Jonathan Blondel

Jonathan Blondel
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Blondel
Date of birth (1984-04-03) 3 April 1984
Place of birth Ypres, Belgium
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Mouscron 18 (0)
2002–2004 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (0)
2004–2015 Club Brugge 189 (10)
Total 209 (10)
National team
1999–2001 Belgium U16 12 (0)
1999–2000 Belgium U17 3 (1)
2001–2003 Belgium U19 13 (3)
2003 Belgium U20 1 (0)
2002–2007 Belgium U21 20 (4)
2002–2010 Belgium 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jonathan Blondel (born 3 April 1984) is a retired Belgian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Club Brugge.

Career

Blondel started his career at Royal Excelsior Mouscron, before signing to the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur on 7 August 2002. Unfortunately for Blondel, his time at White Hart Lane was not as active as expected, and after only two substitute appearances he left for Bruges on 28 January 2004.

Blondel has been capped on two occasions for the Belgian national football team, and has a large number of under-21 and under-19 international appearances to his name. Blondel also, shortly before joining Tottenham, had a trial with the English giants Manchester United.

On 13 January 2015, Blondel announced his retirement from professional football after years of injury trouble. In his 12 years with Club Brugge he underwent 13 surgical procedures. After the last one he knew he would never be able to play at his original level. His last official match was on 8 August 2013, in the 2013–14_UEFA_Europa_League.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Jonathan Blondel (30) quits professional football" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2015-01-13.
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