Davy De Beule

Belgian footballer

Davy De Beule
Personal information
Full name	Davy De Beule
Date of birth	(1981-11-07) 7 November 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Hamme, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right midfielder
Youth career
1988–1992	Hamme
1992–1999	Lokeren
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2004	Lokeren	108	(25)
2005–2008	Gent	83	(9)
2009–2011	Kortrijk	79	(14)
2011–2014	Roda	48	(5)
2014–2017	Beerschot Wilrijk	32	(2)
Total		350	(55)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Davy De Beule (born 7 November 1981) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.

Career

De Beule was born in Hamme as the son of the cyclist Étienne De Beule.^[1] He signed at Hamme at the age of 6 and moved to Lokeren in 1992. Six years later he entered the first team squad of the club. He played a total of 128 games for Lokeren. In the 2002–03 season, he played a fundamental role in the club's achievement of third place in the national championship, and was named Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year.^[2] He stayed at Lokeren until 2004, when he moved to Gent. With Gent he reached the final of the 2007–08 Belgian Cup, also placing fourth in the national championship in 2006 and 2007. In 2009 he moved to Kortrijk, where he stayed until 2011.^[3] Next, he joined Roda of the Eredivisie.^[3] In his first season at Roda he played 24 games and scored 4 goals.^[4] In 2014 he moved to Beerschot Wilrijk, where in 2017 he ended his professional career as a player.^[5]

International career

In his top year at Lokeren he was selected for Belgium national football team,^[2] but got injured during training and thus was not able to debut with the national team.^[5]

Honours

Club

Lokeren

Belgian First Division A third place: 2002–03

Gent

Belgian Cup runner-up: 2007–08
UEFA Intertoto Cup runner-up: 2006, 2007

Individual

Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 2002–03^[2]

References

^ Etienne De Beule, knecht van Eddy Merckx en vader van ex-profvoetballer Davy, is overleden
^ ^a ^b ^c "Davy De Beule (Sp. Lokeren) over de tijd van toen: "De voodoo-gebruiken van de Afrikanen, daar moet je de charme van inzien"". Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Davy de Beule". Kicker. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Davy De Beule". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Van den Broeck, David. "Hoe zou het nog zijn met voetballer Davy De Beule? "De stallen van ons paardenhotel uitmesten, doe ik zonder morren"". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 30 November 2021.