Geoffrey Claeys

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Geoffrey Claeys
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Claeys
Date of birth (1974-10-05) 5 October 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Bruges, Belgium
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 FC Kleit-Maldegem (Manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1996 Cercle Brugge 77 (6)
1996–1998 Feyenoord 45 (0)
1998–1999 Anderlecht 9 (0)
1999–2000 Aalst (Loan) 28 (1)
2000–2001 Lierse 25 (3)
2001–2005 Excelsior Mouscron 79 (6)
2005–2006 Melbourne Victory 16 (0)
2007–2008 Torhout 1992 KM
2009 FC Veldegem
International career
1996–1998 Belgium 3 (1)
Managerial career
2012–2015 Deinze (assistant)
2015–2016 Deinze
2016–2019 Melbourne Victory (youth)
2019– FC Kleit-Maldegem
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geoffrey Claeys (born 5 October 1974 in Bruges, Belgium) is a retired football player and currently manager of FC Kleit-Maldegem. [1]

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Biography

Claeys is a former Belgian international and was capped 10 times. He began his career at the Belgian club Cercle Brugge. He left the club in 1996 for Dutch Feyenoord, then he made an unsuccessful move to R.S.C. Anderlecht and was transferred to K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst on loan. He later played for Lierse and Royal Excelsior Mouscron, before moving to Melbourne Victory in 2005. Although he enjoyed a solid season in the Victory defence, he rarely figured in the 06–07 season. On 21 November 2006, Geoffrey Claeys retired from football. However, in 2007, he went to play for Torhout 1992 KM, in the Belgian Third Division. He retired soon after, however.

In 2009, he picked up football again, after his brother asked him to become his teammate at FC Veldegem. Veldegem plays in the provincial leagues of West Flanders.

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References

  1. ↑ FC Kleit-Maldegem profile, voetbalvlaanderen.be


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