Marco Weymans

Belgian footballer

Marco Weymans
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Edegem, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Left back / Left midfielder^[1]
Team information
Current team	Beerschot
Number	28
Youth career
0000–2012	Beerschot
2012–2015	PSV
2015–2017	Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Tubize	39	(3)
2019–2021	Östersunds FK	39	(1)
2022–	Beerschot	41	(2)
International career^‡
2012	Belgium U15	3	(0)
2013–2014	Belgium U17	13	(1)
2014–2015	Belgium U18	3	(1)
2014–2016	Belgium U19	13	(1)
2020–	Burundi	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2023

Marco Weymans (born 9 July 1997) is a professional football player. Born in Belgium, Weymans represents the Burundi national team.

Club career

Having begun his career with Beerschot and PSV, Weymans spent time on trial with Fulham before signing for Welsh side Cardiff City in 2015 on a three-year contract.^[2]^[3]

He joined Tubize in 2017 and made his Belgian First Division B debut for the side on 20 August 2017 in a game against Beerschot Wilrijk.^[4] And in 2020 is beginning the senior Burundi

International career

Weymans was born in Belgium to a Belgian father and Burundian mother.^[5] Weymans represented Belgium at several youth levels, the last being at under-19 level. He scored one goal for the side, from the halfway line during a match against Sweden in March 2015.^[6]

Weymans debuted for the Burundi national team in a 1–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Mauritania on 11 November 2020.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Marco Weymans at WorldFootball.net
^ "Marco Weymans: Cardiff City sign Belgium Under-19 International". BBC Sport. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^ "Weymans Signs". Cardiff City F.C. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 20 August 2017.
^ "Marco Weymans: Le nouveau visage pour relever l'arrière gauche des Intamba". November 2, 2020.
^ Gaskell, Simon (4 September 2015). "Cardiff City transfer news: Marco Weymans in profile". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^ "Mauritania vs Burundi - Qualifications CAN - 11 November 2020". fr.besoccer.com.