François Sterchele

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Personal information
François Sterchele
Full name	François Sterchele
Date of birth	March 14, 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Height	185cm
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot
Number	23
Youth clubs
1987-1992 1992-2000	FC Loncin R.F.C. de Liège
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2001 2001-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006	R.F.C. de Liège R.F.C. Union La Calamine Oud-Heverlee Leuven R. Charleroi S.C. K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	? (?) ? (?) 27 (29) ? (9) 5 (3)
National team²
2007-	Belgium	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 10, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 25, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

François Sterchele (born March 14, 1982) is a Belgian footballer currently playing at K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. His former clubs, all in Belgium, include R. Charleroi S.C., Oud-Heverlee Leuven, R.F.C. Union La Calamine, R.F.C. de Liège and FC Loncin. He started his career at FC Loncin, a small team from the Belgian Provincial leagues in the province of Liège, at his tenth, he moved to R.F.C. de Liège where he stayed ten years before moving to R.F.C. Union La Calamine. After three season he was noticed by Oud-Heverlee Leuven, a team in the Third Division, where he scored 21 goals during the 2004-2005 season to end second in the top scorer standings. In the playoffs that followed, he scored another eight goals which would ultimately cause the team to promote to the Second Division. Because of this he managed to clinch a transfer to the top division in Belgian football as he joined R. Charleroi S.C..