Ronny Gaspercic

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Ronny Gaspercic
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Personal information
Full name Ronald Louis Gaspercic
Date of birth (1969-05-09) 9 May 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Genk, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total471(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.

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He is of Croatian descent. [1]

Club career

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.

International career

Gaspercic gained eight caps for Belgium between 1998 and 2001, while appearing consistently for Extremadura, but never appeared in any major tournament for the nation.

Notes

  1. "Ronny Gašperčič". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

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