Wesley Sonck (born August 9, 1978 in Ninove) is a Belgian football player, who currently plays as a striker for Club Brugge and the Belgium national football team. He played for K.R.C. Genk in the Jupiler League from where he joined AFC Ajax in 2003 for about £5 million. He finished as the top scorer of Jupiler League in 2002 with 30 goals and in 2003 22 goals, which he shared with Cédric Roussel.
Two months after joining the club, Sonck went on ...
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Wesley Sonck (born August 9, 1978 in Ninove) is a Belgian football player, who currently plays as a striker for Club Brugge and the Belgium national football team. He played for K.R.C. Genk in the Jupiler League from where he joined AFC Ajax in 2003 for about £5 million. He finished as the top scorer of Jupiler League in 2002 with 30 goals and in 2003 22 goals, which he shared with Cédric Roussel.
Two months after joining the club, Sonck went on loan to AFC Ajax, where he had an argument with then manager Ronald Koeman. Sonck sustained a kidney disease and did not return to action before the end of 2004-2005 season.
His game with Borussia Mönchengladbach of the German Bundesliga was hampered by injuries. Mönchengladbach then signed him on a permanent contract, a deal initially arranged already at the start of his loan. In the summer of 2005 Sonck had three of his ribs broken after a horrific tackle by Wilfred Bouma in a goalless, meaningless friendly between Borussia Mönchengladbach &...
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