Tibo Van de Velde (born 5 December 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for

Belgian Division 3 The Belgian Division 3, commonly referred to as simply Derde Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 3 (in French) is the fifth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Division 2. It was created by the Royal Be ...

club . He formerly played for Roeselare, Deinze and Cercle Brugge.

Club career

Van de Velde progressed through the Roeselare youth academy, after having joined them as a 15-year-old after coming over from

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. On 4 September 2010, he made his debut in 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 ...

against Royal Antwerp at the age of sixteen. On 17 November 2011, he scored his first league goal away against Rupel Boom. In 2012, he moved to Gent. In January 2013, he signed with Deinze, where he would score nineteen goals in 71 league matches. In June 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Cercle Brugge. On 12 August 2016, he signed a contract with Dutch Eerste Divisie club

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, who had finished in fourth place the previous season. On 25 February 2018, Van de Velde signed a two-year contract with Knokke, joining them from 1 July 2018. In 2019, he joined Zwevezele. On 19 February 2021, Van de Velde signed with Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport, joining the club from 1 July 2021. On 29 August, he made his debut in the fifth round of the Belgian Cup, where his club knocked out Mandel United after a penalty shootout following a 0–0 draw. His league debut also occurred against Mandel, on 12 September, as the clubs drew again, this time 1–1. Van de Velde managed to score his first goal for Sint-Eloois-Winkel on 31 October in a 1–1 draw against league leaders

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. In November 2022, Van de Velde joined

club on a six-month contract.

International career

Van de Velde gained multiple caps for Belgium between under-15 and under-18 level.

Personal life

Next to playing football, Van de Velde works as a mail carrier.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velde, Tibo Van de 1993 births Living people People from Maldegem Footballers from East Flanders Belgian men's footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers K.S.V. Roeselare players K.M.S.K. Deinze players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players FC Eindhoven players Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport players Eerste Divisie players Challenger Pro League players Belgian Third Division players Men's association football wingers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgium men's youth international footballers