Tom Soetaers

Tom Soetaers

Personal information
Full name	Tom Soetaers
Date of birth	(1980-07-21) 21 July 1980
Place of birth	Tienen, Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998-2000	RSC Anderlecht	6	(0)
2000-2004	Roda JC	98	(23)
2004-2005	AFC Ajax	17	(4)
2005-2009	K.R.C. Genk	99	(19)
2009	K.V. Kortrijk	8	(0)
2010-2011	KV Mechelen	17	(3)
International career‡
1997–1998	Belgium U18	13	(6)
1998–1999	Belgium U19	9	(4)
2000–2002	Belgium U21	18	(3)
2002–2005	Belgium	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2009

Tom Soetaers (born 21 July 1980) is a Belgian footballer is currently unattached to a club after recently departing KV Mechelen. He plays as a midfielder, mostly being deployed as a Left-Winger.

Club career

Soetaers began his career at Belgian side Anderlecht where he made just seven appearances for the first team before moving to the Netherlands to play for Roda JC. He spent three years at Roda becoming a big part of their team and was signed by league rivals AFC Ajax. However Soetaers failed to ever really establish himself at the club and after just over a year he returned to his home country with K.R.C. Genk.

On his return to Belgium Soetaers managed to rediscover the form he showed at Roda JC and helped the side to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for two seasons. He also won the Belgian Cup in 2008-09 with K.R.C. Genk, beating K.V. Mechelen in the final. On 21 June 2009, Soetaers signed a two-year contract with K.V. Kortrijk, but after only 6 months he went to KV Mechelen, in a transfer deal that included Giuseppe Rossini who went the other way.

Soetaers currently has eight caps for Belgium winning his first in 2003 in a match against Poland.

Currently Soetaers is working for the TV channel 2Be.

External links

• Tom Soetaers at National-Football-Teams.com
• Belgium stats at Belgian FA