Gaëtan Coucke

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Gaëtan Coucke
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Coucke in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Tongeren, Belgium
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Mechelen
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2006 Vliermaal FC
2006–2016 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Genk 18 (0)
2018–2019Lommel (loan) 34 (0)
2020– Mechelen 42 (0)
National team
2013 Belgium U16 1 (0)
2015 Belgium U17 6 (0)
2016 Belgium U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:56, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Gaëtan Coucke (born 3 November 1998) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Belgian First Division A side Mechelen.[1]

Club career

Coucke progressed from the youth team at Genk, having started at the club as a ball boy.[2] He joined Lommel during the 2018–19 season on a one-year loan deal. On July 1, Coucke joined KV Mechelen after his contract at Genk was not extended. [3]

International career

He was called up to the senior Belgium squad in November 2020,[4] and was on the bench for the game against Denmark on 18 November.[5]

Honours

Genk

References

  1. ^ Gaëtan Coucke at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Gaetan Coucke: From Champions League ball boy to Champions League keeper". BBC Sport. 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Officieel: KV Mechelen neemt doelman Gaëtan Coucke over van Racing Genk".
  4. ^ "Martinez trommelt Gaëtan Coucke op als vervanger voor Kaminski" [Martinez calls up Gaëtan Coucke as replacement for Kaminski] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Belgium 4-2 Denmark". BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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