Nicolas "Nico" Van Kerckhoven (; born 14 December 1970) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a left-back His former clubs include

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 ...

and

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

, and K.V.C. Westerlo. 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 ...

and 2002 World Cups.

Honours

Lierse * Belgian First Division: 1996–97 * Belgian Super Cup:

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Schalke 04 * DFP Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02 *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

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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 Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

References

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* 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