Gunter Thiebaut

Gunter Thiebaut

Gunter Thiebaut in 2008.
Personal information
Full name	Gunter Thiebaut
Date of birth	(1977-01-12) 12 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Asse, Belgium
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Lebbeke
1998–2001	Eendracht Aalst	91	(20)
2001–2002	Omonia Nicosia	22	(8)
2002–2003	FCV Dender EH	33	(23)
2003–2006	1. FC Saarbrücken	57	(23)
2006–2007	Zulte Waregem	14	(1)
2006–2007	→ FCV Dender EH (loan)	34	(21)
2007–2009	MVV	67	(42)
2009–2011	Lierse	44	(7)
2011–2012	FCV Dender EH	25	(10)
2012–2014	KVK Ninove
2015–2018	KFC Wambeek[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gunter Thiebaut (born 12 January 1977) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a striker.^[2]

Club career

Early career

Thiebaut's professional career started at Lebbeke. Thiebaut was then signed by Eendracht Aalst in Summer 1998, a team that played in the First Division. After showing some great displays, he moved to Cypriot team Omonia Nicosia, and returned to Belgium after that.

In Belgium he played for Dender, which was known as FC Denderleeuw at that time. Here, he showed his goalscoring capabilities. In the 2002–2003 season at Denderleeuw, Thiebaut was top-scorer in the Belgian Second Division.

New adventure & topscorer

His great scoring earned him another adventure. In Germany he was signed by 1. FC Saarbrücken. He played some good seasons, but decided to find his way back to Belgium in 2005. S.V. Zulte Waregem was his new team in the 2006–2007 season. Thiebaut also became top scorer with 21 goals this season, the same number of goals as Gabriel Persa who played for Dessel Sport and Fraizer Campbell playing for Royal Antwerp on loan from Manchester United.

MVV

After that, he moved to Dender and finally to MVV, another adventure abroad, this time in the Netherlands.^[3] In Maastricht he scored in his first game for MVV two times. The first goal, in the third minute, was the first goal in the season. In December 2007 was chosen footballer of the year in Eerste divisie, he was nominated as the best player in Netherlands Limburg in 2007. At MVV he scored 42 goals in 2 seasons.^[4]

Lierse

On 26 June 2009 it was announced that Thiebaut joined Belgian Second Division club Lierse SK.^[5]

Statistics

Season	Club	Country	Competition	Apps.	Goals
1997/98	Rapide Club Lebbeke	Belgium	Fourth Division	–	–
1998/99	KSC Eendracht Aalst	Belgium	Jupiler League	30	7
1999/00	KSC Eendracht Aalst	Belgium	Jupiler League	31	7
2000/01	KSC Eendracht Aalst	Belgium	Jupiler League	30	6
2001/02	Omonia Nicosia	Cyprus	Cypriot First Division	22	8
2002/03	FC Denderleeuw	Belgium	Belgian Second Division	32	23
2003/04	1. FC Saarbrücken	Germany	Regionalliga Süd	33	16
2004/05	1. FC Saarbrücken	Germany	2. Bundesliga	14	7
2005/06	1. FC Saarbrücken	Germany	2. Bundesliga	10	0
2005/06	S.V. Zulte Waregem	Belgium	Jupiler League	14	1
2006/07	FCV Dender EH	Belgium	Belgian Second Division	33	21
2007/08	MVV	Netherlands	Eerste divisie	33	22
2008/09	MVV	Netherlands	Eerste divisie	32	20
Total	Last Updated	8 July 2009		302	132

References

External links

• Gunter Thiebaut at FootballDatabase.eu

This page was last edited on 19 September 2023, at 14:53