Anthony Van Loo

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Anthony Van Loo
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Personal information
Date of birth (1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth Roeselare, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Roeselare
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Roeselare 41 (0)
2010–2014 KV Mechelen 49 (0)
2014–2018 Kortrijk 30 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Belgium U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2015

Anthony Van Loo (born 5 October 1988) is a Belgian retired football defender, who last played for Kortrijk in the Belgian First Division A.

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Career

Around June 2008 he was diagnosed with a heart condition, but was allowed to resume his career after having a defibrillator implanted. [1] A video clip showing Van Loo's defibrillator at work, shocking his heart back into a normal rhythm after he had suffered a cardiac arrhythmia during a match, was posted to YouTube on 8 June 2009. [2]

In 2015, he drew interest from Zawisza Bydgoszcz. After his visit, he heavily criticised the club's management, training, and the accommodation he was given during his stay before announcing "Never again!". Officially the club stated that the reason for the transfer falling through was because he failed the medical. [3]

Van Loo collapsed again in May 2018 in a match against Excel Mouscron. In November 2018 he concluded, after a medical visit, that although his recovery was going well, he would never be able to return to his former level of play, leading him to announce his retirement from football. [4]

International

Van Loo was a member of Belgium's squad for the 2007–09 International Challenge Trophy.

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References

  1. ↑ Raynor, Dominic (12 June 2009). "THE WEEK THAT WAS". ESPN Sports.
  2. ↑ D, Jamie (9 June 2009). "Anthony Van Loo Has Heart Attack During Match". Total Pro Sports. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Anthony van Loo nie zostawił suchej nitki na Zawiszy Bydgoszcz - ZawiszaFans".
  4. ↑ "Van Loo krijgt slecht nieuws: "Ik zet dan ook een punt achter mijn carrière"" [Van Loo gets bad news: "Therefore I'm ending my career"] (in Dutch). 12 November 2018.
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