Jelle Van Damme

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Personal information
Jelle Van Damme
Full name	Jelle Van Damme
Date of birth	October 19, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Lokeren, Belgium
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Anderlecht
Number	6
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2005-2006 2006-	Germinal Beerschot Ajax Southampton Werder Bremen (loan) Anderlecht	07 (0) 18 (0) 06 (0) 08 (1) 00 (0)
National team²
2003-	Belgium	14 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17/11/2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 05:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jelle Van Damme (born October 10, 1983 in Lokeren) is a Belgian footballer currently on the books of Anderlecht. He can play as a central defender or a left back. Van Damme also plays with Belgium.

He started his career at Beveren before he made a short move to neighbour club Lokeren where he played in the youth teams. He then signed to Germinal Beerschot, a Jupiler League team linked with Ajax Amsterdam. The Dutch team offered him a contract on loan. In the summer of 2001 Van Damme moved permanently to the Amsterdam club where he showed promise in the Dutch Cup. In season 2002-03 he played in the UEFA Champions League and started as a regular player in the squad but he broke his toe in November 2002. The next season he helped Ajax qualifying for the Champions League Group Stage but he had eventually few chances to play in the first team, which led him to sign to Southampton in the FA Premier League in the summer of 2004. In England he only played 6 matches for the whole season which saw the relegation of Southampton to the lower division.

Van Damme subsequently moved on a loan basis to Werder Bremen in Germany though Anderlecht showed interest in the player at that moment. After only 8 matches and a goal in the Bundesliga in 2005-06, Van Damme performed a move to the Brussels squad which was officialised on June 6, 2006.

Jelle Van Damme made his debut in the national team on March 19, 2003 in a match against Croatia.

[edit] External links

Jelle Van Damme (incomplete) career stats at Soccerbase

[edit] References

(French) Anderlecht official website - Van Damme moves to Anderlecht
(French) L'équipe official website - Van Damme stats
(French) UEFA official website - Van Damme portrayed

R.S.C. Anderlecht - Current Squad
1 Zítka \| 2 Felipe \| 3 Deschacht \| 4 von Schlebrügge \| 5 Biglia \| 6 Van Damme \| 7 Tchité \| 9 Mpenza \| 10 Hassan \| 11 Boussoufa \| 13 Proto \| 14 Goor \| 16 Olufemi \| 17 Mbokani \| 22 Schollen \| 23 Juhász \| 25 Van Steenberghe \| 26 Pareja \| 27 Wasilewski \| 28 Baseggio \| 29 Frutos \| 31 De Man \| 36 Legear \| 37 Vanden Borre \| 38 Lamah \| 39 Odjidja-Ofoe \| 41 Tiote \| Manager: Vercauteren