Indy Boonen

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Indy Boonen
Personal information
Full name Indy Boonen
Date of birth (1999-01-04) January 4, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
Oostende
Number 11
Youth career
2006–2015 Genk
2015–2018 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Oostende 57 (5)
National team
2016 Belgium U17 4 (0)
2017 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U19 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:26, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2018

Indy Boonen (born 4 January 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Oostende in the Belgian First Division A.

Club career

Boonen began his career with Genk but was released in the summer of 2014. He signed a three-year contract with English club Manchester United as a 16-year-old in February 2015.[1] He trained with the first team on occasion, but rejected the club's offer of a new contract in 2018 and left to return to Belgium with K.V. Oostende that June.[2] He made his professional debut for Oostende in a 2–1 Belgian First Division A win over Royal Excel Mouscron on 28 July 2018, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Richairo Živković.[3] He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw away to S.V. Zulte Waregem on 1 December 2018. He finished the season with a total of three goals in 24 league appearances for the club.

Personal life

Boonen is the son of former professional footballer Jacky Boonen. His brother Seppe is also a footballer, who currently plays for K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. Like Indy, Seppe spent time in Manchester United's youth academy. Seppe began his career as a goalkeeper, but has since changed to being a forward.

References

  1. ^ "Indy Boonen 'signs three-year Manchester United contract'". Sky Sports. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ Kelly, Ciaran (19 June 2018). "Indy Boonen leaves Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. MEN Media. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Oostende-Moeskroen". soccerway.com.

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