Kristof Van Hout

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kristof Van Hout

| image = Kristof Van Hout.jpg

| fullname =

| height = {{height|m=2.08|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|2|9}}

| birth_place = Lommel, Belgium

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1992–2003

| youthyears2 = 2003–2004

| youthyears3 = 2004–2006

| youthclubs1 = Lommel

| youthclubs2 = Geel

| youthclubs3 = Willem II

| years1 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = Willem II

| years2 = 2007–2009 | clubs2 = Kortrijk

| years3 = 2009–2011 | clubs3 = Standard Liège

| years4 = 2011–2012 | clubs4 = Kortrijk

| years5 = 2012–2014 | clubs5 = Genk

| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = Delhi Dynamos

| years7 = 2015–2022 | clubs7 = Westerlo

| years8 = 2022–2023 | clubs8 = Lommel

| caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0

| caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 0

| caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 0

| caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 0

| caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 0

| caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0

| pcupdate =

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}}

Kristof Van Hout (born 9 February 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{cite news |first=Bart |last=Lagae |author2=Frank Luts |title=Kristof Van Hout: de grootste voetballer van de wereld |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleID=G4U22THAC |publisher=Het Nieuwsblad |date=14 November 2008 |accessdate=13 May 2009 |language=Dutch}}[http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=6&CPID=10&pStr=Player&PLID=209615&TEID=1448 Guardian Football] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601223249/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=6&CPID=10&pStr=Player&PLID=209615&TEID=1448 |date=1 June 2012 }} With a height of 2.08m, he is considered one of the tallest footballers in history.[https://www.goal.com/en/news/who-are-the-tallest-and-smallest-footballers-playing-right/1ji4lav3ioorp1cuzel9b7c8uz Who are the tallest and smallest footballers playing right now and of all-time?] Goal