Geoffrey Claeys (born 5 October 1974 in Bruges, Belgium) is a retired football player and currently manager of FC Kleit-Maldegem.FC Kleit-Maldegem profile
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Biography

Claeys is a former

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and was capped 10 times. He began his career at the Belgian club

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. He left the club in 1996 for Dutch Feyenoord, then he made an unsuccessful move to

R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

and was transferred to

K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst SC Eendracht Aalst is a Belgian football club based in Aalst, East Flanders. History During World War I, citizens from Aalst played football matches to raise money for prisoners of war. In 1919 Sport-Club Eendracht Aalst became an official f ...

on loan. He later played for

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

and

Royal Excelsior Mouscron Royal Excelsior Mouscron was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known as Royal Excel Mouscron was formed in March 2010 and place ...

, before moving to Melbourne Victory in 2005. Although he enjoyed a solid season in the Victory defence, he rarely figured in the 06–07 season. On 21 November 2006, Geoffrey Claeys retired from football. However, in 2007, he went to play for

Torhout 1992 KM Koninklijke Maatschappij Torhout is a Belgian football club currently playing in the third division A. The club is based in Torhout, West Flanders ) , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of Wes ...

, in the Belgian Third Division. He retired soon after, however. In 2009, he picked up football again, after his brother asked him to become his teammate at FC Veldegem. Veldegem plays in the provincial leagues of West Flanders.

References

External links

Geoffrey Claeys Interview

Career stats
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