Mark De Man (born 27 April 1983) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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, most notably for

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 ...

. He moved to Dutch side

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

for an undisclosed fee in the 2008–09 season and then returned to Belgium to play for

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

. De Man made five appearances for the Belgium national team.

Club career

Born in

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

, De Man played for OH Leuven during his youth before signing with

in 1998. In 2002, he was promoted to Anderlecht's first team where he established himself as a starter in 2005. In July 2008, with a year left on his contract with Anderlecht, De Man agreed a three-year contract with

club

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

. After featuring sparingly for Roda, he left the club for

. During his time at Germinal Beerschot, De Man was kept out of action by a knee injury and an ankle sprain. In his three seasons at the club he made few appearances and joined his youth club OH Leuven of the

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associa ...

in January 2011. In autumn 2011 De Man was close to a move to Scottish club

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

but after a trial with Kilmarnock, he moved the Belgian third division club

KSC Hasselt Koninklijke Sporting Club Hasselt was a Belgian football club. The matricule No. 37 was erased in 2001 after the merge with K.S.K. Kermt to become Sporting Hasselt, K.S.K. Kermt-Hasselt. The club played one season in the Belgian First Division, ...

International career

De Man received his first call-up to the Belgium national team in November 2006, for a

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qualifier against

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Man, Mark 1983 births Living people Footballers from Flemish Brabant Belgian footballers Association football defenders Belgium international footballers Belgian Pro League players Belgian First Division B players Eredivisie players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Roda JC Kerkrade players Beerschot A.C. players Sporting Hasselt players Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Leuven