Gunter Thiebaut (born 12 January 1977) is a Belgian retired

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Early career

Thiebaut's professional career started at Lebbeke. Thiebaut was then signed by

Eendracht Aalst SC Eendracht Aalst is a Belgian football club based in Aalst, East Flanders. The club currently play in Belgian Division 2 where they are the defending champions in their region. History During World War I, citizens from Aalst played footbal ...

in Summer 1998, a team that played in the First Division. After showing some great displays, he moved to Cypriot team

Omonia Nicosia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cypriot professional multi-sport club, established on 4 June 1948 in Nico ...

, and returned to Belgium after that. In Belgium he played for

Dender The Dender () or Dendre () is a long river in Belgium, the right tributary of the river Scheldt. The confluence of the two rivers is in the Belgian town of Dendermonde. The Western or Little Dender is long and begins in Barry near Leuze-en-Hain ...

, which was known as FC Denderleeuw at that time. Here, he showed his goalscoring capabilities. In the 2002–2003 season at Denderleeuw, Thiebaut was top-scorer in the

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1909 and folded in 2016, when it was replace ...

New adventure & topscorer

His great scoring earned him another adventure. In Germany he was signed by

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken () is a German Football in Germany, football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. History The club began its existence as the footbal ...

. He played some good seasons, but decided to find his way back to Belgium in 2005. S.V. Zulte Waregem was his new team in the 2006–2007 season. Thiebaut also became top scorer with 21 goals this season, the same number of goals as Gabriel Persa who played for

Dessel Sport Koninklijke Football Club Dessel Sport, or KFC Dessel Sport, is a Belgian association football club based in Dessel in the province of Antwerp. The club currently play in the Belgian National Division 1 The Belgian Division 1 is a semi-pro ...

and Fraizer Campbell playing for Royal Antwerp on loan from

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

MVV

After that, he moved to Dender and finally to

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, another adventure abroad, this time in the

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. In

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he scored in his first game for

two times. The first goal, in the third minute, was the first goal in the season. In December 2007 was chosen footballer of the year in

Eerste divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

, he was nominated as the best player in Netherlands Limburg in 2007. At MVV he scored 42 goals in 2 seasons.

Lierse

On 26 June 2009 it was announced that Thiebaut joined

club Lierse SK.Thiebaut signs for Lierse
on www.Lierse.be

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thiebaut, Gunter 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Asse Belgian men's footballers AC Omonia players F.C.V. Dender E.H. players 1. FC Saarbrücken players S.V. Zulte Waregem players K.F.C. Dessel Sport players S.C. Eendracht Aalst players MVV Maastricht players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Cypriot First Division players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Eerste Divisie players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Men's association football forwards Footballers from Flemish Brabant