Ben Mario Gaston Santermans (born 26 June 1992) is a Belgian professional

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, rugby ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

KFC Houtvenne Koninklijke Voetbalclub Houtvenne is a football club based in Houtvenne, Antwerp Province, Belgium. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) with ''matricule'' 4481 and has green and red as club colours. The groun ...

Career

Club career

In January 2020, Santermans was loaned out from

Lommel SK Lommel SK is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Lommel, Limburg, that competes in the Challenger Pro League. History The roots of the club date back to the 1920s when the club Vlug & Vrij Overpelt-Usines (Fast & Fr ...

Lierse Kempenzonen Lierse Kempenzonen is a Belgian association football club located in Lier, in the province of Antwerp. The club, founded in 1943 as Oosterzonen in Oosterwijk, was relocated to Lier following the bankruptcy of Lierse in 2018. They compete in t ...

until the end of the season. However, Lierse confirmed on 15 April 2020, that Santermans would join the club permanently from the next season, signing a one-year deal with an option for one further year. For the 2021–22 season, he joined fifth-tier club

Diest Diest () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated aroun ...

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santermans, Ben 1992 births Living people Footballers from Hasselt Belgian men's footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Challenger Pro League players Belgian Third Division players Eerste Divisie players K.R.C. Genk players K Beerschot VA players Lommel S.K. players FC Den Bosch players Lierse Kempenzonen players K.F.C. Diest players KFC Houtvenne players Men's association football central defenders Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands K. Bocholter V.V. players