Jurgen Vandeurzen

Jurgen Vandeurzen

Personal information
Full name	Jurgen Vandeurzen[1]
Date of birth	26 January 1974[1]
Place of birth	Genk, Belgium[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–1995	Genk	94	(3)
1996	Overpelt	33	(9)
1997–1998	RFC Liège	29	(6)
1998–2001	Turnhout	95	(8)
2001–2003	Stoke City	49	(5)
2003	Dessel Sport	10	(0)
2004	Patro Eisden	51	(6)
2004–2006	KBHZ	30	(3)
2006–2008	Patro Eisden	67	(9)
2008–2009	Hasselt	19	(0)
2009	Bregel Sport
Total		477	(49)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jurgen Vandeurzen (born 26 January 1974) is a former Belgian footballer. He spent most of his career in Belgium apart from a two-year spell playing in England for Stoke City.^[1]

Career

Vandeurzen was born in Genk and began playing for the local side K.R.C. Genk. After four years with Genk he joined Overpelt and then spent a season with RFC Liège before joining Turnhout. After three years at Turnhout Vandeurzen moved to English club Stoke City becoming the club's first Belgian footballer.^[1] He played a key role in 2001–02 playing in 45 matches scoring four goals as Stoke gained promotion to the second tier after beating Brentford 2–0 in the play-off final.^[1] He played in 12 matches in 2002–03 before being released at the end of the season where he returned to Belgium.^[1] He then went on to play for Dessel Sport, Patro Eisden, KBHZ, Patro Eisden and Bregel Sport.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	2001–02	Second Division	37	4	4	0	1	0	3	0	45	4
	2002–03	First Division	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
Career Total			49	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	57	5

Honours

Stoke City

• Football League Second Division play-off final winner:2002

References

1. "Stoke City season review 2001–02 third time lucky for Stoke". The Sentinel. 31 May 2002.