Dieter Dekelver

Dieter Dekelver

Personal information
Full name	Dieter Dekelver
Date of birth	17 August 1979 (1979-08-17) (age 32)
Place of birth	Beringen, Belgium
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	attacker
Club information
Current club	VC Westerlo
Number	7
Youth career
	Gerhees Oostham
1991-1997	SK Lommel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997-2002	SK Lommel	106	(30)
2003	FC Strombeek
2003-2004	FC Brussels	32	(16)
2004-2007	Cercle Brugge	76	(23)
2007-	VC Westerlo	99	(28)
National team‡
	Belgium	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 February 2008

Dieter Dekelver (born 17 August 1979, in Beringen) is a Belgian football player who currently is attached to VC Westerlo. He is known to be an easily scoring striker.

Dekelver started playing football with his local team Gerhees Oostham. At the age of 12, he went to playing for the youth teams of SK Lommel, then playing in the second division. Dekelver would make his début at the age of 18. In January 2003 he signed for KFC Strombeek. 6 months later, this team became FC Brussels. When FC Brussels were promoted to the Jupiler League, Dekelver chose to leave the team together with coach Harm Van Veldhoven, after a conflict with chairman Johan Vermeersch. Dekelver as well as Van Veldhoven went to Cercle Brugge. In Bruges, Dekelver had a quite successful period, being top scorer of the team twice. But in January 2007, Dekelver, almost end of contract, wanted to leave Cercle for VC Westerlo because this was much closer to were he lives.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nordin Jbari	Cercle Brugge top scorer 2005 – 2006	Succeeded by Darko Pivaljević

External links

• Dieter Dekelver player profile at Sporza.be (Dutch)
• Cerclemuseum.be (Dutch)

Persondata
Name	Dekelver, Dieter
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	17 August 1979
Place of birth	Beringen, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death