Björn Vleminckx (; born 1 December 1985) is a Belgian former 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 lea ...

who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Boom,

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

, Vleminckx began his career with

Beveren Beveren () is a former municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene. The port of the Waasland (Dutch: ''Waaslandhaven'') ...

and joined in July 2005 Oostende on loan. In summer 2006 he signed with

KV Mechelen Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (), often called KV Mechelen (, KVM) or simply by their former French name Malinois /ˌmalɪˈnwɑː/, is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp (pr ...

. In June 2009, he signed a four-year contract until July 2013 with

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion ...

who paid a transfer of €1.8 million to Mechelen for the 23-year-old striker. At NEC he became the top goalscorer in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

during the 2010–11 season, with 23 goals. In March 2011, Vleminckx signed a contract starting from June 2011 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 29,042. They pl ...

. Brugge paid €3.3 million to NEC as transfer sum. In January 2013, Vleminckx signed a loan contract until end of season 2012–2013 at Gençlerbirliği. In his first match with the club, he had a successful debut in scoring four goals in a 5–3 win against Antalyaspor. In June 2013, he signed a two-year contract with

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. In August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract with Göztepe. In August 2016, Vleminckx moved to the Belgian Second Division team

agreeing a two-year contract. A year later, after the club had reached promotion to the

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, it was announced he was no longer part of the club's plans and that he would be allowed to train with the first team. He trained with the reserve team of

in nearly two years but however decided to stay at the club until his contract ran out in July 2019. Already in February 2019 it was confirmed, that Vleminckx would join FC Oppuurs ahead of the 2019/20 season. The transfer was also confirmed by Vleminckx himself on 29 May 2019.OFFICIEEL: Na twee jaar zonder match zit avontuur van Vlemincxk bij Antwerp erop
voetbalprimeur.be, 29 May 2019

Career statistics

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Honours

Individual *

top scorer: 2010–11 * Best sportsman of

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

2011

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vleminckx, Bjorn 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Boom, Belgium Belgian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Belgium men's international footballers K.S.K. Beveren players K.V. Oostende players K.V. Mechelen players NEC Nijmegen players Club Brugge KV players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Göztepe S.K. footballers Royal Antwerp F.C. players Challenger Pro League players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Süper Lig players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Footballers from Antwerp Province 21st-century Belgian sportsmen