchi Onyewu]] for allegedly calling Onyewu a "dirty ape" during the Belgian league play-off match between Anderlecht and Standard Liege.<ref>[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=652062&sec=americansabroad&&&cc=5901 Onyewu sues over alleged slur in Belgium]</ref> Onyewu is an [[United States|American]] of [[Nigeria|Nigerian]] ancestry.
Van Damme was sued by [[Standard Liege]] center back [[Oguchi Onyewu]] for allegedly calling Onyewu a "dirty ape" during the Belgian league play-off match between Anderlecht and Standard Liege.<ref>[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=652062&sec=americansabroad&&&cc=5901 Onyewu sues over alleged slur in Belgium]</ref> Onyewu is an [[United States|American]] of [[Nigeria|Nigerian]] ancestry.
Oh, yes...because he is Nigerian, he is more closely related to monkeys?!


==International career==
==International career==

Revision as of 19:37, 6 July 2009

Jelle Van Damme
Personal information
Full name Jelle Van Damme
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Anderlecht
Number 6
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:14, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Jelle Van Damme (born 10 October 1983 in Lokeren) is a Belgian footballer currently on the books of Anderlecht. He can play as a central defender or a left back. Van Damme also plays with Belgium.

Club career

He started his career at Beveren, before he made a short move to neighbour club Lokeren where he played in the youth teams. He then signed to Germinal Beerschot, a Jupiler League team linked with Ajax Amsterdam. The Dutch team offered him a try-out which started in February 2002. In the summer of 2002 Van Damme moved permanently to the Amsterdam club where he showed promise in the Dutch Cup. In the 2002-03 season, he played in the UEFA Champions League and started as a regular player in the squad but he broke his toe in November 2002. The next season he helped Ajax qualifying for the Champions League Group Stage but he had eventually few chances to play in the first team, which led him to sign to Southampton in the FA Premier League in the summer of 2004. In England, he only played 6 matches for the whole season which saw the relegation of Southampton to the Coca Cola Championship.

Van Damme subsequently moved on a loan basis to Werder Bremen in Germany though Anderlecht showed interest in the player at that moment. After only 8 matches and a goal in the Bundesliga in 2005-06, Van Damme moved to the Brussels squad, which was officialised on 6 June 2006.

Claims of racism

Van Damme was sued by Standard Liege center back Oguchi Onyewu for allegedly calling Onyewu a "dirty ape" during the Belgian league play-off match between Anderlecht and Standard Liege.[1] Onyewu is an American of Nigerian ancestry. Oh, yes...because he is Nigerian, he is more closely related to monkeys?!

International career

He made his debut in the national team on 29 March 2003 in a match against Croatia.

Honours

Ajax
  • Eredivisie: 2004
Anderlecht
  • Belgian League: 2007
  • Belgian Cup: 2008
  • Belgian Super Cup: 2006, 2009
  • Extreme Racist: 2009

References

  1. ^ Onyewu sues over alleged slur in Belgium

External links

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