Anthony Van Loo (born 5 October 1988) is a Belgian retired football defender, who last played for
Kortrijk
Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...
in the
Belgian First Division A
The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...
.
Career
Around June 2008 he was diagnosed with a heart condition, but was allowed to resume his career after having a defibrillator implanted. A video clip showing Van Loo's defibrillator at work, shocking his heart back into a normal rhythm after he had suffered a cardiac arrhythmia during a match, was posted to YouTube on 8 June 2009.
In 2015, he drew interest from
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Zawisza Bydgoszcz () is a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th-century knight, Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black). The club holds many sections: football, track and field athletics, b ...
. After his visit, he heavily criticised the club's management, training, and the accommodation he was given during his stay before announcing "Never again!". Officially the club stated that the reason for the transfer falling through was because he failed the medical.
Van Loo collapsed again in May 2018 in a match against
Excel Mouscron
Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron.
The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...
. In November 2018 he concluded, after a medical visit, that although his recovery was going well, he would never be able to return to his former level of play, leading him to announce his retirement from football.
International
Van Loo was a member of Belgium's squad for the
2007–09 International Challenge Trophy.
References
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1988 births
Living people
Belgian men's footballers
Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
Belgian Pro League players
K.S.V. Roeselare players
K.V. Mechelen players
K.V. Kortrijk players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Roeselare
21st-century Belgian sportsmen
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