Hervé Matthys (born 19 January 1996) is a Belgian

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who plays as a

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for Beerschot.

Club career

Matthys joined

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

in 2012 from

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

. He made his first team debut on 3 December 2014 in the

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

against

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

replacing Frank Acheampong at half-time in a 4–1 home win. On 2 September 2021, he joined

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

on a one-year contract. On 10 April 2022, Matthys signed a two-year contract with Beerschot.

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* * Living people 1996 births Footballers from Bruges Men's association football defenders Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.V.C. Westerlo players FC Eindhoven players Excelsior Rotterdam players ADO Den Haag players K Beerschot VA players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub