Björn Vleminckx (ˈbjʏrn ˈvleː.mɪŋks) (born 1 December 1985 in Boom, Antwerp

Antwerp (province)

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) is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 footballer currently playing for Club Brugge and the Belgian national team.

Career

Vleminckx began his career with Beveren

K.S.K. Beveren

Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren was a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. It was famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Filip De Wilde, Geert De Vlieger, Erwin Lemmens, and Tristan Peersman, all of whom have...

 and joined in July 2005 to Oostende

K.V. Oostende

K.V. Oostende is a Belgian association football club, from the municipality of Ostend, West Flanders. It was created in 1904 as V.G. Oostende and it has the matricule n°31.- History :...

, after just one year left the club to sign with KV Mechelen. On 6 June 2009 N.E.C. bought the 23-year-old striker of KV Mechelen for €1,8 million, he signed a four-year contract until July 2013.

Vleminckx was the top goalscorer in the Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 during the 2010-11 season

2010–11 Eredivisie

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, with 23 goals.

On 25 March 2011, Vleminckx signed a contract starting from June 2011 at Club Brugge. Brugge paid €3,3 million to NEC as transfer sum.

Career statistics

As of 26 March 2011

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Friendly		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KSK Beveren	2002–03	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
	2003–04	18	3	0	0	–		0	0	18	3
	2004–05	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	0
Total		40	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	3
KV Oostende	2005–06	27	8	0	0	–		0	0	27	8
Total		27	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	8
KV Mechelen	2006–07	32	16	0	0	–		0	0	32	16
	2007–08	31	9	0	0	–		0	0	31	9
	2008–09	30	12	7	6	–		0	0	37	18
Total		93	33	7	6	0	0	0	0	100	43
N.E.C.	2009–10	32	8	4	3	–		9	5	45	16
	2010–11	31	23	1	1	–		8	7	35	29
Total		63	31	5	4	0	0	17	12	80	42
Club Brugge	2011–12 2011–12 Belgian Pro League -Personnel and sponsoring:-During summer break:-During regular season:-League table:-Positions by round:Note: The classification was made after the weekend of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.-Results:...	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Total		6	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Career Total		220	74	12	10	3	1	17	12	243	95