Stijn Stijnen

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Stijn Stijnen
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Stijnen training with Brugge in 2011
Personal information
Full name Stijn Stijnen
Date of birth (1981-04-07) 7 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Hasselt, Belgium
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1989–1993 Runkst VV
1993–2000 Hasselt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2011 Club Brugge 156 (0)
2011–2013 Beerschot 33 (0)
Total 189 (0)
International career
2006–2009 Belgium 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stijn Stijnen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstɛin ˈstɛinə(n)]; born 7 April 1981) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current sporting director of K.S.C. Hasselt.

He played in 189 Belgian Pro League games during thirteen seasons, mainly with Club Brugge with which he won nine major titles, including two national championships.

Club career

Born in Hasselt, Limburg, Stijnen moved from K.S.C. Hasselt to Club Brugge K.V. in 2000, aged 19, and became the club's first stand-in for veteran Dany Verlinden – when the latter retired at 41, he backed up Tomislav Butina. On 18 April 2003 he made his debut in the league, in a 3–0 away win against K.R.C. Genk. However, his big breakthrough came in the 2005–06 season, when he replaced the injured Butina several times; some strong performances (including the UEFA Champions League 1–2 home loss to Juventus F.C. in the group stage)[1] made him the undisputed first-choice onwards.

In the 2006–07 campaign, Stijnen was between the posts as Brugge won the Belgian Cup 1–0 against Standard Liège, but the club only finished sixth in the domestic league. He never played in less than 31 league games in the following three seasons, but the Blue and Black did not manage to win any silverware.

On 20 February 2011 Stijnen was relegated to the B-team, after it became known that his family members had engaged in a anonymous campaign on the club's message board, where they were bashing both the club management and fellow team members while simultaneously hailing Stijnen as the "club hero" in order to promote his profile. The following day, both parties agreed to dissolve the contract which bound the player to the club until 2015.[2]

Stijnen retired in the 2013 summer at the age of 32, after two top flight seasons with Beerschot AC. He returned to youth club Hasselt subsequently, after being appointed director of football.[3]

International career

Belgium manager René Vandereycken noticed Stijnen's performances at club level, and handed him his debut in a friendly against Saudi Arabia on 11 May 2006.

In March 2007, before an UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier in Portugal, Stijnen reportedly claimed his teammates should take opponent star Cristiano Ronaldo out of the game in an early stage, by all means necessary.[4][5] Eventually the home side won 4–0, with Ronaldo scoring twice, and the Manchester United player accepted the Belgian's apologies.[6]

Stijnen retired from international play in October 2009, after collecting 30 caps.[7]

Club statistics

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Season Club Country Competition Games Goals
2002/03 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 2 0
2003/04 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 0 0
2004/05 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 1 0
2005/06 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 15 0
2006/07 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 27 0
2007/08 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 31 0
2008/09 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 31 0
2009/10 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 35 0
2010/11 Club Brugge  Belgium Belgian Pro League 12 0
2011/12 Beerschot AC  Belgium Belgian Pro League 13 0
2012/13 Beerschot AC  Belgium Belgian Pro League 20 0

References

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