Tim Smolders

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Tim Smolders
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-08-26) 26 August 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth Geel, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Club Brugge (head of academy)
Youth career
1988–1990 FC Netezonen Eindhout
1900–1993 Westerlo
1993–1998 Geel
1998–1999 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Club Brugge 64 (10)
2004–2006 RBC Roosendaal 60 (6)
2006–2008 Charleroi 82 (14)
2009–2012 Gent 82 (8)
2012–2015 Cercle Brugge 66 (5)
2015–2018 Zwevezele
Total 354 (43)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Cercle Brugge (player-assistant)
2018–2019 Belgium U19 (assistant)
2019–2021 Club Brugge (U-21 assistant)
2021– Club Brugge (head of academy)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tim Smolders (born 26 August 1980) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Club Brugge, RBC Roosendaal, Charleroi, K.A.A. Gent, and Cercle Brugge.

Coaching and later career[]

In his last year at Cercle Brugge, Smolders combined the roles of player and assistant manager.[1] In August 2015, Smolders joined Belgian amateur club Zwevezele,[2] and after three years at the club, he officially retired in August 2018, when he was hired as an assistant manager for the Belgian U-19 national team under manager Jacky Mathijssen.[3][4]

In June 2019, Smolders returned to Club Brugge as an assistant coach for the clubs U-21 team and talent coach for both the U-21 and U-18 teams.[5] On 9 August 2021, Smolders was placed in a new role at Club Brugge as the Head of the clubs Academy, Club NXT Academy.[6]

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