Karel Geraerts
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Genk, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Charleroi | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2004 | Club Brugge | 9 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Lokeren (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Standard Liège | 93 | (16) |
| 2007–2011 | Club Brugge | 119 | (15) |
| 2011–2014 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 78 | (12) |
| 2014– | Charleroi | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Belgium | 20 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Karel Geraerts (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaː.rəl ˈʝeː.raːrts]) (born 5 January 1982 in Genk) is a Belgian football player who plays for Charleroi.
Geraerts played for Club Brugge from 1998 to December 2003. In 2004 Club Brugge lent him to Lokeren where he scored his first goal in the Jupiler League. In the summer of 2004 he moved to Standard Liège. In June 2007 he went back to Bruges. As a youngster the midfielder played with C.S. Mechelen-aan-de-Maas and Racing Genk (from 1996 to 1998) before he moved to the youth team of Club Brugge. After the 2010-11 season, Geraerts was no longer part of the plans at Club Brugge and was told he could look for a new club, which resulted in him signing with newly promoted side Oud-Heverlee Leuven on the last day of the transfer period.[1] Geraerts' contract ended in 2014 and with Oud-Heverlee Leuven just being relegated, is was not renewed. This allowed him to move as a free agent player to Charleroi.
In 2005, Geraerts debuted for the Belgium national football team. In his first match in the starting line-up, on 12 October in and against Lithuania in a World Cup qualifier, he scored the opening goal.
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 October 2005 | Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania |  Lithuania | 0–1 | 1-1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 20 May 2006 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia |  Slovakia | 1–1 | 1-1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 12 September 2007 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 0–1 | 2-1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 4. | 17 October 2007 | Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium |  Armenia | 3–0 | 3-0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
References
- Guardian Football
- Karel Geraerts at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Geraerts:"I want to attain the level of my best years at Club Brugge."" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-08-01.
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