Bernd Thijs
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 June 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Hasselt, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2000 | Standard Liège | 102 | (15) |
2000–2004 | Racing Genk | 113 | (35) |
2004 | Trabzonspor | 11 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 44 | (0) |
2007–2014 | Gent | 137 | (27) |
Total | 407 | (77) | |
National team | |||
1993–1994 | Belgium U16 | 4 | (0) |
1994 | Belgium U17 | 1 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Belgium U18 | 5 | (1) |
1995 | Belgium U19 | 5 | (0) |
1999 | Belgium U21 | 3 | (0) |
2002–2010 | Belgium | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Bernd Thijs (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrnt ˈtɛi̯s]) (born 28 June 1978 in Hasselt, Belgium) is a retired Belgian football midfielder who last played for Belgian club Gent.[1] His former clubs include Borussia Mönchengladbach, Standard Liège, Racing Genk and Trabzonspor. Thijs played five times with Belgium and was in the team for the 2002 World Cup.
Thijs is well known because of his sober style, his ballhandling with both feet and his targeted long shots. He usually played as a defensive midfielder, but was also capable of playing one row further up front. Sometimes he was also posted (as an emergency solution) in defense. At Gent, he was the captain of the team.
Honours[]
Club[]
Standard Liège[]
- Belgian Cup: 1998–1999 (finalists), 1999–00 (finalists)[2]
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1996 (runners-up)[3]
Racing Genk[]
K.A.A. Gent[]
International[]
Belgium[]
- FIFA Fair Play Trophy: 2002 World Cup[6]
Individual[]
- Best AA Gent-Player of the Season: 2011–12[7]
References[]
- ^ "Bernd Thijs". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- ^ "Voetbal - Belgische Beker : Erelijst en medaillewinnaars". www.sportuitslagen.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Projects, Sanmax. "Algemene info | KRC Genk". www.krcgenk.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Geschiedenis". KAA Gent (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ FIFA.com. "Belgium honoured with the FIFA Fair Play Award". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Erelijst Trofee Jean-Claude Bouvy". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
External links[]
- Bernd Thijs at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Belgium stats at Belgian FA
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Belgian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Belgium international footballers
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Standard Liège players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Trabzonspor footballers
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Süper Lig players
- Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Sportspeople from Hasselt
- Belgian football midfielder stubs