Philippe Rommens (born 20 August 1997) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for Hungarian

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club

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Career

PSV

Rommens is a youth exponent from

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

, who he joined in 2006 together with his brother, Olivier. Before, they had both started out at local club KFC Ranst, and moved to Lierse SK, where they played for four years before starting at the youth academy of PSV. Rommens made his professional debut for

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively fo ...

in the second-tier

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on 19 September 2014, replacing Andjelo Rudović in the 83rd minute of a 2–0 home defeat against

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. Rommens scored his first goal in professional football on 8 August 2016 in a home game against

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which ended in a 5–4 win. He played an official match against his brother Olivier for the first time on 9 September, where he with Jong PSV played in the Eerste Divisie against

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in a 1–1 draw.

TOP Oss

Rommens played for PSV for twelve years, including four seasons—mainly as a substitute—for Jong PSV. A debut in the first team was, however, not in the cards. The club let him leave for

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbrevia ...

on a free transfer in August 2018. There, he almost immediately became a starter. TOP Oss reunited him with his brother Olivier in January 2019. On 31 July, it was announced that Rommens had suffered an injury which required surgery. He was subsequently sidelined for three to four months. He returned to the pitch on 10 November in a 3–0 loss to

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coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute for Kyvon Leidsman.

Go Ahead Eagles

On 22 May 2021, it was announced that Rommens had signed a two-year contract with

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, with an option for an additional season. This meant, that he would join the recently promoted

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club for the 2021–22 season. He made his debut on 13 August, opening day in the domestic league, in a 1–0 home loss to

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Ferencváros

On 11 July 2024, Hungarian NB1 club

signed Rommens. The fee and contract length were undisclosed.

Personal

His brother is football player Olivier Rommens, currently playing for

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Individual *

Team of the Month: November 2022

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rommens, Olivier 1997 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Belgium men's youth international footballers Go Ahead Eagles players Lierse S.K. players Jong PSV players PSV Eindhoven players TOP Oss players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 21st-century Belgian sportsmen