Michaël Clepkens
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michaël Clepkens | ||
Date of birth | 30 January 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Belgium | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Knokke | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2008 | Diegem | ||
2008–2010 | Racing Mechelen | ||
2010–2013 | Waasland-Beveren | 39 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Kortrijk | 6 | (0) |
2014–2016 | F91 Dudelange | ||
2016–2018 | Beerschot Wilrijk | ||
2017–2018 | → Lommel (loan) | ||
2018– | Knokke | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2016 (UTC) |
Michaël Clepkens (born 30 January 1986) is a Belgian professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Knokke.
Clepkens started his professional career with Diegem and Racing Mechelen in the Belgian Third Division, before signing with Belgian Second Division team Waasland-Beveren in 2010. After gaining promotion, he was signed by Kortrijk in the fall of 2013 as a replacement goalkeeper.[1]
Famous moments
[edit]In Belgium, Clepkens is most known for two special feats, first he guided Racing Mechelen to the quarter finals of the 2008–09 Belgian Cup, after holding Zulte Waregem to a 0–0 draw during regular time, before making two saves during the penalty shootout and scoring the winning penalty kick himself. His second remarkable feat is scoring a last-minute header against Mons during the Belgian Second Division final rounds 2011–20#2011, denying the opponents their promotion to the Belgian Pro League.
References
[edit]- ^ "Clepkens is Kortrijk-keeper: "A step forwards"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 21 November 2013.
External links
[edit]- Michaël Clepkens at Soccerway
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- K.R.C. Mechelen players
- S.K. Beveren players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- F91 Dudelange players
- K Beerschot VA players
- Lommel S.K. players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- K. Diegem Sport players
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Belgian football goalkeeper stubs