Gunter Thiebaut

Gunter Thiebaut
Personal information
Full name Gunter Thiebaut
Date of birth 12 January 1977 (1977-01-12) (age 35)
Place of birth Asse, Belgium
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club FCV Dender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–1998 Lebbeke
1998–2001 Eendracht Aalst 91 (20)
2001–2002 Omonia Nicosia 22 (8)
2002–2003 Dender 33 (23)
2003–2006 Saarbrücken 57 (23)
2006–2007 Zulte Waregem 14 (1)
2006–2007 → Dender (loan) 34 (21)
2007–2009 MVV 67 (42)
2009–2011 Lierse 44 (7)
2011– FCV Dender
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December 2009

Gunter Thiebaut (born 12 January 1977)[1] is a Belgian footballer who currently plays as a striker for FCV Dender.[2]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Thiebaut's professional career started at Lebbeke. Thiebaut was then signed by Eendracht Aalst in Summer 1998, a team that played in the First Division. After showing some great displays, he moved to Cypriot team Omonia Nicosia, and returned to Belgium after that.

In Belgium he played for Dender, which was known as FC Denderleeuw at that time. Here, he showed his goalscoring capabilities. In the 2002-2003 season at Denderleeuw, Thiebaut was top-scorer in the Belgian Second Division.

New adventure & topscorer

His great scoring earned him another adventure. In Germany he was signed by 1. FC Saarbrücken. He played some good seasons, but decided to find his way back to Belgium in 2005. S.V. Zulte Waregem was his new team in the 2006-2007 season. Thiebaut also became top scorer with 21 goals this season, the same number of goals as Gabriel Persa who played for Dessel Sport and Fraizer Campbell playing for Royal Antwerp on loan from Manchester United.

MVV

After that, he moved to Dender and finally to MVV, another adventure abroad, this time in the Netherlands. In Maastricht he scored in his first game for MVV two times. The first goal, in the third minute, was the first goal in the season. In December 2007 was chosen footballer of the year in Eerste divisie, he was nominated as the best player in Netherlands Limburg in 2007. At MVV he scored 42 goals in 2 seasons.[3]

Lierse

On 26 June 2009 it was announced that Thiebaut joined Belgian Second Division club Lierse SK.[4]

Statistics

Season Club Country Competition Apps. Goals
1997/98 Rapide Club Lebbeke  Belgium Fourth Division - -
1998/99 KSC Eendracht Aalst  Belgium Jupiler League 30 7
1999/00 KSC Eendracht Aalst  Belgium Jupiler League 31 7
2000/01 KSC Eendracht Aalst  Belgium Jupiler League 30 6
2001/02 Omonia Nicosia  Cyprus Cypriot First Division 22 8
2002/03 FC Denderleeuw  Belgium Belgian Second Division 32 23
2003/04 1. FC Saarbrücken  Germany Regionalliga Süd 33 16
2004/05 1. FC Saarbrücken  Germany 2. Bundesliga 14 7
2005/06 1. FC Saarbrücken  Germany 2. Bundesliga 10 0
2005/06 S.V. Zulte Waregem  Belgium Jupiler League 14 1
2006/07 FCV Dender EH  Belgium Belgian Second Division 33 21
2007/08 MVV  Netherlands Eerste divisie 33 22
2008/09 MVV  Netherlands Eerste divisie 32 20
Total Last Updated 8-07-2009 302 132

References

  1. ^ "Gunter Thiebaut (Lierse SK)". Transfermarkt. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/4016/thiebaut-gunter/profil.html. Retrieved 2010-02-17. 
  2. ^ "Thiebaut verlaat MVV voor Lierse SK". Voetbal International. 25 June 2009. http://www.vi.nl/Nieuws-item/165781/Thiebaut-verlaat-MVV-voor-Lierse-SK.htm. 
  3. ^ "Gunter Thiebaut" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=17873&typeofpage=84137. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
  4. ^ Thiebaut signs for Lierse on www.Lierse.be