Tom Soetaers

Tom Soetaers
Personal information
Full name	Tom Soetaers
Date of birth	21 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Tienen, Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden (Head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2000	Anderlecht
2000–2004	Roda JC
2004–2005	Ajax
2005–2009	Genk
2009	KV Kortrijk
2010–2011	KV Mechelen
2011–2012	Olympia SC Wijgmaal
2015–2016	SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden
International career
1997–1998	Belgium U18
1998–1999	Belgium U19
2000–2002	Belgium U21
2002–2005	Belgium
Managerial career
2016–2017	SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden
2017	Olympia SC Wijgmaal
2018–	SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tom Soetaers (born 21 July 1980) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a midfielder and current football coach, mostly being deployed as a left-winger.^[1] He is currently in charge of SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden.^[2]

Club career

Soetaers began his career at Belgian side Anderlecht where he made just seven appearances for the first team before moving to the Netherlands to play for Roda JC. He spent three years at Roda becoming a big part of their team and was signed by league rivals AFC Ajax. However Soetaers failed to ever really establish himself at the club and after just over a year he returned to his home country with K.R.C. Genk.

On his return to Belgium Soetaers managed to rediscover the form he showed at Roda JC and helped the side to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for two seasons. He also won the Belgian Cup in 2008–09 with K.R.C. Genk, beating K.V. Mechelen in the final. On 21 June 2009, Soetaers signed a two-year contract with K.V. Kortrijk, but after only 6 months he went to KV Mechelen, in a transfer deal that included Giuseppe Rossini who went the other way.

Soetaers currently has eight caps for Belgium winning his first in 2003 in a match against Poland.

Currently Soetaers is working for the TV channel 2Be.