Björn Daelemans
Personal information
Full name Björn Daelemans
Date of birth (1977-12-11) 11 December 1977
Place of birth Ekeren, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Germinal Ekeren
1996–1997 Cappellen
1997–2001 Verbroedering Geel 117 (38)
2001–2006 RBC Roosendaal 123 (12)
2005 → Verbroedering Geel (loan) 13 (7)
2006–2008 Heracles Almelo 20 (0)
2008–2010 Verbroedering Geel-Meerhout
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Björn Daelemans (born 11 December 1977) is a Belgian former footballer. He predominantly played as a forward, but later in his career he also appeared as right back.

Daelemans was born in Ekeren[1][2] and made his debut in professional football in the 1995–96 season when playing for Germinal Ekeren in the Belgian First Division A.[1][3] The next season, he played for Cappellen F.C. in the Belgian Second Division.[1][3]

He then moved to Verbroedering Geel from the same level, where he would play between 1997 and 2001.[1] In the 1998–99 season, he helped them achieve promotion to the First Division A through play-offs, contributing 17 goals from 33 league appearances.[2] After being relegated at the end of the following season, Daelemans played one more season for the club in the Second Division.[1][3]

In the summer of 2001, he moved to the Netherlands, signing with Eerste Divisie club RBC Roosendaal.[1] In his first season, he made 28 appearances (four goals) and saw the club promoted to the Eredivisie through play-offs.[1][2] During his time with RBC, Daelemans appeared frequently, both as a starter and from the bench,[1] except between January 2005 and June 2005, when he was loaned out to his old club Verbroedering Geel.[1][4] At the end of the 2005–06 season, RBC were relegated from the Eredivisie and Daelemans was released from the club.[5]

In May 2006, he signed for Heracles Almelo,[6] where he was asked to play as right back rather than as a forward.[7] After two seasons, in which he made 20 Eredivisie appearances, he was released.[8]

He ended his career with Verbroedering Geel-Meerhout in the Belgian Fourth Division, playing for them between 2008 and 2010.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Björn Daelemans". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Björn Daelemans" (in Dutch). Ronald's Voetbalstatistieken. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Football : Bjorn Daelemans". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Daelemans terug naar Verbroedering Geel" (in Dutch). VI.nl. 18 January 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wegen van RBC en Daelemans scheiden" (in Dutch). VI.nl. 1 April 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Daelemans verruilt RBC voor Heracles Almelo" (in Dutch). VI.nl. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Wennen aan nieuwe club en positie" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Heracles neemt afscheid van Michalke en Daelemans" (in Dutch). VI.nl. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2016.


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