Maarten Schops

Maarten Schops
Personal information
Date of birth	3 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Leuven, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	Lommel
1996–1998	Roda JC
1998	→ RKC Waalwijk (loan)
1998–2001	RKC Waalwijk
2000–2001	→ RBC Roosendaal (loan)
2002–2003	FC Zwolle
2003–2004	FC Den Bosch
2004–2005	Verbroedering Geel
2005–2009	BV Cloppenburg
2009–2013	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maarten Schops (born 3 April 1976) is a Belgian former footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder.^[1]

Club career

Schops started out with Belgian club Lommel.^[2] In 1996, he joined Dutch side Roda JC, where he won the KNVB Cup in his first season, scoring in the final.^[2] During the second half of the 1997–98 season, he was loaned out to fellow Eredivisie team RKC Waalwijk, and in the summer of 1998, he made a permanent transfer to the club.^[3] In October 2000, Schops was loaned out to RBC Roosendaal for the remainder of the season, as his services were no longer needed at RKC Waalwijk.^[4] He subsequently had short periods playing for FC Zwolle (Eredivisie) and FC Den Bosch (Eerste Divisie) before leaving the Netherlands for Verbroedering Geel in his home country.^[1] In 2005, he moved to Germany, where he played in the lower leagues.^[1]

Honours

Roda JC

KNVB Cup: 1996–97

Den Bosch

Eerste Divisie: 2003–04^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Maarten Schops". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Cv Maarten Schops" (in Dutch). Voetbalfocus. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ "RKC neemt Belg Schops van Roda JC over" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 9 July 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ "Roda JC neemt spits Sonko van Anderlecht over" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 5 October 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ "FC Den Bosch kampioen door supersub". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 14 May 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^ "FC Den Bosch: Squad 2003/2004". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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[:1-1] "Maarten Schops". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[:2-2] "Cv Maarten Schops" (in Dutch). Voetbalfocus. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[:3-3] "RKC neemt Belg Schops van Roda JC over" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 9 July 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[:4-4] "Roda JC neemt spits Sonko van Anderlecht over" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 5 October 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[5] "FC Den Bosch kampioen door supersub". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 14 May 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

[6] "FC Den Bosch: Squad 2003/2004". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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