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Gill Swerts
Swerts with AZ in 2009
Personal information
Full name Gill Toby Todor Swerts
Date of birth (1982-09-23) 23 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Brasschaat, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Right midfielder
Youth career
Schilde
0000–1999 Beveren
1999–2001 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Feyenoord 17 (0)
2001–2002 → Excelsior (loan) 30 (6)
2002–2003 → Excelsior (loan) 33 (1)
2004–2005 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 33 (1)
2005–2008 Vitesse 66 (5)
2008–2011 AZ 46 (2)
2011–2012 Feyenoord 10 (1)
2012–2013 SønderjyskE 11 (0)
2013–2015 NAC Breda 31 (0)
2015–2016 Notts County 12 (0)
2016–2017 RFC Seraing 20 (0)
2018–2019 KFC Lille 20 (0)
Total 329 (16)
International career
1996 Belgium U15 1 (0)
1997–1998 Belgium U16 9 (1)
1998–1999 Belgium U17 3 (1)
2001 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2002–2003 Belgium U21 7 (0)
2006–2009 Belgium 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gill Toby Todor Swerts (born 23 September 1982) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Career

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Swerts was born in Brasschaat, Belgium and made his debut in professional football as part of the Excelsior squad in the 2001–02 season.[1] He also played for Feyenoord, ADO Den Haag, Vitesse and AZ before returning to Feyenoord in January 2011.[2] He was part of the AZ team winning the 2008–09 Eredivisie. After that, he played for SønderjyskE in Denmark, NAC Breda, and Notts County in England.[3]

In early 2016, his contract with Notts County was terminated by mutual consent due to a lack of playing time.[4] In October 2016, Swerts joined RFC Seraing in the third-tier Belgian National Division 1.[5] In January 2018, Swerts moved to KFC Lille in the sixth-tier Eerste Provinciale Antwerpen.[6]

In June 2019, Swerts announced his retirement from football, and would instead focus on coaching youth players at Royal Antwerp.[7]

Personal life

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His father is originally from Congo.[8]

Career statistics

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Gill Swerts: International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 April 2009 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 2–1 2010 WCQ

Honours

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AZ

References

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  1. ^ Official Site
  2. ^ Gill Swerts at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ De zoektocht van de transfervrije Gill Swerts naar een nieuwe club vice.com
  4. ^ "Gill Swerts leaves Notts County". Sky Sports. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Ex-Rode Duivel Gill Swerts vindt onderdak bij Seraing". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  6. ^ Ver Elst, Bart (27 January 2018). "Ex-Rode Duivel Gill Swerts gaat aan de slag bij KFC Lille". vrouwenvoetbalkrant.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. ^ Van Gael, Hannes (3 June 2019). "Gill Swerts hangt zijn voetbalschoenen definitief aan de haak". voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. ^ De 'Afrikaan' Gill Swerts
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