Yoni Buyens (; born 10 March 1988) is a Belgian professional football coach and former
football
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midfielder
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who is currently an academy coach for
K.V.C. Westerlo.
Career
On 21 June 2014, it was announced he had signed a one-year loan deal with
Charlton Athletic
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Their home ground is ...
On 30 June 2015, Buyens signed with
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 ...
on a three-year deal
In 2022,
K.V.C. Westerlo announced that they had signed Buyens as an academy coach.
References
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1988 births
Living people
Belgian men's footballers
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Lierse S.K. (1906) players
K.V. Mechelen players
Standard Liège players
Charlton Athletic F.C. players
KRC Genk players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
English Football League players
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Men's association football midfielders
Lierse S.K. (2018) players
Sportspeople from Duffel
Footballers from Antwerp Province
21st-century Belgian sportsmen
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