Indy Boonen

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Indy Boonen
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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 25)
Place of birth Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium [2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Panachaiki
Number 10
Youth career
2006–2015 Genk
2015–2018 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Oostende 68 (6)
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 8 June 2023
‡ 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 Greek Super League 2 club Panachaiki.

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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.

Personal life

Boonen is the son of former professional footballer Jacky Boonen. His brother Seppe is also a footballer, who currently plays for K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. 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

  1. 1 2 "Indy Zeb Boonen – Jupiler Pro League". Jupiler Pro League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Standaert, Thomas (28 October 2022). "Indy Boonen komt boven water aan de kust na maandenlange lijdensweg: Mensen weten niet van hoever ik kom". Het Belang van Limburg (in Flemish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  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.
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