Simón Vanderhoeght

Simón Vanderhoeght
Personal information
Full name Simón Vanderhoeght Santos
Date of birth (1986-06-05) 5 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Maldonado, Uruguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dender EH
Number 14
Youth career
1993–2003 Atenas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Atenas
2007–2010 Montevideo Wanderers 39 (4)
Jan. 2009 → Hellas Verona (loan) 1 (0)
2010–2011 Deportivo Maldonado 20 (1)
2011 Lustenau 11 (0)
2012 Atenas 18 (2)
2013 Bella Vista 10 (1)
2013–2015 Atenas 40 (0)
2015– Dender EH
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 8, 2015

Simón Vanderhoeght Santos (born 5 June 1986 in Maldonado) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Dender EH in the Belgian Third Division.

Early life

Vanderhoeght was born in Maldonado, Uruguay. He is of Belgian ancestry; his grandfather came from Belgium because he was against the Second World War. He holds a Belgian passport.

Career

Vanderhoeght grew up from the youth levels of Atenas De San Carlos.

In January 2004, while playing the Punta Cup international youth tournament in Maldonado, Real Madrid's representatives put their eyes on him. He was offered a scholarship to train in Spain and they gave him the flight passages. However, there was a problem that prevented him to fulfill his dream. He had problems with papers of the Belgian passport and so he could not travel.[1]

In January 2009, he went to try luck in Europe to play on the well known club Hellas Verona, which had to play in Serie C1 due to economical problems.

In early July 2015, Vanderhoeght departed again to Europe to play for Belgian side Dender EH.[2]

References

  1. ^ "El belga que quiso el Real Madrid juega en San Carlos" (in Spanish). elobservador.com.uy. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2006.
  2. ^ "SIMON VANDERHOEGHT, ONZE LAATSTE AANWINST!" (in Dutch). fcvdendereh.be. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.


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