Simón Vanderhoeght

Simón Vanderhoeght

Personal information
Full name	Simón Vanderhoeght Santos
Date of birth	(1986-06-05) 5 June 1986
Place of birth	Maldonado, Uruguay
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dender EH
Number	14
Youth career
1993–2003	Atenas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Atenas
2007–2010	Montevideo Wanderers	39	(4)
Jan. 2009	→ Hellas Verona (loan)	1	(0)
2010–2011	Deportivo Maldonado	20	(1)
2011	Lustenau	11	(0)
2012	Atenas	18	(2)
2013	Bella Vista	10	(1)
2013–2015	Atenas	40	(0)
2015–	Dender EH
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 8, 2015

Simón Vanderhoeght Santos (born 5 June 1986 in Maldonado) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Dender EH in the Belgian Third Division.

Early life

Vanderhoeght was born in Maldonado, Uruguay. He is of Belgian ancestry, his grandfather came from there because he was against the Second World War. He holds Belgian passport.

Career

Vanderhoeght grew up from the youth levels of Atenas De San Carlos.

In January 2004, while playing the Punta Cup international youth tournament in Maldonado, Real Madrid's representatives put their eyes on him. He was offered a scholarship to train in Spain and they gie him the flight passages. However, there was a problem that prevented him to fulfill his dream. He had problems with papers of the Belgian passport and so he could not travel.

In January 2009, he went to try luck in Europe to play on the well known club Hellas Verona, which had to play in Serie C1 due to economical problems.

In early July 2015, Vanderhoeght departed again to Europe to play for Belgian side Dender EH.

External links

• Simón Vanderhoeght at Soccerway
• Simón Vanderhoeght at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
• Simón Vanderhoeght at ESPN FC