Gert Claessens (born 21 February 1972 in

Tongeren Tongeren (; ; ; ) is a city and former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital wit ...

) is a Belgian retired professional

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who played as a

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* 1972 births Living people Footballers from Tongeren Belgian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Belgium men's international footballers RFC Liège players K.R.C. Genk players Club Brugge KV players Lierse S.K. players Real Oviedo players SBV Vitesse players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub