Frederik Boi
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Frederik Boi is a Belgian
Belgium
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 professional football
Football (soccer)
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 player who currently plays for Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Boi has played for no other team than Cercle Brugge since June 2011. His position on the field used to be side midfielder or winger. However, since the 2007-08 season, Cercle coach
Coach (sport)
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 Glen De Boeck
Glen De Boeck
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 is fielding Boi as right back. Ever since, De Boeck has been calling Boi the best right wing back in the Belgian competition. Boi used to be a team mate of Belgian international Thomas Buffel
Thomas Buffel
Thomas Buffel is a Belgian footballer who plays for Jupiler League side RC Genk. He is an attacking midfielder and can play as a striker...

 during his youth schooling at Cercle.

It took quite a long time for Boi to definitively achieve a place in Cercle's starting line-up. This was probably because of Boi's thin appearance during his era as a youth player. But due to Cercle not playing at the highest level of Belgian football
Jupiler League
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, Boi was given credit. As a result, when Cercle promoted to the highest level, Boi was physically ready to take up his responsibility as a professional footballer. Before becoming a professional player, Frederik Boi worked for the 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...

 bookstore Standaard Boekhandel as a computer programmer.

Frederik Boi made himself immortal for the Cercle fans, scoring the only goal in the victory against city rivals Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

 on December 17, 2006. It was the first win in 13 years for Cercle in the Bruges derby. (Frederik Boi's famous goal on Youtube.com)

Boi, a Cercle Brugge monument, was transferred to the newly-promoted First Division side OH Leuven on 30 June 2011.
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