Laurens De Bock

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Laurens De Bock
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De Bock playing for Club Brugge in 2015
Personal information
Full name Laurence Henry Cristine De Bock [1]
Date of birth (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Dendermonde, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Atromitos
Number 28
Youth career
1997–2000 HO Kalken
2000–2003 Standaard Wetteren
2003–2009 Lokeren
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 Lokeren 80 (1)
2013–2018 Club Brugge 130 (1)
2018–2022 Leeds United 7 (0)
2018–2019 → Oostende (loan) 20 (1)
2019–2020 → Sunderland (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2022 → Zulte Waregem (loan) 59 (2)
2022 Zulte Waregem 0 (0)
2022– Atromitos 44 (0)
International career
2008 Belgium U16 9 (0)
2008–2009 Belgium U17 14 (1)
2009–2010 Belgium U18 10 (1)
2010–2011 Belgium U19 10 (1)
2012–2014 Belgium U21 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024

Laurence Henry Cristine De Bock (born 7 November 1992), known as Laurens De Bock, is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Greek Super League club Atromitos.

Contents

He has represented Belgium at various youth levels including Belgium U21s. He has been named in the Belgium national team but remains uncapped.

Club career

Early career

De Bock joined HO Kalken in his youth. After three years, the defender made the switch to the neighboring Standaard Wetteren, where he was discovered at the age of 11 by scouts of KSC Lokeren. De Bock combined football with his studies at the top sports school in Ghent.

KSC Lokeren

After coming through the Lokeren youth set up, manager Georges Leekens brought then 16-year-old De Bock to the first team squad. In the 2009–10 season, in the first match of the play-offs, De Bock made his debut at the highest level under manager Emilio Ferrera. During the 2011–12 season he won the Belgian Cup.

Club Brugge

After being linked with Anderlecht, on 5 January, De Bock joined Club Brugge, where he signed a contract until the end of the 2017 season, for a transfer fee of €3.5 million. He won the Belgian Cup with Brugge during the 2014–15 season and followed this up by winning the Belgian Pro League in the 2015–16 season and then the Belgian Super Cup in 2016.

Leeds United

On 11 January 2018, De Bock signed for Championship club Leeds United on a four-and-a-half-year contract. [2] De Bock was handed the number 12 shirt. He made his debut for Leeds on 20 January 2018 in a dramatic 4–3 loss against Millwall. [3]

De Bock featured in seven games, including having a 'tough game' against Derby County, [4] [5] before losing his starting place to 19-year-old Tom Pearce. [6] [7]

Loan to Oostende

After falling behind left backs Barry Douglas, Leif Davis and Tom Pearce in the pecking order under new head coach Marcelo Bielsa for the start of the 2018–19 season, on 21 August 2018, De Bock joined Belgian First Division A side Oostende on a season-long loan. [8] De Bock revealed that he had turned down a loan move to Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem F.C. to join K.V. Oostende. [9]

In total, he made 20 appearances scoring 1 goal for K.V. Oostende in Belgian First Division A. [10]

Loan to Sunderland

On 2 September 2019, De Bock signed for Sunderland on a season-long loan. [11] He made his league debut for the club on 28 September in their 2–1 defeat of Milton Keynes Dons. [12]

Loan to ADO Den Haag

On 13 January 2020, De Bock joined Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag on loan until the end of the season. [13]

Loan to Zulte Waregem

He joined Zulte Waregem on a season-long loan in July 2020. [14] He subsequently rejoined Zulte Waregem on a fresh season-long loan agreement in July 2021. [15]

Having not made an appearance for Leeds since January 2018, De Bock's time with the Yorkshire club concluded in June 2022 with the end of his contract. [16]

Zulte Waregem

It was announced on 20 May 2022 that De Bock had signed a permanent 1 year deal for the 2022-23 season with Zulte Waregem, with the option of a further year. [16]

Atromitos

On 30 July 2022, De Bock signed a two-year contract with Atromitos in Greece, moving on a free transfer. [17]

International career

De Bock has represented Belgium at various age levels including Under 21.

In November 2014, De Bock was named in the Belgium squad for a friendly against Romania, however was unused. In November 2014 De Bock was recalled into the senior Belgium squad as injury cover for Vincent Kompany in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Wales, [18] and was called up again in March 2015. [19]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 November 2022 [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lokeren 2009–10 Pro League 5000——50
2010–11 25020——270
2011–12 29160——351
2012–13 210102 [lower-alpha 1] 01 [lower-alpha 2] 0250
Total801702010901
Club Brugge 2012–13 Pro League 110———110
2013–14 330102 [lower-alpha 1] 0—360
2014–15 3605013 [lower-alpha 1] 1—541
2015–16 311408 [lower-alpha 3] 01 [lower-alpha 2] 0441
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 180203 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 2] 0240
2017–18 60002 [lower-alpha 5] 0—80
Total1351120281201772
Leeds United 2017–18 [21] Championship 7000—0070
Oostende (loan) 2018–19 [22] Belgian First Division A 20100——201
Sunderland (loan) 2019–20 League One 5020—3 [lower-alpha 6] 0100
ADO Den Haag (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 80———80
Zulte Waregem (loan) 2020–21 [23] Belgian First Division A 31210——322
2021–22 [24] 28020——300
2022–23 [25] 1000——10
Total60230——632
Atromitos 2022–23 [26] Super League Greece 12000——120
Career total3275240301503876
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Europa League
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Belgian Super Cup
  3. ↑ Four appearances in the Europa League and four in the Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Champions League
  5. ↑ One appearance in the Champions League and one in the Europa League
  6. ↑ Two appearances in the EFL Trophy and one in the EFL Cup

Honours

KSC Lokeren [20]

Club Brugge [20]

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  3. ↑ "REPORT: LEEDS UNITED 3-4 MILLWALL". Leeds United F.C. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Urquhart, Joe. "Leeds United fans were NOT happy with Laurens De Bock's Derby performance". YEP. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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  22. ↑ "Games played by Laurens De Bock in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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