Kristof Snelders is a

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professional retired

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player. He was usually fielded as a striker, although also able to play as

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Career

In the beginning of July 2007, Snelders was signed by

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due to a relegation release clause in his contract with his former team

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

, where he was voted ''Player of the Season'' by the fans. Due to hard competition with De Smet, De Sutter, Iachtchouk and Gombami for a place in Cercle's attack, Snelders has become a ''super sub'', scoring relatively frequently compared to his minutes played. After a disappointing 2008-09 season, Snelders decided to watch out for a new team.

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and

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were said to be interested. Eventually, he chose to sign for

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, thus rejecting an offer from

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. However Beveren and Waasland merged in 2010 and Snelders stayed with the fusion team

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until the summer of 2012, when he moved to Cappellen. After one season at Cappellen, Snelders chose to retire from professional football at the age of 30.

References

External links

Kristof Snelders player info at the official Cercle Brugge site
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