Alessio Staelens

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Alessio Staelens
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-07-30) 30 July 1994 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Belgium [1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Mandel United
Number 13
Youth career
–2013 Cercle Brugge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013– 2015 Cercle Brugge 16 (0)
2014–2015Deinze (loan) 31 (8)
2015–2016 KVK Westhoek 12 (2)
2016–2019 Knokke 100 (65)
2019–2025 Deinze 136 (18)
2025 Roeselare 10 (1)
2025– Mandel United 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 January 2026

Alessio Staelens (born 30 July 1994) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Belgian club Mandel United.

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Club career

On 23 May 2013 he replaced Michael Uchebo in the promotion/relegation game between Cercle Brugge and Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz after 86 minutes. Cercle lost the game by two goals of John Jairo Ruiz, but in spite of this result for Cercle this meant they remained in the Belgian Pro League because of their large point advantage.

Family

Alessio Staelens is son of the former international footballer and current Cercle Brugge coach Lorenzo Staelens. Alessio's brother-in-law is Daan van Gijseghem who also plays in Belgian First Division (currently with RAEC Mons).

References

  1. 1 2 "Alessio Staelens - Steckbrief" (in German). weltfussbal.de. Retrieved 1 November 2013.