| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Laurens Willy Symons | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-08-28) 28 August 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Brasschaat, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Cappellen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lierse | |||
| 2015–2018 | Lokeren | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Lokeren | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Mechelen | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Grindavík (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Lokeren-Temse (loan) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Cappellen | ||
| 2023–2024 | Thes | ||
| 2024– | Cappellen | ||
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Belgium U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Belgium U18 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019 | Belgium U19 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:34, 10 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 February 2019 | |||
Laurens Willy Symons (born 28 August 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cappellen in the Belgian National Division 1.
Club career
On 5 February 2018, Symons signed his first professional contract with Lokeren, having joined their youth academy in 2015. Symons made his professional debut for Lokeren in a 2–1 Belgian First Division A loss to Waasland-Beveren on 22 December 2018.
On 29 January 2020, Symons moved to Mechelen on a deal until June 2022 with an option for one further year. 18-year old Symons was registered for the club's reserve team.
In May 2021, he was sent on loan to Icelandic second division club Grindavík for the rest of the year.
References
- admin (2 January 2019). "Laurens Symons: talento belga classe 2001".
- "Lokeren gelooft in zijn eigen jeugd: 16-jarige krijgt profcontract". Voetbalkrant.com. 5 February 2018.
- "Waasland-Beveren vs. Lokeren – 22 December 2018 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- JEUGDSPELER LAURENS SYMONS KOMT OVER VAN LOKEREN, kvmechelen.be, 29 January 2020
- "Belgískur framherji til liðs við Grindavík". Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur (in Icelandic). 12 May 2021.
External links
- Laurens Symons at Soccerway
- Laurens Symons at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Brasschaat
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- K.V. Mechelen players
- Royal Cappellen F.C. players
- K.V.V. Thes Sport Tessenderlo players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Grindavík men's football players
- 1. deild karla players
- Belgian National Division 1 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Footballers from Antwerp Province
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen