Benjamin De Ceulaer (born 19 December 1983) is a Belgian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

. He had to retire in November 2018 because of injuries.

Career

On 20 January 2007, De Ceulaer played his first

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

match with RKC Waalwijk against

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. In the play-offs for a ticket to the

he scored the winning goal in the third match against

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium ...

. On 13 July 2010, he signed for

K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ceas ...

leaving RKC. In February 2012, he received his first call-up to the senior national team of his country for a

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against Greece.

Honours

;Lokeren *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

(1): 2011–12 Belgian Cup, 2011–12 ;Genk *Belgian Cup (1): 2012–13 Belgian Cup, 2012–13

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* * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Genk Footballers from Limburg (Belgium) Association football forwards Belgian footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Sint-Truidense V.V. players Feyenoord players RKC Waalwijk players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players K.R.C. Genk players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Belgian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Belgian people {{belgium-footy-forward-stub