Mark De Man (born 27 April 1983) is a Belgian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
centre-back
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or
right-back
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, most notably for
Anderlecht
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. He moved to Dutch side
Roda JC
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The c ...
in the
Eredivisie
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for an undisclosed fee in the 2008–09 season and then returned to Belgium to play for
Germinal Beerschot
Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian association football, football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from Belgian First Division 1999–2000, 1999–2000 ...
. De Man made five appearances for the
Belgium national team.
Club career
Born in
Leuven
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, De Man played for
OH Leuven
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during his youth before signing with
Anderlecht
Anderlecht (; ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, B ...
in 1998.
In 2002, he was promoted to Anderlecht's first team where he established himself as a starter in 2005.
In July 2008, with a year left on his contract with Anderlecht, De Man agreed a three-year contract with
Eredivisie
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club
Roda JC Kerkrade
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the ...
.
After featuring sparingly for Roda, he left the club for
Germinal Beerschot
Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian association football, football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from Belgian First Division 1999–2000, 1999–2000 ...
. During his time at Germinal Beerschot, De Man was kept out of action by a knee injury and an ankle sprain. In his three seasons at the club he made few appearances and joined his youth club OH Leuven of the
Belgian Second Division
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in January 2011.
In autumn 2011 De Man was close to a move to Scottish club
Kilmarnock
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but after a trial with Kilmarnock, he moved to the Belgian third division club
KSC Hasselt.
International career
De Man received his first call-up to the
Belgium national team in November 2006, for a
UEFA Euro 2008
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qualifier against
Poland
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.
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1983 births
Living people
Belgian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Belgium men's international footballers
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
Eredivisie players
Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Roda JC Kerkrade players
Beerschot A.C. players
Sporting Hasselt players
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Footballers from Leuven
21st-century Belgian sportsmen