Tim Matthys

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Tim Matthys
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-12-23) 23 December 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Ghent, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Gent (scout)
Youth career
1989–1993 RC Strijpen
1993–2004 KSV Zottegem
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Gent 25 (5)
2005–2008 Zulte-Waregem 90 (23)
2008 Zulte-Waregem 14 (3)
2009Panthrakikos (loan) 15 (1)
2009–2010Lierse (loan) 33 (3)
2010–2014 Mons 117 (19)
2014–2019 Mechelen 127 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tim Matthys (born 23 December 1983) is a Belgian football official and a former player. As of 2019, he works as a scout with Gent.

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Career

While playing for his Zulte-Waregem, Matthys scored five goals in the UEFA Cup in only three matches. He scored one in the first round against Lokomotiv Moscow and scored a hat-trick against Austria Wien. He is the best scorer of his team in this competition.[ citation needed ] He also scored in the Belgian Cup final, which allowed Zulte-Waregem entry into the UEFA Cup.

Matthys also played for Panthrakikos in the Greek Super League. [1]

Matthys later played for Mons in the Belgian Pro League (D1). He arrived at Mons in August 2010 and helped the team in their promotion quest by winning the Tour Final of the Belgian second division (Exqi League). At the end of his first season, he was elected "Man of the Season" by his club.[ citation needed ]

Post-playing career

Retiring in the summer 2019, 35-year old Matthys was hired as chief scout for KV Mechelen. [2] On 1 October 2019, he returned to K.A.A. Gent and was appointed scout for the first team and he would also take coordinating tasks for the U18 and U21 teams of the club. [3]

Honours

Zulte Waregem

Mechelen

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References

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  2. TIM MATTHYS STOPT MET VOETBALLEN EN WORDT HOOFDSCOUT BIJ KVM, kvmechelen.be, 24 May 2019
  3. TIM MATTHYS VERSTERKT SCOUTINGCEL, kaagent.be, 1 October 2019
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