Karel Geraerts (ˈkaː.rəl ˈʝeː.raːrts) (born 5 January 1982 in Genk

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) is a Belgian

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 football

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 player who plays for Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Geraerts played for Club Brugge from 1998 to December 2003. In 2004 Club Brugge lent him to Lokeren where he scored his first goal in the Jupiler League

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. In the summer of 2004 he moved to Standard Liège

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. In June 2007 he went back to Bruges

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. As a youngster the midfielder played with C.S. Mechelen-aan-de-Maas and Racing Genk

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 (from 1996 to 1998) before he moved to the youth team of Club Brugge. at June

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 2011, Geraets has been released from Club Brugge

In 2005, Geraerts debuted for the Belgium national football team. In his first match in the starting line-up, on 12 October in and against Lithuania

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 in a World Cup qualifier, he scored the opening goal.

After the 2010-11 season, Geraerts was no longer part of the plans at Club Brugge and was told he could look for a new club, which resulted in him signing with newly promoted side Oud-Heverlee Leuven on the last day of the transfer period.

International goals

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| 1. || 12 October 2005 || Žalgiris Stadium

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, Vilnius

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, Lithuania || || 0–1 || 1-1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

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| 2. || 20 May 2006 || Štadión Antona Malatinského

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, Trnava

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, Slovakia || || 1–1 || 1-1 || Friendly
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| 3. || 12 September 2007 || Almaty Central Stadium

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, Almaty

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, Kazakhstan || || 0–1 || 2-1 || UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
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| 4. || 17 October 2007 || Stade Roi Baudouin

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, Brussels

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, Belgium || || 3–0 || 3-0 || UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
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