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Stein Huysegems (; born 16 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional
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who played as a forward.


Club career

Huysegems started his career at Belgian club Lierse SK, and has also played for the Dutch
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powerhouses like AZ,
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and
FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...
. On 16 January 2009, Huysegems signed a contract at
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 ...
lasting until 30 June 2013. In September 2010, he went out on loan until the end of the season to the Dutch
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club
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, but his deal was terminated on 22 March 2011. Before the start of the 2011–12 season of the
Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...
, he was deemed surplus to requirements at Genk and his contract was terminated by mutual consent. Some weeks later, he signed an achievement based one-year contract with Lierse on 3 September 2011. As the contract between Genk and Huysegems had not been terminated before 30 June 2011, the
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ruled that he was not allowed to play for his new team before 2012, causing him to be sidelined for almost 5 months, earning only a basic wage without bonuses. On 14 September 2012 he was signed by Wellington Phoenix of New Zealand playing in the A-League. Huysegems scored on his Wellington Phoenix debut on 6 October 2012 in a 2–0 home win over
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in the opening game of the season. He increased his tally to three goals after four games – scoring away to Adelaide United and at home against the Brisbane Roar. Huysegems lost his form somewhat during the middle of the season, but rediscovered it later on. He broke his goal scoring drought on 17 March 2013, the second-to-last game of the season, with a header that saw the Phoenix beat
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2–1. Huysegems scored his fifth goal for the Phoenix in his last match of the season vs.
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from a well-controlled chested volley. In the 2013–14 A-League season, Huysegems finished the season with 10 goals in 26 games for the Phoenix, including a double in a match-winning performance away to
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. He finished the season tied with
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of
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on the goal scoring table, 6 goals behind golden boot winner
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of the
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. Huysegems was released by the Wellington Phoenix on 13 April 2014 after the club would not offer a two-year deal to Huysegems, stating they would only offer him a one-year deal, which both parties couldn't agree to, so Huysegems and the Phoenix both parted ways. In November 2014, Huysegems signed with
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club
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, and two years later joined amateur club FC Berlaar-Heikant, where he retired in April 2019.


International career

Huysegems has represented the
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16 times.


Retirement

After retiring from professional football, Huysegems has worked as a
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.


Honours

Lierse *
Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( ; ; ), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners. If both teams are the same, ...
:
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
Genk *
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: 2008–09


References


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Stein Huysegems returns to Lierse
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huysegems, Stein 1982 births Living people People from Herselt Belgian men's footballers Footballers from Antwerp Province Men's association football forwards Belgium men's international footballers Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players A-League Men players Lierse S.K. players AZ Alkmaar players Feyenoord players FC Twente players K.R.C. Genk players Roda JC Kerkrade players Wellington Phoenix FC players K.F.C. Dessel Sport players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand 21st-century Belgian sportsmen