Davy De Beule

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Davy De Beule

| image =

| fullname = Davy De Beule

| height = 1.80 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|11|7}}

| birth_place = Hamme, Belgium

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Right midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1988–1992

| youthclubs1 = Hamme

| youthyears2 = 1992–1999

| youthclubs2 = Lokeren

| years1 = 1999–2004

| clubs1 = Lokeren

| caps1 = 108

| goals1 = 25

| years2 = 2005–2008

| clubs2 = Gent

| caps2 = 83

| goals2 = 9

| years3 = 2009–2011

| clubs3 = Kortrijk

| caps3 = 79

| goals3 = 14

| years4 = 2011–2014

| clubs4 = Roda

| caps4 = 48

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2014–2017

| clubs5 = Beerschot Wilrijk

| caps5 = 32

| goals5 = 2

| totalcaps = 350

| totalgoals = 55

}}

Davy De Beule (born 7 November 1981) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.

Career

De Beule was born in Hamme as the son of the cyclist Étienne De Beule.[https://sporza.be/nl/2023/06/10/etienne-de-beule-knecht-van-eddy-merckx-en-vader-van-ex-profvoetballer-davy-is-overleden~1686424945454/ Etienne De Beule, knecht van Eddy Merckx en vader van ex-profvoetballer Davy, is overleden] He signed at Hamme at the age of 6 and moved to Lokeren in 1992. Six years later, he entered the first team squad of the club. He played a total of 128 games for Lokeren. In the 2002–03 season, he played a fundamental role in the club's achievement of third place in the national championship, and was named Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year.{{cite web |title=Davy De Beule (Sp. Lokeren) over de tijd van toen: "De voodoo-gebruiken van de Afrikanen, daar moet je de charme van inzien" |url=https://www.hln.be/sport-in-de-buurt/davy-de-beule-sp-lokeren-over-de-tijd-van-toen-de-voodoo-gebruiken-van-de-afrikanen-daar-moet-je-de-charme-van-inzien~ab8201ad/ |access-date=30 November 2021}} He stayed at Lokeren until 2004, when he moved to Gent. With Gent he reached the final of the 2007–08 Belgian Cup, also placing fourth in the national championship in 2006 and 2007. In 2009 he moved to Kortrijk, where he stayed until 2011.{{cite web |title=Davy de Beule |url=https://www.kicker.de/davy-de-beule/spieler/division-1a-playoffs-gruppe-b/2011/kv-kortrijk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130202241/https://www.kicker.de/davy-de-beule/spieler/division-1a-playoffs-gruppe-b/2011/kv-kortrijk |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 November 2021 |publisher=Kicker |access-date=30 November 2021}} Next, he joined Roda of the Eredivisie. In his first season at Roda, he played 24 games and scored 4 goals.{{cite web |title=Davy De Beule |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/davy-de-beule/13279/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=30 November 2021}} In 2014, he moved to Beerschot Wilrijk, where, in 2017, he ended his professional career as a player.

International career

In his top year at Lokeren, he was selected for Belgium national football team, but got injured during training and thus was not able to debut with the national team.{{cite web |last1=Van den Broeck |first1=David |title=Hoe zou het nog zijn met voetballer Davy De Beule? "De stallen van ons paardenhotel uitmesten, doe ik zonder morren" |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200604_04980486 |publisher=Het Nieuwsblad |access-date=30 November 2021}}