Koen Persoons

Koen Persoons

Personal information
Full name	Koen Persoons
Date of birth	(1983-07-12) 12 July 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth	Aalst, Belgium
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ninove
Youth career
	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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2018

Koen Persoons (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkun ˈpɛr.ˌsoːns]) (born 12 July 1983) is a Belgian professional footballer playing for Belgian Second Amateur Division outfit Ninove. 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.

Honours[]

Lokeren

• Belgian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14^[1][2]

References[]

External links[]

• Koen Persoons player info at the official KV Mechelen website (in Dutch)
• Koen Persoons player info at sporza.be (in Dutch)
• Koen Persoons at Soccerway

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