Günther Vanaudenaerde

Günther Vanaudenaerde
Personal information
Full name Günther Vanaudenaerde
Date of birth (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
FC Lissewege
KSC Blankenberge
–2001 Cercle Brugge
2001–2004 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Club Brugge 22 (0)
2006–2007 NEC 9 (0)
2007–2012 Westerlo 103 (2)
2012–2014 OH Leuven 32 (0)
2014–2015 Royal Antwerp 21 (0)
2015–2018 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 88 (6)
2019–2020 Torhout 28 (0)
International career
2001 Belgium U16 5 (0)
2001 Belgium U17 1 (0)
2001–2002 Belgium U18 7 (0)
2004–2006 Belgium U21 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Günther Vanaudenaerde (born 23 January 1984) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right back.

Football career

After playing youth football for FC Lissewege, KSC Blankenberge and Cercle Brugge,[2] Vanaudenaerde made his debut in professional football as part of the Club Brugge squad in the 2005–06 season. Under manager Jan Ceulemans, he was given the opportunity to play several times, often due to injuries to regular right back Olivier De Cock.[3][4] Emilio Ferrera, who replaced Ceulemans as head coach in April 2006, found Vanaudenaerde wanting and indicated at the beginning of the 2006–07 season that he was allowed to leave the club.[5]

Vanaudenaerde then moved to NEC for a reported fee of €150,000 in July 2006.[6] He received little playing time, and he returned to Belgium after only one season, where he signed a contract with Westerlo.[3] After the club suffered relegation to the Belgian Second Division in 2012, Vanaudenaerde signed a two-year contract with OH Leuven.[7] In the 2014–15 season, he played for Royal Antwerp,[8][9] and since the summer of 2015 for Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport, where he played until January 2019.[10][11] After this, Vanaudenaerde left for Torhout,[12] where he continued to play until January 2020, after which he ended he announced his retirement from football.[13]

Honours

Club Brugge

References

  1. ^ Günther Vanaudenaerde at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Gunther Vanaudenaerde". static.belgianfootball.be. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Football: Gunther Vanaudenaerde retrouve Ceulemans à Westerlo". RTL sport (in French). 7 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Met Vanaudenaerde als rechtsachter". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 30 July 2005.
  5. ^ "Ferrera moet Vanaudenaerde niet meer". De Standaard (in Flemish). 3 July 2006.
  6. ^ "NEC rondt transfer Vanaudenaerde af". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 12 July 2006.
  7. ^ Van den Broeck, David (23 October 2012). "Gunther Vanaudenaerde: 'Ik had ook graag gescoord'". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish).
  8. ^ "Günther Vanaudenaerde test verder en wacht op contract". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). 19 August 2014.
  9. ^ "'Antwerp haalt voormalige Bruggeling in huis'". www.voetbalnieuws.be (in Dutch). 21 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Gewezen Club Brugge-speler naar Winkel Sport". KW.be - Nieuws uit West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch). 1 May 2015.
  11. ^ Stricht, Wouter Vander (20 March 2017). "Dieter Yde en Gunther Vanaudenaerde verlengen ook bij Winkel Sport". KW.be - Nieuws uit West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch).
  12. ^ Bossuyt, Simon (6 January 2019). "Drie versterkingen voor KM Torhout". Focus en WTV (in Dutch).
  13. ^ "Günther Vanaudenaerde stopt met voetballen". KW.be - Nieuws uit West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch). 17 January 2020.
  14. ^ "SUPERCOUPE DE BELGIQUE. FIN". besoccer.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  • Stats from Guardian Football