Wesley Sonck

Wesley Sonck (born 9 August 1978) is a Belgian football player. He plays for the Brugge and Belgium national team.

Wesley Sonck

Sonck pictured in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-08-09) 9 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Ninove, Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Belgium U19 (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Molenbeek	33	(11)
1998–1999	Germinal Ekeren	32	(7)
1999–2000	Germinal Beerschot	28	(11)
2000–2003	Genk	93	(66)
2003–2005	Ajax	34	(10)
2005–2008	Borussia Mönchengladbach	28	(6)
2007–2008	→ Club Brugge (loan)	21	(6)
2008–2010	Club Brugge	50	(21)
2010–2012	Lierse	32	(6)
2012–2013	Waasland-Beveren	16	(1)
2014	KE Appelterre-Eichem	9	(9)
Total		376	(154)
National team
1996	Belgium U18	4	(1)
1997–1999	Belgium U21	11	(8)
2001–2010	Belgium	55	(24)
Teams managed
2017–2020	Belgium U18
2020–	Belgium U19
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2][3]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Molenbeek	1997–98	Belgian First Division	33	11							33	11
Germinal Ekeren	1998–99	Belgian First Division	32	7			2	1			34	8
Germinal Beerschot	1999–2000	Belgian First Division	29	11	1	0	–		–		30	11
Genk	2000–01	Belgian First Division	32	13	5	4	4	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	42	18
	2001–02	Belgian First Division	32	30	3	2	–		–		35	32
	2002–03	Belgian First Division	29	24	2	3	8	3	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	30
	Total		93	67	10	9	12	4	2	0	117	80
Ajax	2003–04	Eredivisie	25	9	1	0	7	4	–		33	13
	2004–05	Eredivisie	9	1	–		4	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	14	2
	Total		34	10	1	0	11	5	1	0	47	15
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2004–05	Bundesliga	7	2	–		–		–		7	2
	2005–06	Bundesliga	14	4	–		–		–		14	4
	2006–07	Bundesliga	7	0	1	1	–		–		8	1
	Total		28	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	29	7
Club Brugge	2007–08	Belgian First Division	21	6	–		2	0	–		23	6
	2008–09	Belgian First Division	28	14	1	0	6	2	–		35	16
	2009–10	Belgian Pro League	22	7	1	0	7	1	–		30	8
	Total		71	27	2	0	15	3	0	0	88	30
Lierse	2010–11	Belgian Pro League	22	6	3	3	–		–		25	9
	2011–12	Belgian Pro League	22	2	5	0	–		–		27	2
	Total		44	8	8	3	0	0	0	0	52	11
Waasland-Beveren	2012–13	Belgian Pro League	23	2	1	0	–		–		24	2
Career total			387	149	24	13	3	0	40	13	454	175

1. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
2. Appearance in Dutch Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	2001	7	1
	2002	13	5
	2003	8	6
	2004	6	2
	2005	0	0
	2006	3	1
	2007	2	1
	2008	8	6
	2009	7	2
	2010	1	0
Total		55	24

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sonck goal.

List of international goals scored by Wesley Sonck

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 June 2001	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino		4–1	2002 World Cup qualification
2	27 March 2002	Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece		2–3	Friendly
3	14 June 2002	Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukoroi, Japan	Russia		3–2	2002 World Cup
4	21 August 2002	Florian Kryger Stadium, Szczecin, Poland	Poland		1–1	Friendly
5	12 October 2002	Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Aixovall, Andorra	Andorra		1–0	Euro 2004 qualification
6	16 October 2002	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia		1–0	Euro 2004 qualification
7	12 February 2003	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria	Algeria		3–1	Friendly
8	30 April 2003	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Poland		2–1	Friendly
9	11 June 2003	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Andorra		3–0	Euro 2004 qualification
10	20 August 2003	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Netherlands		1–1	Friendly
11	10 September 2003	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Croatia		2–1	Euro 2004 qualification
12
13	28 April 2004	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Turkey		2–3	Friendly
14	4 September 2004	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium	Lithuania		1–1	2006 World Cup qualification
15	24 May 2006	Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium	Turkey		3–3	Friendly
16	17 October 2007	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Armenia		3–0	Euro 2008 qualification
17	30 May 2008	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy	Italy		1–3	Friendly
18	6 September 2008	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium	Estonia		3–2	2010 World Cup qualification
19
20	10 September 2008	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey		1–1	2010 World Cup qualification
21	11 October 2008	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Armenia		2–0	2010 World Cup qualification
22	15 October 2008	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Spain		1–2	2010 World Cup qualification
23	28 March 2009	Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina		2–4	2010 World Cup qualification
24	17 November 2009	Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan, France	Qatar		2–0	Friendly

Honours and awards

Genk^[4]

• Belgian First Division: 2001–02

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 2003–04^[5]

Individual

• Belgian Golden Shoe: 2001^[6]
• Goal of the Season: 2001^[7]
• Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 2001–02^[8]
• Belgian First Division A top scorer: 2001–02 (30 goals), 2002–03 (22 goals) ^[9]
• Honorary citizen of Ninove: 2021^[10]
• Most beautiful goal of all time in the Belgian league: 2023^[11]

References

1. "Wesley Sonck". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
2. Wesley Sonck at National-Football-Teams.com
3. "Wesley Sonck » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
4. Projects, Sanmax. "Algemene info | KRC Genk". www.krcgenk.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
5. "Ajax | Prijzenkast".
6. "Winnaars Gouden Schoen".
7. "Sonck beste speler België". www.vi.nl. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
8. "Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar".
9. "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".
10. "Ninovieters Wesley Sonck en Kevin Van der Perren ingehuldigd als ereburgers". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 September 2021.
11. "VIDEO. Omhaal van Wesley Sonck bij Lierse verkozen tot mooiste doelpunt aller tijden in Belgische competitie". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 1 June 2023.