François Sterchele
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| François Sterchele | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | François Sterchele | |
| Date of birth | March 14, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | |
| Date of death | May 8, 2008 (aged 26) | |
| Place of death | Vrasene, Beveren, Belgium | |
| Height | 185 cm | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 |
Union La Calamine Oud-Heverlee Leuven Charleroi SC Germinal Beerschot Club Brugge Total |
29 (23) 31 (32) 31 (9) 32 (21) 31 (11) 154 (96) |
| National team | ||
| 2007-2008 | Belgium | 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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François Sterchele (March 14, 1982 – May 8, 2008) was a Belgian footballer who played for Club Brugge. The striker was the top scorer of the Jupiler League in 2006-07. Sterchele died in a single-person car accident on May 8, 2008.[1]
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[edit] Club career
Sterchele started his career at FC Loncin, a small team from the Belgian Provincial leagues in the province of Liège. At the age of ten, he moved to R.F.C. de Liège where he stayed for ten years before moving to R.F.C. Union La Calamine. After three seasons, he was signed by Oud-Heverlee Leuven, a team in the third division, where he scored 21 goals during the 2004-2005 season, finishing second in the topscorers list. In the subsequent playoffs, he scored another eight goals which would help earn the team to promotion to the second tier.
As a result, Sterchele was able to secure a transfer to the top division in Belgian football, the Jupiler League, when he joined Charleroi, where he was trained by Jacky Mathijssen, who would become a considerable influence in his development as a footballer. After just one year, he went to K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot and became the league's top scorer.
On July 19, 2007, Sterchele returned to the tutorship of Mathijssen when he moved to Club Brugge; he scored 2 goals on his league début against Mons.
[edit] Death
In the early morning of May 8, 2008, Sterchele was killed instantly when he crashed his Porsche Cayman S into a tree.
The previous day, Sterchele had visited some friends in Antwerp and was supposed to meet with Jurgen Cavens and Vicenzo Verhoeven. While travelling home on the N49 between Antwerp and Knokke, at around 03:00 on May 8, Sterchele lost control of his Porsche and veered into a ditch before hitting a tree. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "François Sterchele (26) killed in car accident", Sporza, 2008-05-08.
- ^ "Belgium grieves for striker Sterchele", uefa.com, 2008-05-08.
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| Preceded by Tosin Dosunmu |
Belgian League top scorer 21 goals 2006-07 |
Succeeded by Joseph Akpala |
