Nicolas "Nico" Van Kerckhoven (; born 14 December 1970) is a Belgian retired professional

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who played as a

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His former clubs include Lierse and FC Schalke 04, and

K.V.C. Westerlo Koninklijke Voetbal Club Westerlo (; often simply called Westerlo) is a Belgian professional football club located in the municipality of Westerlo in the province of Antwerp. Since 1997–98, Westerlo has been mostly playing in the Belgian Pro ...

. Van Kerckhoven was part of the Belgium national team for the

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

and 2002 World Cups.

Honours

Lierse *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 te ...

: 1996–97 *

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 champio ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

Schalke 04 * DFP Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003 Belgium * FIFA Fair Play Trophy:

2002 World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea an ...

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Guardian Football
* 1970 births Living people Footballers from Antwerp Province People from Lier, Belgium Association football defenders Belgian footballers Belgian expatriate footballers Lierse S.K. players K.V.C. Westerlo players FC Schalke 04 players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany Belgian Pro League players Belgium international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub