Mathias Delorge-Knieper (born 31 July 2004) is a Belgian professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Sint-Truiden.
Club career
Delorge is a youth product of Heers VV before moving to
Sint-Truiden's academy in 2011. In November 2020, he started training with the senior team for the first time. On 15 January 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Sint-Truiden and started playing with their reserves. He was a part of the senior team for the preseason in the summer of 2021.
Delorge made his senior and professional debut with Sint-Truiden as a substitute in a 3–0 win over
Standard Liège on 10 April 2022. In the summer of 2022 he tore his
meniscus
Meniscus may refer to:
*Meniscus (anatomy), crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure that partly divides a joint cavity
*Meniscus (liquid)
The meniscus (plural: ''menisci'', from the Greek for "crescent") is the curve in the upper surface ...
, which kept him out for 4 months. On January 31 2023, he was loaned to
Lierse Kempenzonen
Lierse Kempenzonen is a Belgian association football club located in Lier, in the province of Antwerp. The club, founded in 1943 as Oosterzonen in Oosterwijk, was relocated to Lier following the bankruptcy of Lierse in 2018. They compete in ...
in the
Challenger Pro League for the second half of the season. Making 10 appearances and scoring 1 goal on his loan, Delorge returned to Sint-Truiden for the 2023–24 season.
International career
Delorge is a youth international for Belgium, having played for the
Belgium U20s in November 2023.
Personal life
Mathias is the son of
Peter Delorge
Peter Delorge (born 19 April 1980 in Sint-Truiden, Belgium) is a former professional footballer.
Career
He played as a defensive midfielder and spent his whole career at Sint-Truidense.
Delorge played in 204 matches from 1998 to 2008 in the ...
and nephew of Kristof Delorge, both former professional footballers.
References
External links
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RBFA profile
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2004 births
Living people
People from Bilzen
Belgian men's footballers
Belgium men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Lierse Kempenzonen players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players