Wesley Sonck

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Wesley Sonck
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Wesley Sonck in 2007
Personnel
birthday August 9, 1978
place of birth Ninove ,  Belgium
size 174 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
1985-1994 KVK Ninove
1994-1996 RWD Molenbeek
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-1998 RWD Molenbeek 33 (15)
1998-1999 Germinal Ekeren 32 (12)
1999-2000 Germinal Beerschot Antwerp 29 (14)
2000-2003 KRC Genk 93 (65)
2003-2004 Ajax Amsterdam 34 (10)
2005-2007 Borussia Monchengladbach 28 0(6)
2007-2010 Club Bruges 59 (23)
2010–2012 Lierse SK 42 0(8)
2012-2013 Waasland-Beveren 15 0(2)
2014 KE Appelterre-Eichem
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1996-2000 Belgium U18 5 0(2)
1997-1999 Belgium U-21 11 0(8)
2001-2010 Belgium 55 (24)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2017– Belgium U18
1 Only league games are given.

Wesley Sonck (born August 9, 1978 in Ninove ) is a former Belgian football player and today's coach .

Career

Sonck's career began at KVK Ninove before moving to RWD Molenbeek in his teens . He was still eligible to play for the A-Jugend, but he was used in the relegation battle in the Belgian first division. So it happened that he was already a regular player in the 1997/98 season with 33 of 34 games. At the end of the season, RWD Molenbeek relegated to the second Belgian division and Sonck moved to the first division and UEFA Cup participant Germinal Ekeren.

In the summer of 1999, Germinal Ekeren merged with KVAC Beershot to form Germinal Beerschot Antwerp . This newly founded club became a cooperation partner of Ajax Amsterdam and tested players in the Belgian league, which is considered to be weaker. In 2000 Sonck switched to KRC Genk . In the 2001/02 season he won the Belgian top scorer's crown with 30 goals and had a share in the championship.

In the summer of 2003, Sonck left KRC Genk at the age of 25 and joined Ajax Amsterdam. But he did not manage to distinguish himself as a regular player in the shadow of Zlatan Ibrahimović . Since Ibrahimović was sold to Juventus Turin for the 2004/05 season , Sonck saw the chance to become number 1 in Ajax's attack. But the game system with three strikers did not suit Sonck, as he often had to leave the space to Ryan Babel in the center of the attack and move onto the wing. Coach Ronald Koeman often did without him as a substitute.

In January 2005 Sonck moved to the Bundesliga for Borussia Mönchengladbach . There he initially had to struggle with knee problems, after which he was operated on on the groin. In the preparation for the 2005/06 season Sonck was in great shape, but he was thrown back from a triple broken rib that he had suffered in the season opening game of Borussia against PSV Eindhoven . Since the second half of the 2005/06 season he was able to play again, but by the end of the 2006/07 season he only made 28 Bundesliga games in which he scored six goals. From the summer of 2007, coach Jos Luhukay and manager Christian Ziege gave up the services of the striker.

On August 20, 2007 Sonck signed a two-year contract with Club Bruges , whose term was extended by one year in March 2009. In the summer of 2010 he joined the Belgian first division club Lierse SK and scored twice in his first championship game against KAA Gent. For the 2012/13 season Sonck moved to the newly promoted Waasland-Beveren , for whom he came to two goals in 15 league games. Then he appeared briefly in 2014 for the provincial club KE Appelterre-Eichem , where he played alongside his brother Kevin and then ended his career.

Sonck has been the coach of the Belgian U-18 national team since August 8, 2017.

Belgian national team

He made his debut with the “Red Devils” in the national jersey of the Belgians on June 2, 2001. In 55 international matches, he scored 24 goals in 2010 until he was eliminated from the national team.

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predecessor Office successor
Jan Koller Belgium's footballer of the year
2001 		Timmy Simons
personal data
SURNAME Sonck, Wesley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Ninove , Belgium