Jan Raekelboom

Jan Raekelboom
Date of birth	May 20, 1978
place of birth	Merksem , Belgium
size	180 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1994-1996	Phantoms Deurne
1996-1997	Tilburg Trappers
1997-1999	Phantoms Deurne
1999-2001	Ruijters Eaters Geleen
2001-2003	Tilburg Trappers
2003-2014	IHC Leuven
since 2016	Cold Play Sharks

Jan Raekelboom (often also Jesse Raekelboom ; born May 20, 1978 in Merksem ) is a Belgian ice hockey player who has been playing for the Cold Play Sharks in the Belgian National League since 2016 .

Career

Jan Raekelboom, who was born in Merksem, which is now part of Antwerp, played at the beginning of his career as an ice hockey player with the Phantoms in the neighboring district of Deurne . In addition to playing in the second Belgian league, he was already used in the honor division at the age of 16 . Except for a year, which he spent with the Tilburg Trappers Dutch honor division and crowned it with victory in the Dutch cup competition , he remained loyal to the Phantoms until 1999, where he played with the club since 1997 in the Dutch and not in the Belgian league. In 1996 and 1998 he won the Belgian cup competition with the team , so that he won a total of three cup titles in two different countries in a row. After two years with the Ruijters Eaters Geleen in the Dutch honor division, he moved back to the Tilburg Trappers in 2001. In 2003 he returned to his Belgian homeland and has since played for IHC Leuven in the Belgian honor division . This marked the beginning of the club from Flemish Brabant's most successful period to date , with Raekelboom not only winning their first cup in 2006, but also their three championship titles in 2005, 2010 and 2013 . In 2011/12 he also took part in the Dutch-Belgian North Sea Cup with his club . Since 2016 he has been playing for the Cold Play Sharks in the National League , the second highest Belgian division.

International

With the men's national team , Raekelboom took part in the C2 world championships in 1995 , the D world championships in 1996 , 1997 , 1998 and 2000 , the world championships in Division II in 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2013 as well as in the World Championships in Division I. 2004 part.

Achievements and Awards

• 1996 Belgian cup winner with the Phantoms Deurne
• 1997 Dutch cup winner with the Tilburg Trappers
• 1998 Belgian cup winner with the Phantoms Deurne
• 2000 Promotion to Division II at the D World Championship
• 2003 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2005 Belgian champion with the IHC Leuven
• 2006 Belgian cup winner with the IHC Leuven
• 2010 Belgian champion with the IHC Leuven
• 2012 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Cup Division II, Group B
• 2013 Belgian champion with the IHC Leuven

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Belgian First Division - Regular Season 1	13	124	66	123	189	117
Belgian First Division Playoffs 1	8th	27	15th	18th	33	38
North Sea Cup	1	29	9	19th	28	20th
Dutch First Division regular season	7th	145	20th	42	62	54
Dutch first division playoffs	3	14th	1	0	1	2

(As of the end of the 2013/14 season)

¹ The game data are not known for all seasons of the Belgian first division, so the actual values ​​for games, goals, assists, points and penalty minutes will be higher.

Web links

• Jan Raekelboom at eliteprospects.com (English)