Laurent Delorge

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| name= Laurent Delorge

| fullname = Laurent Delorge

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|7|21}}

| birth_place = Leuven, Belgium

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| currentclub =

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| position = Full back, Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1986–1987 | youthyears2 = 1987–1991 | youthyears3 =1991–1996

| youthclubs1 = FC Maleizen | youthclubs2 = Tempo Overijse | youthclubs3 =Racing Jet Wavre

| nationalyears1=

| nationalteam1= Belgium U-21

| nationalcaps1= 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 25 May 2013

| ntupdate = 6 January 2009

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Laurent Delorge (born 21 July 1979) is a Belgian former footballer. He formerly served AA Gent, Coventry City, Lierse SK, RSC Anderlecht, ADO Den Haag, Ajax and Roda JC Kerkrade.

Career

After scoring five goals in ten appearances in his Jupiler League debut season for AA Gent he was transferred to Coventry City who at the time were playing in the FA Premier League.

Delorge signed for Coventry midway through the 1998/99 season, however he didn't make his first appearance for the club until 29 January 2000, when he came on as a substitute in Coventry's defeat to Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup.{{cite news

|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/charlton/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/00/01/29/SOCCER_Coventry_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=charlton&DIV=prem&TEAM=CHARLTON--ATHLETIC&RH=Charlton--Athletic&PREV_SEASON=1998&BID=

|title=Coventry 2 Charlton 3

|publisher=Sporting Life

|date=29 January 2000 |accessdate=11 March 2012}} His next appearance didn't come until 15 September 2001. However, in this game he made an instant impact; coming off the bench to score the winner against Sheffield United with practically his first touch of the game.{{cite news

|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/championship/4777570/Nilssons-bench-mark.html

|title=Nilsson's bench mark

|publisher=The Daily Telegraph

|date=16 September 2001 |accessdate=9 March 2012}} He fell out with manager Gordon Strachan but was recalled when Roland Nilsson took over. He ultimately failed in his bid to become a first team regular but in 2001/02 he made 28 starts, scoring 4 goals.

When Lierse SK offered him a contract to return to the Jupiler League in his home country he ended his foreign career straight away and soon became one of their key players. Eventually this led to a transfer to RSC Anderlecht for the 2005/06 season.

At Anderlecht he was fired on 17 February 2006 for alleged 'wrongdoing' with former club Lierse SK in conjunction with the match-fixing investigation in Belgian football. Not much later he signed a 3-year contract deal with Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag. In a disappointing season ADO was unable to remain in the Eredivisie and were relegated to the Eerste Divisie. Delorge however was offered a contract at Ajax and signed a 2-year contract on 10 May 2007.

In his first year in Amsterdam he played four matches, but in his second year he did not play once. In the winter of 2009, Roda JC contracted the disappointed Delorge, who became a first team regular at the Eredivisie club before his retirement in July 2013.

Statistics

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bgcolor="#E4E4E4" !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" \|Season !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" \|Club !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" \|Competition !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" \|Apps !style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" \|Goals
1998/99	AA Gent	Jupiler League	align="center"\| 10	align="center"\| 5
1998/99	Coventry City	FA Premier League	align="center"\| 0	align="center"\| 0
1999/00	Coventry City	FA Premier League	align="center"\| 0	align="center"\| 0
2000/01	Coventry City	FA Premier League	align="center"\| 0	align="center"\| 0
2001/02	Coventry City	Championship	align="center"\| 28	align="center"\| 4
2002/03	Coventry City	Championship	align="center"\| 2	align="center"\| 0
2002/03	Lierse SK	Jupiler League	align="center"\| 10	align="center"\| 2
2003/04	Lierse SK	Jupiler League	align="center"\| 30	align="center"\| 4
2004/05	Lierse SK	Jupiler League	align="center"\| 27	align="center"\| 5
2005/06	RSC Anderlecht	Jupiler League	align="center"\| 12	align="center"\| 0
2006/07	ADO Den Haag	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 28	align="center"\| 5
2007/08	Ajax	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 1	align="center"\| 0
2008/09	Ajax	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 4	align="center"\| 1
	Roda JC	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 15	align="center"\| 1
2009/10	Roda JC	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 24	align="center"\| 0
2010/11	Roda JC Kerkrade	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 25	align="center"\| 4
2011/12	Roda JC Kerkrade	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 20	align="center"\| 1
2012/13	Roda JC Kerkrade	Eredivisie	align="center"\| 15	align="center"\| 1
style="background:#E4E4E4;" !! colspan="3" align="right" \| Total !! 250 !! 33

References

;Sources

[http://www.vi.nl Voetbal International website and 2007/2008 presentation magazine]

External links

[http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=32176/typeofpage=40054/sc=5ea469 Voetbal International profile]
[http://www.ajaxinside.nl/index.php?pagina=spelersprofielen/delorge Ajax Inside Profile]

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Belgian men's footballers

Category:Belgium men's under-21 international footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:K.A.A. Gent players

Category:Coventry City F.C. players

Category:Lierse S.K. players

Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players

Category:ADO Den Haag players

Category:AFC Ajax players

Category:Roda JC Kerkrade players