Joris Van Hout (born 10 January 1977) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Playing for

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

van Hout scored 11 goals in 69

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appearances. In summer 2005, he left Mönchengladbach for an undisclosed fee to join

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

on a three-year contract. He made 39 appearances for Bochum in two seasons, with all his six league goals coming in their 2005–06 promotion-winning campaign. In June 2007, van Hout returned to his home country Belgium agreeing to a four-year contract with

Westerlo Westerlo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns: * Westerlo centrum * * Tongerlo * Heultje * Voortkapel * Oosterwijk * In 2021, Westerlo had a total population of 25,288. The ...

Honours

Anderlecht *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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* * 1977 births Living people People from Mol, Belgium Footballers from Antwerp Province Belgian footballers Association football forwards Belgium international footballers Belgian Pro League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players K.F.C. Dessel Sport players K.V.C. Westerlo players R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.V. Mechelen players Borussia Mönchengladbach players VfL Bochum players Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub