Marvin Peersman (born 10 February 1991) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for Dutch club

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Club career

Peersman began his professional football club career in 2009 at

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as a 17-year-old before signing for

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in 2010 and in 2012 Peersman signed for

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

. After that, he played for Cambuur and Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel. He signed a contract with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...

on 7 August 2020. On 30 January 2022, he scored his first goal with the club in all competitions in a 2–0 home win game against

Apollon Smyrnis Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

. He was voted

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for his performance. In summer 2022 he signed for

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International career

Peersman was born in Belgium. His mother is a Belgian woman of

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extraction and his father is a Ghanaian. Peersman has both a

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and a

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and is eligible to represent the

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and

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national teams. He made six appearances for the Belgium U19 national team in 2009 and 2010.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

Player of the Year: 2020–21

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peersman, Marvin 1991 births Living people People from Wilrijk Belgian men's footballers Belgian people of Ghanaian descent Footballers from Antwerp Men's association football defenders Belgium men's youth international footballers Challenger Pro League players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Super League Greece players K.S.K. Beveren players Royal Antwerp F.C. players FC Dordrecht players SC Cambuur players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players FC Groningen players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece 21st-century Belgian sportsmen