Indy Boonen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Indy Boonen | ||
Date of birth | January 4, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Belgium | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Oostende | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2015 | Genk | ||
2015–2018 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Oostende | 31 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Belgium U17 | 4 | (0) |
2017 | Belgium U18 | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Belgium U19 | 8 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 July 2018 |
Indy Boonen (born 4 January 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the club Oostende in the Belgian First Division A.
Club career[]
Boonen began his career with Genk but was released in the summer of 2014. He signed a three-year contract with English club Manchester United as a 16-year-old in February 2015.[1] He trained with the first team on occasion, but rejected the club's offer of a new contract in 2018 and left to return to Belgium with K.V. Oostende that June.[2] He made his professional debut for Oostende in a 2–1 Belgian First Division A win over Royal Excel Mouscron on 28 July 2018, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Richairo Živković.[3] He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw away to S.V. Zulte Waregem on 1 December 2018. He finished the season with a total of three goals in 24 league appearances for the club.
Personal life[]
Boonen is the son of former professional footballer . His brother Seppe is also a footballer, who currently plays for K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. Like Indy, Seppe spent time in Manchester United's youth academy. Seppe began his career as a goalkeeper, but has since changed to being a forward.
References[]
- ^ "Indy Boonen 'signs three-year Manchester United contract'". Sky Sports. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Ciaran (19 June 2018). "Indy Boonen leaves Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. MEN Media. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Oostende-Moeskroen". soccerway.com.
External links[]
- Indy Boonen at Soccerway
- Belgium profile at Belgian FA
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium youth international footballers
- K.V. Oostende players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Association football wingers