Vic Chambaere

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Vic Chambaere
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Chambaere in 2025
Personal information
Full name Vic Dieter Chambaere
Date of birth (2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Roeselare, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Union Saint-Gilloise
Number 1
Youth career
WS Lauwe
2011–2016 Kortrijk
2016–2022 Genk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Jong Genk 4 (0)
2021–2024 Genk 0 (0)
2024– Union Saint-Gilloise U23 5 (0)
2024– Union Saint-Gilloise 3 (0)
International career‡
2018 Belgium U15 4 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U16 7 (0)
2019–2020 Belgium U17 2 (0)
2021 Belgium U19 5 (0)
2022 Belgium U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 316:29, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:29, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Vic Dieter Chambaere (born 10 January 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise.

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Club career

Chambaere is youth product of WS Lauwe, Kortrijk and Genk. [1] He signed his first professional contract with Genk on 26 November 2018. [2] On 15 January 2021, he extended his contract with Genk. [3] On 23 March 2021, he was promoted to Genk's senior squad. [4]

On 6 July 2024, Chambaere transferred to Union Saint-Gilloise on a contract until 2027. [5] Chambaere was on the bench for Union Saint-Gilloise as they won the 2024 Belgian Super Cup, a 2–1 win over Club Brugge on 20 July 2024. [6] He controversially and anonymously threw a ball into the field in a match that led to a 2–1 win over his previous club Genk and was banned 6 games; the win helped the club extend a lead that eventually led to them winning the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League. [7] He made his senior debut with Union Saint-Gilloise as the starter in the 2025 Belgian Super Cup, a 2–1 loss to Club Brugge on 20 July 2025. [8]

International career

Chambaere is youth international for Belgium, having played up to the Belgium U20s. [9]

Honours

Union Saint-Gilloise

References

  1. ↑ Vandenabeele, Christian (2 February 2023). "Wevelgemnaar Vic Chambaere (ex-KVK) maakte profdebuut bij KRC Genk: "Ik ben hier met mijn gat in de boter gevallen"".
  2. ↑ "Nieuws | KRC Genk Jeugdopleiding". www.krcgenk-jeugd.be.
  3. ↑ "OFFICIEEL: Jonge doelman langer bij KRC Genk". VoetbalBelgie.
  4. ↑ Doms, Kjell (21 March 2021). "Genk doet het voortaan met drie tieners in doel, ex-keeper Köteles ziet geen probleem: "Wow-gevoel groter bij Vandevoordt dan bij Courtois"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Goalkeeper Vic Chambaere signs contract at the Duden Park". RUSG.
  6. 1 2 "Salut nazis et cris de singe dénoncés lors de la Supercoupe de Belgique". L'Équipe.
  7. ↑ "Harde consequenties voor Chambaere: vier speeldagen effectief geschorst". VoetbalPrimeur.be. 22 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Garitte, François (17 September 2025). "Buteur face à la Juve, 50 matchs sur le banc à l'Union et arrogance positive : qui est Vic Chambaere, le gardien unioniste titulaire en Supercoupe ?". DHnet.
  9. ↑ Lecaillon, Stéphane (17 September 2025). "Déjà un deuxième transfert pour l'Union Saint-Gilloise, qui va encore chercher un joueur à Genk". DHnet.
  10. ↑ "Union St-Gilloise win first league title in 90 years". Brussels Times. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
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