Gill Toby Todor Swerts (born 23 September 1982) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Swerts was born in

Brasschaat Brasschaat () is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Brasschaat proper. In November 2006, Brasschaat won the LivCom-Award 200 ...

, Belgium and made his debut in professional football as part of the

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squad in the 2001–02 season. He also played for

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, ADO Den Haag, Vitesse and AZ before returning to Feyenoord in January 2011. He was part of the AZ team winning the

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. After that, he played for

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in Denmark, NAC Breda, and

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in England. In early 2016, his contract with Notts County was terminated by mutual consent due to a lack of playing time. In October 2016, Swerts joined RFC Seraing in the third-tier

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. In January 2018, Swerts moved to KFC Lille in the sixth-tier Eerste Provinciale Antwerpen. In June 2019, Swerts announced his retirement from football, and would instead focus on coaching youth players at

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Personal life

His father is originally from Congo.De 'Afrikaan' Gill Swerts
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Career statistics

Honours

AZ *

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: 2008–09

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* * 1982 births Living people People from Brasschaat Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Belgian footballers Footballers from Antwerp Province Association football midfielders Association football defenders Belgium international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Belgium youth international footballers Excelsior Rotterdam players Feyenoord players ADO Den Haag players SBV Vitesse players AZ Alkmaar players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players SønderjyskE Fodbold players Danish Superliga players Notts County F.C. players English Football League players Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub