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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Duffel, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Westerlo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2009 | Lierse | 81 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | KV Mechelen | 64 | (2) |
| 2011–2015 | Standard Liège | 103 | (12) |
| 2014–2015 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 40 | (8) |
| 2015–2018 | Genk | 30 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | → Westerlo (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2018 | Lierse | 0 | (0) |
| 2018– | Lierse Kempenzonen | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Belgium U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Belgium U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Belgium U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022– | Westerlo (academy) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2017 | |||
Yoni Buyens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːni ˈbœyə(n)s]; born 10 March 1988) is a Belgian professional football coach and former football midfielder 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
On 30 June 2015, Buyens signed with Genk on a three-year deal
In 2022, K.V.C. Westerlo announced that they had signed Buyens as an academy coach.
References
- "Charlton sign Yoni Buyens on season-long loan". Charlton Athletic. 21 June 2014.
- "KRC Genk welcomes Yoni Buyens". K.R.C. Genk. 30 June 2015.
- "Expansion youth department KVC Westerlo". kvcwesterlo.be. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
External links
- Yoni Buyens at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Yoni Buyens at Soccerway
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Lierse S.K. players
- K.V. Mechelen players
- Standard Liège players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- K.R.C. 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
- People from Duffel
- Footballers from Antwerp Province
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Belgian football midfielder stubs