Marco Weymans

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Marco Weymans
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Edegem, Belgium
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back / Left midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
Beerschot
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2012 Beerschot
2012–2015 PSV
2015–2017 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Tubize 39 (3)
2019–2021 Östersunds FK 39 (1)
2022– Beerschot 41 (2)
International career
2012 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U17 13 (1)
2014–2015 Belgium U18 3 (1)
2014–2016 Belgium U19 13 (1)
2020– Burundi 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2023

Marco Weymans (born 9 July 1997) is a professional football player. Born in Belgium, Weymans represents the Burundi national team.

Club career[edit]

Having begun his career with Beerschot and PSV, Weymans spent time on trial with Fulham before signing for Welsh side Cardiff City in 2015 on a three-year contract.[2][3]

He joined Tubize in 2017 and made his Belgian First Division B debut for the side on 20 August 2017 in a game against Beerschot Wilrijk.[4] And in 2020 is beginning the senior Burundi

International career[edit]

Weymans was born in Belgium to a Belgian father and Burundian mother.[5] Weymans represented Belgium at several youth levels, the last being at under-19 level. He scored one goal for the side, from the halfway line during a match against Sweden in March 2015.[6]

Weymans debuted for the Burundi national team in a 1–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Mauritania on 11 November 2020.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Marco Weymans at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Marco Weymans: Cardiff City sign Belgium Under-19 International". BBC Sport. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Weymans Signs". Cardiff City F.C. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Marco Weymans: Le nouveau visage pour relever l'arrière gauche des Intamba". November 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Gaskell, Simon (4 September 2015). "Cardiff City transfer news: Marco Weymans in profile". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Mauritania vs Burundi - Qualifications CAN - 11 November 2020". fr.besoccer.com.

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