Davy De fauw

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Davy De fauw
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De fauw with Zulte Waregem in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Maria-Aalter, Belgium [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002 Club Brugge 0 (0)
2001–2002Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 7 (0)
2002–2006 Sparta Rotterdam 133 (15)
2006–2011 Roda JC 168 (10)
2011–2014 Zulte Waregem 112 (7)
2014–2016 Club Brugge 38 (1)
2016–2020 Zulte Waregem 129 (17)
Total587(50)
Managerial career
2020–2022 Zulte Waregem (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Davy De fauw (born 8 July 1981) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

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Career

De fauw played for Club Brugge from age five until he was brought to Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam by then manager Frank Rijkaard. [2] In the 2001–02 season, he made his professional debut for Sparta. On 16 March 2002 in the 0–4 away loss to Willem II in the Eredivisie, De fauw came on as a substitute for the injured David Mendes da Silva after 16 minutes. [3]

In January 2006, De fauw signed for Roda JC, joining the club from 30 June 2006. [4] There he quickly became a permanent starter in defense and made more than 180 appearances in the Eredivisie. [5]

De fauw returned to his native Belgium in the 2011–12 season, signing for Zulte Waregem. [6] There, he was immediately appointed team captain after the departure of Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze. [7] At the start of the 2013–14 season, De fauw had to give up his captaincy to Thorgan Hazard. [8] This was received with much anger from a section of the club's supporters, [9] and led to Hazard handing the captain's armband back, less than 24 hours after receiving it. [10]

On 20 June 2014, it was announced that he had signed for Club Brugge for €200,000; thus returning to the team where he had started his career. [11]

For the 2016–17 season De fauw returned to Zulte Waregem. [12]

Coaching career

In April 2020, De fauw announced his retirement from football. Instead, he became assistant coach of Zulte Waregem alongside fellow former player Timmy Simons. [13] [14]

Personal life

Unusually, De fauw's family name is written with a lowercase "f". Asked about this, De fauw said: "I hail from Maria-Aalter. My dad always said that the person in the town hall may have been a little drunk and therefore wrote the family name with a small f. That's how it happened". [1]

Honours

Club Brugge

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