Koen Casteels

Koen Casteels
Personal information
Full name Koen Casteels
Date of birth (1992-06-25) 25 June 1992
Place of birth Bonheiden, Belgium
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 1
Youth career
1996–2002 KAC Betekom
2002–2009 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Genk 0 (0)
2011–2014 1899 Hoffenheim II 32 (0)
2011–2015 1899 Hoffenheim 39 (0)
2015– VfL Wolfsburg 33 (0)
2015 → Werder Bremen (loan) 6 (0)
National team
2007 Belgium U15 2 (0)
2008 Belgium U16 3 (0)
2008–2009 Belgium U17 3 (0)
2009–2011 Belgium U19 20 (0)
2011–2013 Belgium U21 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:11, 8 August 2017 (UTC).

Koen Casteels (born 25 June 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.[1]

Club career

Casteels played for Wolfsburg in the 2015 DFL-Supercup, saving from Xabi Alonso in the penalty shootout as his team won after a 1–1 draw.[2]

He was given number 1 shirt after first-choice keeper Diego Benaglio's departure.

International career

Casteels was first called up to the senior Belgium team in 2013.[3] He was going to be part of Belgium's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad but failed to recover from an injury and was replaced by Silvio Proto and then Sammy Bossut.[4]

Honours

Club

VfL Wolfsburg

References

  1. ↑ "Koen Casteels". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Dunbar, Ross (1 August 2015). "Bendtner leads Wolfsburg over Bayern Munich on penalties in German Super Cup clash". Fox Sports. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lambert brands Benteke's Belgium call-up 'a mockery'... and warns he won't be happy if he returns injured". Daily Mail. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Koen Casteels ruled out of World Cup with injury as Belgium choose Sammy Bossut". Daily Mail. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2015.


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