Ben Yagan

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Ben Yagan
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Crossing Schaerbeek
Youth career
–2011 Diegem
2011–2012 OH Leuven
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 OH Leuven 28 (1)
2015–2016 Heist 20 (5)
2016–2017 OH Leuven 5 (0)
2017–2018 Dessel Sport 31 (4)
2018–2019 Roeselare 24 (0)
2019–2020 Patro Eisden 14 (0)
2020–2022 Tienen 0 (0)
2022–2023 S.C. Eendracht Aalst 0 (0)
2023– Crossing Schaerbeek 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:27, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Ben Yagan (born 9 February 1995) is a Belgian-Armenian football player who plays as a forward and is currently playing for Crossing Schaerbeek in the Belgian Division 3. [1]

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Club career

Yagan grew up as a youth in K. Diegem Sport. In Brussels, he was at the age of 16 when he transferred to the Oud-Heverlee Leuven youth team. Yagan was promoted from the youth squad of Oud-Heverlee Leuven to the first team at the beginning of the 2012-13 season and was allowed to play for the first time on 25 November 2012, when he was subbed on in injury time for Günther Vanaudenaerde in a 1-1 draw away to Genk. [2] [3]

Following the 2014-15 season, the contract of Yagan with OH Leuven ended and he was released. Near the end of October 2015, he signed as a free player for Heist. [4]

Personal

Yagan's older brother Ivan Yagan also plays professional football. [5]

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References

  1. Dessel Sport signs Ben Yagan‚ sport.news.am, 28 June 2017
  2. "Football Results for Genk ( 1 – 1 ) Oud-Heverlee Leuven". goalpost.tv. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. "KRC Genk - Oud-Heverlee Leuven" (in German). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. "Ben Yagan, new signing". kskheist.be. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. fierens, geert. ""Ik wil me opnieuw in de kijker spelen"".