Dieter Dekelver

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Personal information
Dieter Dekelver
Full name	Dieter Dekelver
Date of birth	August 17, 1979 (1979-08-17) (age 28)
Place of birth	Beringen, Belgium
Height	181 cm
Playing position	attacker
Club information
Current club	VC Westerlo
Number	7
Youth clubs
1991-1997	Gerhees Oostham SK Lommel
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2002 2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-	SK Lommel FC Strombeek FC Brussels Cercle Brugge VC Westerlo	106 (30) 32 (16) 76 (23) 11 (7)
National team²
	Belgium	0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2 February 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Dieter Dekelver (born August 17, 1979, in Beringen) is a Belgian football player who currently is attached to VC Westerlo. He is known to be an easily scoring striker.

Dekelver started playing football with his local team Gerhees Oostham. At the age of 12, he went to playing for the youth teams of SK Lommel, then playing in the second division. Dekelver would make his début at the age of 18. In January 2003 he signed for KFC Strombeek. 6 months later, this team became FC Brussels. When FC Brussels were promoted to the Jupiler League, Dekelver chose to leave the team together with coach Harm Van Veldhoven, after a conflict with chairman Johan Vermeersch. Dekelver as well as Van Veldhoven went to Cercle Brugge. In Bruges, Dekelver had a quite successful period, being top scorer of the team twice. But in January 2007, Dekelver, almost end of contract, wanted to leave Cercle for VC Westerlo because this was much closer to were he lives.