Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 March 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Oud-Turnhout, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Westerlo | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Zwaneven | |||
Westerlo | |||
–2021 | Genk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Genk | 1 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Jong Genk | 31 | (1) |
2023– | Westerlo | 16 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Belgium U17 | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Belgium U19 | 10 | (1) |
2022 | Belgium U20 | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Belgium U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:40, 3 December 2023 (UTC) |
Tuur Rommens (born 26 March 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Westerlo. [1]
Born and raised in Oud-Turnhout, in the Flemish province of Antwerp, Rommens joined Genk's academy from Westerlo when he was nine. [2]
Tuur Rommens was a regular with Genk under-19s, since the 2019–20 Youth League, eventually captaining his side during the 2021–22 edition, as well as the reserve team for that season. [2] [3]
Having signed his first professional contract with Genk in February 2020, [4] [5] [6] Rommens signed an extectention at the end of April 2021, until mid-2024. [7]
The young left-back made his first team debut on the 27 October 2021 coming on as a halftime substitute for Gerardo Arteaga, during the 6–0 away cup win against Sint-Eloois-Winkel. [8] [9] He made his league debut for KRC Genk on the 16 December 2021, replacing Simen Juklerød at the end of a 4–2 home win against Sporting Charleroi. [10] [11] [12]
On 4 July 2023, Rommens signed a four-year contract with Westerlo. [13]
Already a Belgium under-17 international, [4] [6] he played with the under-19 in 2021, scoring his first goal with the team on the 10 November 2021, during a Euro qualifier game against Azerbaijan, [14] having become a regular starter for the team at left-back, [15] before eventually captaining the Belgian side during the qualifying game against Javi Serrano's Spain. [16]
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Rommens is geboren en getogen in Oud-Turnhout en werd al op zijn negende door Genk bij Westerlo weggeplukt.
Vic Chambaere en Tuur Rommens, die net als Oyen gewisseld werd toen de buit binnen was, stonden eveneens in de basis.