Yoni Buyens

Yoni Buyens

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Duffel, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Westerlo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2009	Lierse	81	(4)
2009–2011	KV Mechelen	64	(2)
2011–2015	Standard Liège	103	(12)
2014–2015	→ Charlton Athletic (loan)	40	(8)
2015–2018	Genk	30	(4)
2016–2017	→ Westerlo (loan)	21	(1)
2018	Lierse	0	(0)
2018–	Lierse Kempenzonen	0	(0)
International career
2006–2007	Belgium U19	8	(0)
2007–2008	Belgium U20	3	(0)
2009–2010	Belgium U21	2	(0)
Managerial career
2022–	Westerlo (academy)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2017

Yoni Buyens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːni ˈbœyə(n)s]; born 10 March 1988) is a Belgian professional football coach and former football midfielder who is currently an academy coach for K.V.C. Westerlo.

Career

On 21 June 2014, it was announced he had signed a one-year loan deal with Charlton Athletic^[1]

On 30 June 2015, Buyens signed with Genk on a three-year deal^[2]

In 2022, K.V.C. Westerlo announced that they had signed Buyens as an academy coach.^[3]

References

1. "Charlton sign Yoni Buyens on season-long loan". Charlton Athletic. 21 June 2014.
2. "KRC Genk welcomes Yoni Buyens". K.R.C. Genk. 30 June 2015.
3. "Expansion youth department KVC Westerlo". kvcwesterlo.be. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

External links

• Yoni Buyens at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Yoni Buyens at Soccerway