Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ronald Louis Gaspercic | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Genk, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1988 | Winterslag | 5 | (0) |
1988–1994 | Genk | 185 | (0) |
1996–1998 | Harelbeke | 67 | (0) |
1998–2001 | Extremadura | 97 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Betis | 2 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Alavés | 37 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Albacete | 17 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Westerlo | 61 | (0) |
Total | 471 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1998–2001 | Belgium | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ronald 'Ronny' Louis Gaspercic (born 9 May 1969) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Born in Genk, Gaspercic started his professional career with local K.R.C. Genk, then named FC Winterslag, being first-choice for six of his nine seasons. He then moved to modest K.R.C. Harelbeke, winning the Professional goalkeeper of the year award for the 1997–98 campaign; the club finished fifth and had the best defensive record in the league, only trailing to champions Club Brugge KV (29 goals to 31).
Gaspercic then had a seven-year spell in Spain, with CF Extremadura, Real Betis, Deportivo Alavés and Albacete Balompié, in both major divisions, being a starter for the first and the third teams. He returned home in 2005, playing still two more seasons with K.V.C. Westerlo and retiring at the age of 38.
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