Koen Persoons
Personal information
Full name Koen Persoons
Date of birth (1983-07-12) 12 July 1983
Place of birth Aalst, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ninove
Youth career
Oudegem
Eendracht Aalst
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Eendracht Aalst 8 (0)
2002–2005 Denderleeuw 84 (18)
2005–2007 FCV Dender 62 (7)
2007–2010 Mechelen 93 (5)
2010–2017 Lokeren 213 (17)
2017–2019 OH Leuven 19 (1)
2019–2020 Knokke
2020– Ninove
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2018

Koen Persoons (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkun ˈpɛr.ˌsoːns]) (born 12 July 1983) is a Belgian former professional footballer who is the Head of Football for the Club Brugge youth academy outfit Club NXT. He is a defensive midfielder.

Career

Persoons made his first team debut with Eendracht Aalst. When the team went bankrupt, he signed for Aalst rivals FC Denderleeuw, who became FCV Dender after their merge with Verbroedering Denderhoutem. He became popular quite quickly, and was even nicknamed Biglia by his coach Jean-Pierre Vande Velde. Even though Dender became Belgian Second Division champions in 2007, Persoons chose to sign for KV Mechelen who were also playing in Second Division. As KV Mechelen won the playoffs a few weeks later, they promoted toger with Dender to the highest level of Belgian football. Persoons retired from his playing career at the end of the 2021-22 season.

Post-playing Career

On 5 June 2022, Club Brugge announced that Persoons had been appointed Head of Football for the club's youth setup, Club NXT.[1]

Honours

Lokeren

References

  1. ↑ "GUILIAN PREUD'HOMME APPOINTED AS CEO CLUB NXT AND CLUB YLA, KOEN PERSOONS BECOMES HEAD OF FOOTBALL CLUB NXT". clubbrugge.be. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "La Coupe va connaître un nouveau roi". lavenir.net. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lokeren remporte sa deuxième Coupe de Belgique". rtbf.be. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2020.


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