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Davy De fauw

Davy De fauw
De fauw with Zulte Waregem in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Maria-Aalter, Belgium[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Club Brugge 0 (0)
2001–2002 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 7 (0)
2002–2006 Sparta Rotterdam 133 (15)
2006–2011 Roda JC 168 (10)
2011–2014 Zulte Waregem 112 (7)
2014–2016 Club Brugge 38 (1)
2016–2020 Zulte Waregem 129 (17)
Total 587 (50)
Managerial career
2020–2022 Zulte Waregem (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Davy De fauw (born 8 July 1981) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Career

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De fauw played for Club Brugge from age five until he was brought to Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam by then manager Frank Rijkaard.[2] In the 2001–02 season, he made his professional debut for Sparta. On 16 March 2002 in the 0–4 away loss to Willem II in the Eredivisie, De fauw came on as a substitute for the injured David Mendes da Silva after 16 minutes.[3]

In January 2006, De fauw signed for Roda JC, joining the club from 30 June 2006.[4] There he quickly became a permanent starter in defense and made more than 180 appearances in the Eredivisie.[5]

De fauw returned to his native Belgium in the 2011–12 season, signing for Zulte Waregem.[6] There, he was immediately appointed team captain after the departure of Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze.[7] At the start of the 2013–14 season, De fauw had to give up his captaincy to Thorgan Hazard.[8] This was met with much anger from a section of the club's supporters[9] and led to Hazard handing the captain's armband back less than 24 hours after receiving it.[10]

On 20 June 2014, it was announced that De fauw had signed for Club Brugge for €200,000; thus returning to where he had started his career.[11]

For the 2016–17 season, De fauw returned to Zulte Waregem.[12]

Coaching career

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In April 2020, De fauw announced his retirement from football. He became assistant coach of Zulte Waregem alongside Timmy Simons, a former teammate of his at Brugge.[13][14]

Personal life

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Unusually, De fauw's family name is written with a lowercase "f". When asked about this, De fauw said: "I hail from Maria-Aalter. My dad always said that the person in the town hall may have been a little drunk and therefore wrote the family name with a small f. That's how it happened".[1]

Honours

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Club Brugge

References

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  1. ^ a b Christiaens, Koen (29 November 2019). "Davy De fauw doorgevraagd". 't Biesteneirke (in Flemish).
  2. ^ "Sparta laat Belgen direct komen". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 28 February 2002.
  3. ^ "Spelers in cijfers | Sparta Rotterdam". Sparta Rotterdam. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Sparta's De Fauw kiest voor Roda JC". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 16 January 2006.
  5. ^ "Belgium – D. De fauw – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ^ "De Fauw naar Zulte Waregem". NOS (in Dutch). 17 June 2011.
  7. ^ Verhoeven, Maarten (26 July 2011). "De Fauw nieuwe aanvoerder Zulte Waregem". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch).
  8. ^ "De Fauw draagt aanvoerdersband over aan Hazard". Elfvoetbal.nl (in Dutch). 2 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Thorgan Hazard removed from Zulte captaincy after just 24 hours". NBC Sports. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Thorgan Hazard hands back captain's armband 24 hours after getting it". Sky Sports. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Football | Eredivisie | Roda JC Kerk | Davy De fauw". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Davy De fauw verlaat Club Brugge. De 34-jarige verdediger keert terug naar Zulte Waregem". Voetbal24. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  13. ^ De Wilde, Mario (22 April 2020). "Essevee-icoon Davy De fauw stopt met voetballen en wordt assistent-trainer". Het nieuws van West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch).
  14. ^ "De fauw stopt en wordt assistent-trainer van Zulte Waregem". Voetbalnieuws (in Flemish). 22 April 2020.
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