Thibo Baeten
 Baeten with Go Ahead Eagles in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thibo Roger Baeten[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Aalst, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roda JC | ||
| Number | 97 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Club Brugge | |||
| 2021–2022 | → Torino (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Club NXT | 15 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | NEC | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Beerschot (loan) | 30 | (13) |
| 2023 | Beerschot | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Go Ahead Eagles | 29 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Roda JC (loan) | 11 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Belgium U17 | 15 | (5) |
| 2019 | Belgium U18 | 4 | (4) |
| 2020 | Belgium U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:30, 21 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:51, 13 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Thibo Roger Baeten (born 4 June 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Roda JC on loan from Go Ahead Eagles.
Club career
[edit]Baeten began his career at the youth academy of Club Brugge. On 22 August 2020, he made his debut for Brugge's reserve side, Club NXT in the Belgian First Division B against RWDM47. He came on as a 79th minute substitute as NXT lost 2–0.[2]
Baeten scored his first professional goal on 13 September 2020 against Union Saint-Gilloise. His first-minute goal gave NXT the lead but the match soon ended 1–1.[3]
In the winter of 2021, Baeten expressed his wish to leave Club Brugge, where he had an expiring contract.[4] That winter, Baeten could count on interest from Cercle Brugge and from Italy.[5][6] On 22 January 2021, he signed a contract with Dutch Eerste Divisie club NEC until mid-2024.[7] On 5 March 2021, Baeten scored his first goal for NEC in the 7–0 win over Helmond Sport.[8][9]
On 23 May 2021, Baeten won promotion to the Eredivisie with NEC by beating NAC Breda 2–1 in the final of the play-offs. Unlike his compatriots Jonathan Okita and Mathias De Wolf, Baeten did not appear in any of the three promotion matches.
On 3 August 2021, he joined Serie A side Torino on loan with an option to buy.[10] He would join the club's under-19 team.[11]
On 10 April 2022, Baeten agreen to join Beerschot on loan for the 2022–23 season, with an option to buy.[12] Following the loan, on 5 July 2023, Beerschot used their option to buy and made the transfer permanent, as Baeten signed a three-year contract with the club, with an option for the fourth year.[13]
However, on the next day, Baeten moved to Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles, signing a three-year contract.[14][15]
On 30 August 2024, Baeten was loaned by Roda JC.[16]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 9 November 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Club NXT | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division B | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | 15 | 6 | |||
| NEC | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Beerschot (loan) | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 13 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||
| Roda JC (loan) | 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 93 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 28 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Eredivisie play-offs
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
References
[edit]- ^ a b Thibo Baeten at Soccerway
- ^ "RWDM 2–0 Club NXT". Soccerway.
- ^ "Club NXT 1–1 Union Saint-Gilloise". Soccerway.
- ^ "OFFICIEEL: Topschutter van Club NXT kondigt zijn afscheid aan". voetbalprimeur.be (in Dutch). 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Jonge aanvaller Club Brugge op weg naar Italië? - Voetbalbelgie.be". Voetbalbelgië (in Flemish). 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Club NXT herneemt op het Lisp zonder Thibo Baeten". Nieuwsblad.be (in Flemish). 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Thibo Baeten tekent meerjarig contract bij N.E.C." nec-nijmegen.nl (in Dutch). 22 January 2021.
- ^ Vorstermans, Ron (5 March 2021). "Dramatische avond voor Helmond Sport en TOP Oss". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch).
- ^ "Baeten verklaart manier van juichen tegen Helmond Sport". ForzaNEC.nl (in Dutch). 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Baeten al Toro" (in Italian). Torino. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Torino, UFFICIALE: arriva Baeten in prestito". Toro.it (in Italian). 3 August 2021.
- ^ "THIBO BAETEN JOINS BEERSCHOT ON LOAN". Beerschot. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "THIBO BAETEN: FROM "ON LOAN" TO FULL CONTRACT". Beerschot. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "THIBO BAETEN: 'MOCHT GELIJK IN DE AUTO SPRINGEN BIJ TWEE EAGLES-SUPPORTERS'" (in Dutch). Go Ahead Eagles. 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Thibo Baeten ruilt Beerschot voor Go Ahead Eagles". Proximus.be (in Flemish). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Roda JC huurt Thibo Baeten van Go Ahead Eagles" [Roda JC loans Thibo Baeten from Go Ahead Eagles] (in Dutch). Roda JC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the UEFA website
- Thibo Baeten at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Challenger Pro League players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Club NXT players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Torino FC players
- K Beerschot VA players
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- Roda JC Kerkrade players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen