Pieter Gerkens
{{short description|Belgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Pieter Gerkens
|image = Pieter gerkens.jpg
|caption = Gerkens with Genk
|full_name = Pieter Tom Gerkens
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|8|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = Bilzen, Belgium
|height = 1.79 m
|position = Defensive midfielder
|currentclub = Gent
|clubnumber = 8
|youthyears1 = 2001–2013
|youthclubs1 = Genk
|years1 = 2013–2015 |clubs1 = Genk |caps1 = 34 |goals1 = 2
|years2 = 2016–2017 |clubs2 = Sint-Truiden |caps2 = 50 |goals2 = 16
|years3 = 2017–2020 |clubs3 = Anderlecht |caps3 = 73 |goals3 = 11
|years4 = 2020–2023 |clubs4 = Antwerp |caps4 = 82 |goals4 = 6
|years5 = 2023– |clubs5 = Gent |caps5 = 51 |goals5 = 5
|nationalyears1 = 2011
|nationalteam1 = Belgium U16
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2011–2012
|nationalteam2 = Belgium U17
|nationalcaps2 = 9
|nationalgoals2 = 1
|nationalyears3 = 2012–2013
|nationalteam3 = Belgium U18
|nationalcaps3 = 6
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|nationalyears4 = 2013–2014
|nationalteam4 = Belgium U19
|nationalcaps4 = 13
|nationalgoals4 = 2
|nationalyears5 = 2014
|nationalteam5 = Belgium U21
|nationalcaps5 = 1
|nationalgoals5 = 0
|medaltemplates =
|club-update = 9 March 2025
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Pieter Tom Gerkens (born 13 August 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian club Gent.
Career
Gerkens made his professional debut for Genk at 28 November 2013 in a UEFA Europa League game against Dynamo Kyiv as an 88th-minute substitute.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/11/28/europe/uefa-cup/krc-genk/fc-dynamo-kyiv/1584809/|title=Genk vs. Dynamo Kyiv - 28 November 2013|website=Soccerway}} At 1 December 2013, he made his league debut against Oud-Heverlee Leuven.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/12/01/belgium/pro-league/krc-genk/fc-oud-heverlee-leuven/1477721/map/|title=Genk vs. OH Leuven - 1 December 2013|website=Soccerway}} Three days later, he was a starter in the Belgian Cup against Mechelen. After 61 minutes, he was replaced for Anthony Limbombe.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/12/04/belgium/beker-van-belgie/kv-mechelen/krc-genk/1582655/|title=Mechelen vs. Genk - 4 December 2013|website=Soccerway}}
On 12 June 2023, Gerkens signed a four-year contract with Gent.{{cite web|publisher=Gent|url=https://www.kaagent.be/nl/nieuws/12-06-2023/pieter-gerkens-is-een-buffalo|title=PIETER GERKENS IS EEN BUFFALO!|trans-title=PIETER GERKENS IS A BUFFALO!|date=12 June 2023|access-date=7 September 2023|language=nl}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 9 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Genk
|rowspan="3"|Belgian First Division A |13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15
|19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Sint-Truiden
|12 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 2 | ||||
| 2016–17
|Belgian First Division A |38 | 14 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 14 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 16 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 51 | 16 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Anderlecht
|rowspan="3"|Belgian First Division A |34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |
| 2018–19
|32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 7 | ||
| 2019–20
|7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!73 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 11 | |
| rowspan="4"|Antwerp
|rowspan="2"|Belgian First Division A |37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 46 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22
|26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23
|Belgian Pro League |19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!82 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | 105 | 10 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Gent
|Belgian Pro League |32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 45 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25
|Belgian Pro League |19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!51 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 69 | 7 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!290 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 348 | 46 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{RBFA player|PH_6026}}
- {{Worldfootball.net|pieter-gerkens}}
- {{Soccerway|pieter-gerkens/197630}}
{{K.A.A. Gent squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerkens, Pieter}}
Category:Sportspeople from Bilzen
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Limburg (Belgium)
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Category:Royal Antwerp F.C. players
Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen
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