Stijn Stijnen
Stijnen training with Brugge in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stijn Stijnen | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Hasselt, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1993 | Runkst VV | ||
| 1993–2000 | Hasselt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2011 | Club Brugge | 156 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Beerschot | 33 | (0) |
| Total | 189 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2009 | Belgium | 30 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stijn Stijnen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstɛin ˈstɛinə(n)]; born 7 April 1981) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current sporting director of K.S.C. Hasselt.
He played in 189 Belgian Pro League games during thirteen seasons, mainly with Club Brugge with which he won nine major titles, including two national championships.
Born in Hasselt, Limburg, Stijnen moved from K.S.C. Hasselt to Club Brugge KV in 2000, aged 19, and became the club's first stand-in for veteran Dany Verlinden – when the latter retired at 41, he backed up Tomislav Butina. On 18 April 2003 he made his debut in the league, in a 3–0 away win against K.R.C. Genk. However, his big breakthrough came in the 2005–06 season, when he replaced the injured Butina several times; some strong performances (including the UEFA Champions League 1–2 home loss to Juventus F.C. in the group stage) made him the undisputed first-choice onwards.
In the 2006–07 campaign, Stijnen was between the posts as Brugge won the Belgian Cup 1–0 against Standard Liège, but the club only finished sixth in the domestic league. He never played in less than 31 league games in the following three seasons, but the Blue and Black did not manage to win any silverware.
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