Ken Leemans

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Ken Leemans
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Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Vilvoorde, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Strombeek
Molenbeek
K. Vilvoorde
Mechelen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
20012002 Mechelen 9 (0)
20032007 Roda JC 25 (0)
20032005VVV-Venlo (loan) 54 (5)
20072012 VVV-Venlo 112 (11)
20122014 Hansa Rostock 34 (3)
20142016 De Treffers 41 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2016

Ken Leemans (born 5 January 1983, in Vilvoorde) is a former Belgian footballer.

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Career

Leemans is a midfielder who was born in Vilvoorde and made his debut in professional football, being part of the KV Mechelen squad in the 2000–01 season. He also played for Roda JC before joining VVV Venlo for the second time in his career. [1]

On 24 April 2009, Leemans scored the decisive 1–0 goal in the match against HFC Haarlem in the Jupiler League, which resulted in promotion to VVV-Venlo. That means that VVV will be playing in the Eredivisie in the 2009/10 season.

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References

  1. "Ken Leemans" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 17 October 2009.