Stef Peeters (born 9 February 1992) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Patro Eisden. He formerly played for

Genk Genk () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality comprises only the town of Genk itself. It ...

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

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and

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Career

Genk

Born in

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, Peeters is a

youth exponent, joining them from childhood club Sporting Nevok Gruitrode as a seven-year-old. He made his professional debut for Genk under head coach

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on 19 November 2011, replacing

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in the 83rd minute of a 3–0 league win over

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. He signed his first contract three days later, on 22 November, keeping him at Genk until 2013. On 1 January 2013, Peeters was sent on a one-and-a-half-season loan to

, after extending his contract with Genk until 2015. He made his debut for Sparta as a starter on 3 February 2013 in a 1–0 victory against Cambuur in the

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. Peeters scored his first professional goal exactly one year later, on 3 February 2014, opening the score in Sparta's 2–1 away win over

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MVV

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Peeters was sent on loan to Eerste Divisie club

alongside fellow Genk players Jordy Croux, Willem Ofori-Appiah and Alessio Alessandro as part of the two clubs' cooperation agreement. He made his debut for the club on 8 August 2014 in a 5–0 loss away to Almere City in a game where MVV started seven Belgians. On 25 August he scored his first goal for MVV on a penalty-kick in an away win over Jong Twente. Peeters signed a permanent deal with MVV on 23 June 2015, a one-year contract with an option for an additional season.

Sint-Truiden

In summer 2016, Peeters joined

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side

from MVV on a two-year deal. During the 2016–17 season he amassed 13 assists and five goals in 39 matches.

Caen

On 22 June 2017, French

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announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of Peeters on a three-year contract, for a reported fee of €1.5 million. He made his debut for Caen on 5 August 2017, the opening matchday of the 2017–18 season, replacing

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in the 70th minute of a 1–0 away loss to

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. He would mostly remain a substitute during the first half of the season, only making his first league start on 20 December, playing 71 minutes before being subbed off in a 3–1 loss to

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. In the second half of the season he became a starter for the club, finishing with a total of 25 appearances for Caen, who managed to avoid relegation.

Eupen

On 7 July 2020, Peeters moved to

. On 10 August, he made his debut for the club in a league game against

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. He scored his first goal for the ''Pandas'' on 21 November 2020, giving his team the lead in the 57th minute of an eventual 2–2 away draw against

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Patro Eisden

On 1 September 2023,

club, Patro Eisden, made a remarkably unexpected move by signing Peeters as a free agent. He signed a four-year contract with the club, recently promoted from the third-tier

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, and managed by former

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Stijn Stijnen. Peeters made his debut for the club in the

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, starting in a 2–0 victory against

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on 9 September. One week later, he made his debut for ''Klein Anderlecht'' in the Challenger Pro League, contributing to a 3–1 away victory against the real

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's reserves, the

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. He provided an assist for Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson's goal in the 54th minute.

References

External links

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