Indy Boonen

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Indy Boonen
FC Liefering vs. Manchester United (U23)-Testspiel 11. Juli 2017 24.jpg
Indy Boonen playing for Manchester United against FC Liefering on 11 July 2017.
Personal information
Full name Indy Zeb Boonen [1]
Date of birth (1999-01-04) January 4, 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium [2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Lokeren-Temse
Number 25
Youth career
2006–2015 Genk
2015–2018 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Oostende 68 (6)
2024 Panachaiki 4 (0)
2024– Lokeren-Temse 15 (1)
International career
2016 Belgium U17 4 (0)
2017 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U19 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2018

Indy Zeb Boonen (born 4 January 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Challenger Pro League club Lokeren-Temse.

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Club career

Boonen began his career with Genk but was released in the summer of 2014. He signed a three-year contract with English club Manchester United as a 16-year-old in February 2015. [3] He trained with the first team on occasion, but rejected the club's offer of a new contract in 2018 and left to return to Belgium with K.V. Oostende that June. [4] He made his professional debut for Oostende in a 2–1 Belgian First Division A win over Royal Excel Mouscron on 28 July 2018, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Richairo Živković. [5] He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw away to S.V. Zulte Waregem on 1 December 2018. He finished the season with a total of three goals in 24 league appearances for the club.

Boonen played several months for Super League Greece 2 club Panachaiki during the first half of 2024, making four appearances. In June 2024, he returned to Belgium, signing with Challenger Pro League club Lokeren-Temse on a one-year contract with an option for an additional year. [6] [7]

Personal life

Boonen is the son of former professional footballer Jacky Boonen. His brother Seppe is also a footballer, who most recently played for Patro Eisden. [8] Like Indy, Seppe spent time in Manchester United's youth academy. Seppe began his career as a goalkeeper, but has since changed to being a forward.

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References

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  3. "Indy Boonen 'signs three-year Manchester United contract'". Sky Sports. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. Kelly, Ciaran (19 June 2018). "Indy Boonen leaves Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. MEN Media. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. "Oostende-Moeskroen". soccerway.com.
  6. "Sporting haalt Indy Boonen terug naar België: "Ik ben blij met deze kans"". KSC Lokeren-Temse (in Flemish). 24 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. Elegeert, Ivan (26 June 2024). "Vader en oud-speler Jacky loodst Indy Boonen (25) naar KSC Lokeren-Temse: "De ideale club om zijn loopbaan te herlanceren"". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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