Nicholas Tamsin (born 10 December 1989) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Football career

Tamsin progressed through the youth teams of FC De Barms Sijsele and

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. He almost reached the first team of the latter in 2008, but was not deemed ready for the highest division and signed with second-tier club

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. In the summer of 2010, he returned to the highest tier, after Zulte Waregem signed him on a two-year contract. Tamsin made his debut in the

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on 23 October 2010, coming on as a substitute for

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against Lierse during half-time. After one season with Zulte Waregem, he moved to ambitious second-tier club

Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren (SK Beveren) is a Belgian professional association football club based in Beveren, East Flanders. The club is affiliated with the founded number 4068 and has yellow and blue as its colours. The team was founded in 1936 in H ...

, but only stayed there for six months before moving to third tier club

Coxyde Koksijde (; ; ) is a town and a municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast in the southwest of the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the villages of Oostduinkerke, Saint-Ides ...

. He continued to play for the team for almost five seasons. After the relegation from the

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, he signed with

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, another coastal club. Later, he would also appear for

Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sint-Eloois-Winkel is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a ''deelgemeente'' of the municipality of Ledegem, separated from the center of the town by highway A17. The population of Sint-Eloois-Winkel is 3800, only a few hun ...

and Mandel United.

References

External links

Guardian Stats Centre
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamsin, Nicholas 1989 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Belgian Pro League players Men's association football defenders Challenger Pro League players SV Zulte Waregem players S.K. Beveren players K.V.V. Coxyde players Royal FC Mandel United players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport players 21st-century Belgian sportsmen