Keano Vanrafelghem

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Keano Vanrafelghem
Keano 'Kiki' Vanrafelghem 27-06-2024.jpg
Vanrafelghem in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-08-02) 2 August 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Torhout, Belgium
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mechelen
Number 27
Youth career
Club Brugge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Club NXT 12 (0)
2023–2025 Patro Eisden 19 (8)
2023–2024 → Sporting Hasselt (loan) 32 (19)
2025– Mechelen 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Belgium U15 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 May 2018

Keano Vanrafelghem (born 2 August 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Mechelen.

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Club career

Vanrafelghem began his career at the youth academy of Club Brugge. On 22 August 2020, he made his debut for Brugge's reserve side, Club NXT in the Belgian First Division B against RWDM47. He came on as an 85th-minute substitute as NXT lost 2–0. [1]

On 31 January 2023, Vanrafelghem signed with Patro Eisden. [2] On 31 August 2023, he was loaned to Sporting Hasselt. [3]

On 16 January 2025, Vanrafelghem joined Mechelen on a four-and-a-half-year deal. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 September 2024 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club NXT 2020–21 1B Pro League 100——100
2021–22 1B Pro League00——00
2022–23 Challenger Pro League 20——20
Total120——120
Patro Eisden 2022–23 National Division 1 4000—40
2023–24 Challenger Pro League0000—00
2024–25 Challenger Pro League5510—65
Total9510—105
Sporting Hasselt (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Division 2 321900—3219
Career total532410005424

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References

  1. ↑ "RWDM 2–0 Club NXT". Soccerway.
  2. ↑ "Welkom Keano Vanrafelghem!" (in Dutch). Patro Eisden. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Vanrafelghem, Verburgh en Cuypers op huurbasis naar Sporting Hasselt" [Vanrafelghem, Verburgh and Cuypers on loan to Sporting Hasselt] (in Dutch). Patro Eisden. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Geel-rood verwelkomt Keano 'Kiki' Vanrafelghem" [Yellow-red welcomes Keano 'Kiki' Vanrafelghem] (in Dutch). K.V. Mechelen. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Keano Vanrafelghem at Soccerway

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