Karel Kesselaers

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2009}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Karel Kesselaers

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|9|3}}

| birth_place = Oelegem, Belgium

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| position = Defender

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| youthclubs1 = KSK Oelegem

| years1 = 1973–1977

| years2 = 1977–1988

| years3 = 1988–1989

| years4 = 1989–1990

| years5 = 1990–1991

| years6 = 1991–1993

| years7 = 1993–1994

| clubs1 = KSK Oelegem

| clubs2 = KV Mechelen

| clubs3 = K.S.K. Beveren

| clubs4 = R. Francs Borains

| clubs5 = V.C. Herentals

| clubs6 = K.S.K. Zandhoven

| clubs7 = KSK Oelegem

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| caps3 = 12

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| goals3 = 1

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| nationalteam1 = Belgium Under-21

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| pcupdate = 11 November 2007

| ntupdate = 11 November 2007

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Karel Kesselaers (born 3 September 1959) is a Belgian former soccer player. In 1983, he was selected as player of the season by KV Mechelen in the same year of their promotion to the Belgian League. In 1987, he won the Belgian Cup, also with KV Mechelen, and in 1988 he won the European Cup Winners Cup with the team.