Jeffrey Christiaens

Jeffrey Mallen Christiaens (born 17 May 1991) is a Filipino Belgian former footballer who mainly played as a winger. He last played for Filipino side Ceres–Negros. He also represented the Philippines at international level.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Mallen and the surname or paternal family name is Christiaens.

Jeffrey Christiaens
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Mallen Christiaens[1]
Date of birth (1991-05-17) 17 May 1991
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left Back / Left Winger
Youth career
0000–1998 GL Ruiselede
1998–2002 Deinze
2002–2011 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Torhout 13 (2)
2012–2014 Global 23 (7)
2014–2020 Ceres–Negros 34 (10)
International career‡
Belgium U-15 2 (0)
Belgium U-16 2 (0)
Belgium U-17 4 (0)
2012 Philippines U-22 5 (1)
2011–2014 Philippines U-23 5 (0)
2011–2018 Philippines 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:52, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:25, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Career

Club

Christiaens started his youth career at Ruiselede before moving on to Deinze and eventually Club Brugge.[2] Towards the end of the 2010–11 season, he was released by Club Brugge and signed for Belgian Third Division side Torhout.[3] He made his senior debut on 17 August 2011 in the 1–1 home draw against Géants Athois, coming on as a substitute in 80th minute.[4] He made his first start and scored his first goal for the club in his second appearance in the 2–2 away draw to Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz.[5]

On 19 November 2011, he made an appearance for Filipino side Global FC in a round of 16 match in the 2011 United Football Cup against the Philippine Army. They won 3–0 and progressed to the quarter-finals.[6] However, there were no reports indicating that there was any deal in place which would see him play for Global FC. It would be his only appearance for the club before returning to Torhout. Upon his return, he would make a further four appearances and finishing the 2011–12 season with 13 appearances.[7]

In the summer of 2012, Christiaens moved to the Philippines and played again for Global.[8] He later moved to Ceres in June 2014,[9] which later became Ceres-Negros F.C. when its joined the Philippines Football League in 2017. Christiaens announced his departure from the club on July 5, 2020[10]

International

In August 2011, the team manager of the Philippines national team traveled to Europe to scout for potential talent. Three players that were tapped were Belgian–Filipinos which included Christiaens.[11] They traveled to the Philippines in early September to try out for the Philippines national under-23 team that will be competing at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.[11] Christiaens in particular was able to impress sufficiently that he was also named in the senior national team's 20-man squad for the 2011 Long Teng Cup.[12]

Honours

Club
Global FC
Ceres-Negros FC

National team

Individual

References
  1. "Player information". HKFA.com. Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  2. "Jeffrey Christiaens – Speler". KMTorhout.be. Torhout 1992 Koninklijke Maatschappij. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. "Officiel : Christiaens à Torhout". Foot Goal. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. "Torhout vs. Géants Athois". Soccer Way. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  5. "Mouscron-Péruwelz vs. Torhout". Soccer Way. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  6. Olivares, Rick (20 November 2011). "Defending UFL Cup champs Global slashes Army". Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5). Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  7. "Jeffrey Christiaens profile". Soccer Way. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  8. Moore, Roy (24 August 2012). "Growth of PHL football as seen at the grassroots and in UFL". GMA News. Philippines. Retrieved 10 September 2012. Jeffrey Christiaens and Denis Wolf have already signed with Global, Stallion took on Jason De Jong and OJ Porteria, while loaning in Spanish duo Rufo and Joaco from Inter De Madrid.
  9. Doble, Henry (30 July 2014). "Fil-German Ott joins Ceres-La Salle FC". Sun Star Philippines. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (6 July 2020). "Jeffrey Christaens leaves Ceres Negros". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. Atencio, Peter (8 September 2011). "Fil-Spanish booter impresses coach Weiss". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  12. Tupas, Cedelf P. (21 September 2011). "New Azkals team join Long Teng Cup tilt". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
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