Thibaut Van Acker (born 21 November 1991) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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

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Club career

Club Brugge

Born in

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, Van Acker joined the academy at

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

at the age of four. On 3 November 2009, he signed his first professional contract for the club on 3 November 2009, lasting until the summer of 2012. He made his debut for Club Brugge on 26 December 2010 in a 2–0 victory away at

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, before going on to make a further 7 league appearances that season. Over the next few seasons, Van Acker played a rotational role in Club Brugge's squad, and he would sign a two-year contract extension in 2011, keeping at the club until June 2014. He joined Beerschot on loan in January 2013, and made 11 league appearances for the club before returning to Club Brugge at the end of the season.

Cercle Brugge

In June 2013, Van Acker signed for fellow Brugge-based club

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

on a three-year contract. He made his league debut for the club on 27 July 2013 in a 1–1 draw at R.A.E.C. Mons, their first game of the season, before scoring the first goal of his professional career on 5 October 2013 in a 2–1 win at

K.V. Mechelen Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (), often simply called KV Mechelen () or KVM, or by their former French name FC Malinois, is a Belgian professional football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp province. KV Mechelen plays in the ...

. Over three years at the club, he made 89 league appearances, scoring 5.

KSV Roeselare

Following the expiry of his contract in June 2016, Van Acker joined

K.S.V. Roeselare Koninklijke Sport Vereniging Roeselare, abbreviated to KSV Roeselare (),''V.'' in isolation: ., also known in French as KSV Roulers, was a Belgian football club from the city of Roeselare in West Flanders. Its matricule was 134. It last played ...

on a two-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 5 August 2016 in a 2–2 draw at home to

Lierse S.K. 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 ...

, before going on to make 23 league appearances during the 2016–17 season, scoring once. After making 31 league appearances and scoring 3 goals during the 2017–18 season, his contract was extended by a further year. During the 2018–19 season, he made 25 league appearances dor Roeselare, in which he scored 4 goals.

MVV

In September 2019, Van Acker joined

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club

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...

on a one-year contract. Van Acker made his debut for MVV Maastricht on 13 September 2019 in a 2–1 defeat at home to SC Telstar, before going on to make 24 appearances for the club during the season, though he did not score. In June 2020, Van Acker signed a one-year contract extension.

Lierse Kempenzonen

On 13 April 2021, Van Acker signed a two-year contract with

in the

International career

Van Acker has played for Belgium at under-19 and under-21 levels.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Acker, Thibaut 1991 births Living people Belgian footballers Footballers from East Flanders Belgian First Division A players Belgian First Division B players Club Brugge KV players Beerschot A.C. players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players K.S.V. Roeselare players MVV Maastricht players Lierse Kempenzonen players Eerste Divisie players Belgium youth international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Belgian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands