Simón Vanderhoeght Santos (born 5 June 1986 in Maldonado) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Dender EH in the Belgian Third Division.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simón Vanderhoeght Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | |||
Early life
editVanderhoeght was born in Maldonado, Uruguay. He is of Belgian ancestry; his grandfather came from Belgium because he was against the Second World War. He holds a Belgian passport.
Career
editVanderhoeght 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 gave 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.[1]
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.[2]
References
edit- ^ "El belga que quiso el Real Madrid juega en San Carlos" (in Spanish). elobservador.com.uy. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2006.
- ^ "SIMON VANDERHOEGHT, ONZE LAATSTE AANWINST!" (in Dutch). fcvdendereh.be. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
External links
edit- Simón Vanderhoeght at Soccerway
- Simón Vanderhoeght at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Simón Vanderhoeght at ESPN FC
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