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Björn Vleminckx
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-12-01) 1 December 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Boom, Belgium
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2000 Kallo
2000–2002 Beveren
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Beveren 40 (3)
2005–2006 → Oostende (loan) 30 (8)
2006–2009 Mechelen 93 (37)
2009–2011 NEC Nijmegen 64 (31)
2011–2013 Club Brugge 53 (9)
2013 → Gençlerbirliği (loan) 16 (9)
2013–2015 Kayseri Erciyesspor 43 (7)
2015–2016 Göztepe 25 (4)
2016–2019 Antwerp 18 (5)
2019–2021 FC Oppuurs
International career
2004 Belgium U19 8 (1)
2004 Belgium U21 1 (0)
2010–2011 Belgium 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Björn Vleminckx (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbjʏr(ə)ɱ ˈvleːmɪŋks]; born 1 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

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Born in Boom, Antwerp, Vleminckx began his career with Beveren and joined in July 2005 Oostende on loan. In summer 2006 he signed with KV Mechelen.

In June 2009, he signed a four-year contract until July 2013 with NEC Nijmegen who paid a transfer of €1.8 million to Mechelen for the 23-year-old striker.[1] At NEC he became the top goalscorer in the Eredivisie during the 2010–11 season, with 23 goals.[2]

In March 2011, Vleminckx signed a contract starting from June 2011 at Club Brugge. Brugge paid €3.3 million to NEC as transfer sum.[3]

In January 2013, Vleminckx signed a loan contract until end of season 2012–2013 at Gençlerbirliği. In his first match with the club, he had a successful debut in scoring four goals in a 5–3 win against Antalyaspor.[4]

In June 2013, he signed a two-year contract with Kayseri Erciyesspor.

In August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract with Göztepe.[5]

In August 2016, Vleminckx moved to the Belgian Second Division team Antwerp agreeing a two-year contract.[2] A year later, after the club had reached promotion to the Belgian First Division A, it was announced he was no longer part of the club's plans and that he would be allowed to train with the first team.[6]

He trained with the reserve team of Antwerp in nearly two years but however decided to stay at the club until his contract ran out in July 2019. Already in February 2019 it was confirmed, that Vleminckx would join FC Oppuurs ahead of the 2019/20 season.[7] The transfer was also confirmed by Vleminckx himself on 29 May 2019.[8]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9][10]
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe[b] Other[c] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Beveren 2002–03 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2003–04 18 3 0 0 – – 18 3
2004–05 20 0 0 0 6 1 – 26 1
Total 40 3 0 0 6 1 0 0 46 4
Oostende (loan) 2005–06 30 8 0 0 – – 30 8
Mechelen 2006–07 32 16 0 0 – – 32 16
2007–08 31 9 0 0 – – 31 9
2008–09 30 12 7 6 – – 37 18
Total 93 37 7 6 0 0 0 0 100 43
NEC Nijmegen 2009–10 32 8 4 3 – – 36 11
2010–11 32 23 1 1 – – 33 24
Total 64 31 5 4 0 0 0 0 69 35
Club Brugge 2011–12 23 6 2 2 8 2 5 0 38 10
2012–13 10 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 15 5
Total 33 9 4 3 11 3 5 0 53 15
Gençlerbirliği 2012–13 16 9 0 0 0 0 – 16 9
Kayseri Erciyesspor 2013–14 22 4 0 0 0 0 – 22 4
2014–15 21 3 1 0 0 0 – 22 3
Total 43 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 7
Göztepe 2015–16 25 4 1 0 0 0 – 26 4
Antwerp 2016–17 18 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 6
Career total 362 114 19 13 17 4 5 0 403 131

Notes

  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Counts for appearances and goals at the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Supercup and UEFA Intertoto Cup. Including qualifying games.
  3. ^ Includes Belgian First Division A and Eredivisie playoffs.

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Björn Vleminckx voor 4 jaar naar N.E.C." Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Björn Vleminckx tekent bij Antwerp". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Björn Vleminckx signs for five years with Club Brugge" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 25 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Antalya'da gol düellosu: Medical Park Antalyaspor: 3 - Gençlerbirliği: 5 | STAR". 20 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Göztepe, Bjorn Vleminckx ile yollarını ayırdı!". Habertürk (in Turkish). 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  6. ^ Gysen, Gert; Druant, Stijn (4 August 2017). "Antwerp rekent niet meer op Dierckx en Vleminckx, ook twee anderen mogen vertrekken". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  7. ^ Bjorn Vleminckx gaat bij Oppuurs voetballen volgend seizoen, voetbalkrant.com, 5 February 2019
  8. ^ OFFICIEEL: Na twee jaar zonder match zit avontuur van Vlemincxk bij Antwerp erop, voetbalprimeur.be, 29 May 2019
  9. ^ "Björn Vleminckx » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  10. ^ "B. Vleminckx". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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