Birger Maertens
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Birger Maertens (born 28 June 1980) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He obtained two caps for the Belgium national team.
Club career
Club Brugge
Born in Bruges, Maertens joined Club Brugge KV in 1994. He played his first game on 9 August 2001 against Icelandic side IA Akranes (4–0) in the UEFA Cup.
Heracles Almelo
On 25 June 2008, Maertens joined the Dutch side Heracles Almelo.[1] He signed a contract until 2011. In 2009 Birger Maertens was voted 8th best overall player in the Eredivisie by Dutch football magazine Voetbal International.[2]
On 6 January 2012, it was announced he had left Heracles earlier than planned, for personal reasons, to return to his native Belgium, and would not see out the rest of his contract.
International career
On 12 October 2005, Maertens collected his first cap for the Belgium national team in the qualification stages for the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Lithuania (1–1).
Honours
Club Brugge
- Belgian First Division: 2002–03, 2004–05
- Belgian Cup: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07
- Belgian Super Cup: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005[3][4][5][6]
References
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bruges
- Belgian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Belgium men's international footballers
- Club Brugge KV players
- Heracles Almelo players
- K.V.C. Westerlo players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen