Davy De fauw

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Davy De fauw
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De fauw with Zulte Waregem in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth Maria-Aalter, Belgium[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Club Brugge 0 (0)
2001–2002 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 7 (0)
2002–2006 Sparta Rotterdam 133 (15)
2006–2011 Roda JC 168 (10)
2011–2014 Zulte Waregem 112 (7)
2014–2016 Club Brugge 38 (1)
2016–2020 Zulte Waregem 129 (17)
Total 587 (50)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Davy De fauw (born 8 July 1981) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right back.

Career[]

De fauw played for Club Brugge from age five until he was brought to Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam by then manager Frank Rijkaard.[2] In the 2001–02 season, he made his professional debut for Sparta. On 16 March 2002 in the 0–4 away loss to Willem II in the Eredivisie, De fauw came on as a substitute for the injured David Mendes da Silva after 16 minutes.[3]

In January 2006, De fauw signed for Roda JC, joining the club from 30 June 2006.[4] There he quickly became a permanent starter in defense and made more than 180 appearances in the Eredivisie.[5]

De fauw returned to his native Belgium in the 2011–12 season, signing for Zulte Waregem.[6] There, he was immediately appointed team captain after the departure of Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze.[7] At the start of the 2013–14 season, De fauw had to give up his captaincy to Thorgan Hazard.[8] This was received with much anger from a section of the club's supporters,[9] and led to Hazard handing the captain's armband back, less than 24 hours after receiving it.[10]

On 20 June 2014, it was announced that he had signed for Club Brugge for €200,000; thus returning to the team where he had started his career.[11]

For the 2016–17 season De fauw returned to Zulte Waregem.[12]

In April 2020, De fauw announced his retirement from football. Instead, he became assistant coach of Zulte Waregem alongside fellow former player Timmy Simons.[13][14]

Personal life[]

Unusually, De fauw's family name is written with a lowercase "f". Asked about this, De fauw said: "I hail from Maria-Aalter. My dad always said that the person in the town hall may have been a little drunk and therefore wrote the family name with a small f. That's how it happened".[1]

Honours[]

Club Brugge

References[]

  1. ^ a b Christiaens, Koen (29 November 2019). "Davy De fauw doorgevraagd". 't Biesteneirke (in Dutch).
  2. ^ "Sparta laat Belgen direct komen". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 28 February 2002.
  3. ^ "Spelers in cijfers | Sparta Rotterdam". Sparta Rotterdam. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Sparta's De Fauw kiest voor Roda JC". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 16 January 2006.
  5. ^ "Belgium - D. De fauw - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ^ "De Fauw naar Zulte Waregem". NOS (in Dutch). 17 June 2011.
  7. ^ Verhoeven, Maarten (26 July 2011). "De Fauw nieuwe aanvoerder Zulte Waregem". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch).
  8. ^ "De Fauw draagt aanvoerdersband over aan Hazard". Elfvoetbal.nl (in Dutch). 2 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Thorgan Hazard removed from Zulte captaincy after just 24 hours". NBC Sports. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Thorgan Hazard hands back captain's armband 24 hours after getting it". Sky Sports. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Football | Eredivisie | Roda JC Kerk | Davy De fauw". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  12. ^ "Davy De fauw verlaat Club Brugge. De 34-jarige verdediger keert terug naar Zulte Waregem". Voetbal24. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  13. ^ De Wilde, Mario (22 April 2020). "Essevee-icoon Davy De fauw stopt met voetballen en wordt assistent-trainer". Het nieuws van West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch).
  14. ^ "De fauw stopt en wordt assistent-trainer van Zulte Waregem". Voetbalnieuws (in Dutch). 22 April 2020.

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