Thomas Buffel
Buffel in training with Belgium in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Thomas Buffel | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Bruges, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Genk | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ruddervoorde | |||
| Cercle Brugge | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2005 | Feyenoord | 80 | (34) |
| 2000–2002 | → Excelsior (loan) | 63 | (27) |
| 2005–2008 | Rangers | 83 | (16) |
| 2008–2009 | Cercle Brugge | 35 | (5) |
| 2009– | Genk | 251 | (41) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Belgium U16 | 12 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Belgium U17 | 22 | (14) |
| 1998–1999 | Belgium U18 | 11 | (1) |
| 2000 | Belgium U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002 | Belgium U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2002– | Belgium | 36 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:01, 15 August 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2013 |
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Thomas Buffel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtoːmɑz ˈbɵfəl], born 19 February 1981) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Jupiler League side RC Genk. He is an attacking midfielder and can play as a striker. He has represented the Belgian football team at international level.
Buffel began his career with Belgian sides Ruddervoorde and Cercle Brugge before making a move to the Netherlands.
Buffel played for the Dutch team Feyenoord in the 1999-2000 season, before moving to their feeder team Excelsior Rotterdam from 2000 to 2002. He returned to Feyenoord for the 2002-2003 Dutch season. He reportedly fell out with then-manager Ruud Gullit in the next season "after refusing to sign a new contract".
Buffel moved to the Scottish side Rangers in January 2005 in a £2.3 million, four-and-a-half-year deal. He made his debut in the Scottish Cup coming on as a substitute against Old Firm rivals Celtic in what was to be a 2-1 defeat. However, the season did not end badly for him as he was to play a key role in the 2005 Scottish League Cup Final, where Rangers defeated Motherwell 5-1. He also featured in the Rangers team for the latter part of the season where he would help them to their 51st league title making it a double for his first season with the club. Buffel scored five goals is 18 appearances in all competitions.
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