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Charles Vanhoutte

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Charles Vanhoutte
Vanhoutte playing for Union SG in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Kortrijk, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Feyenoord
Number 34
Youth career
2006–2007 KSC Wielsbeke
2007–2009 Zulte Waregem
2009–2012 KSC Wielsbeke
2012–2018 Cercle Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Cercle Brugge 93 (2)
2019–2020 → Tubize (loan) 16 (0)
2023–2025 Union SG 77 (2)
2025–2026 Nice 26 (0)
2026– Feyenoord 0 (0)
International career‡
2025– Belgium 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2025

Charles Vanhoutte (born 16 September 1998) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Belgium national team.

Club career

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Vanhoutte progressed through the youth teams of KSC Wielsbeke and Zulte Waregem before finally ending up in the youth academy of Cercle Brugge. In July 2018, he was promoted to the first team and signed his first professional contract alongside fellow youth prospect Robbe Decostere.[2]

On 14 May 2019, caretaker manager José Jeunechamps[3] gave Vanhoutte his debut in the Europa League play-offs loss to Royal Excel Mouscron. In the 56th minute, Vanhoutte came onto the pitch to replace Naomichi Ueda.[4] In his first season, he made two appearances in the play-offs.[1]

On 1 September 2019, Vanhoutte was sent on loan to Tubize together with teammate Robbe Decostere on a one-year deal.[5] Vanhoutte played regularly, but was unable to prevent the club from suffering relegation to the Belgian Division 2.

After his loan spell, Vanhoutte became a permanent starter at Cercle Brugge, where he signed a contract extension until June 2023 in December 2020, just like fellow academy players Decostere and Thibo Somers.[6]

On 22 June 2023, Cercle Brugge announced the sale of Vanhoutte to Union Saint-Gilloise.[7]

On 1 September 2025, Vanhoutte signed with Ligue 1 side Nice.[8]

On 19 June 2026, Vanhoutte signed with Eredivisie side Feyenoord on a three year contract.[9]

International career

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Vanhoutte was called up to the senior Belgium national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in November 2025.[10]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 26 May 2026[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cercle Brugge 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 28 0 2 0 — — 30 0
2021–22 Belgian Pro League 31 1 2 0 — — 33 1
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 32 1 1 0 — — 33 1
Total 93 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 98 2
Tubize (loan) 2019–20 First Amateur Division 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
Union SG 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 39 1 5 0 10[a] 0 — 54 1
2024–25 Belgian Pro League 33 1 2 0 10[b] 0 1[c] 0 46 1
2025–26 Belgian Pro League 5 0 — — 1[c] 0 6 0
Total 77 2 7 0 20 0 2 0 106 2
Nice 2025–26 Ligue 1 26 0 4 0 7[d] 1 1[e] 0 38 1
Career total 212 4 16 0 27 1 3 0 258 5
  1. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Conference League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs

International

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As of match played 7 September 2025
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2025 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Union SG

Nice

References

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  1. ^ a b c Charles Vanhoutte at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Robbe Decostere | Verdedigers - A-kern - Teams | Cercle Brugge KSV". www.cerclebrugge.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Laurent Guyot niet langer trainer van Cercle Brugge, Jeunechamps neemt over tot einde van het seizoen". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish). 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Cercle Brugge vs. Excel Mouscron - 14 May 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Robbe Decostere en Charles Vanhoutte uitgeleend aan Tubeke | Nieuws - Cercle Brugge". cerclebrugge.be (in Dutch). 1 September 2019.
  6. ^ Verweirder, Luc (10 December 2020). "Cercle Brugge trekt kaart van eigen jeugd: Somers, Decostere en Vanhoutte verlengen tot 2023". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch).
  7. ^ "Charles Vanhoutte verlaat Cercle Brugge en trekt naar Union" [Charles Vanhoutte leaves Cercle Brugge to join Union]. Cercle Brugge. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Mercato : Nice officialise l'arrivée du milieu de l'Union Saint-Gilloise Charles Vanhoutte" [Transfer window: Nice formalizes the arrival of Union Saint-Gilloise midfielder Charles Vanhoutte] (in French). L'Équipe. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Feyenoord bevestigt komst Vanhoutte: 'Een prachtige club'" [Feyenoord confirms arrival Vanhoutte: 'A beautiful club'] (in Dutch). 19 June 2026. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  10. ^ "26 RED DEVILS FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS AGAINST KAZAKHSTAN AND LIECHTENSTEIN". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title". Reuters. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Union St Gilloise end 110 year wait for third Belgian Cup victory". OneFootball. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Lens lift the French Cup for the first time after beating Nice in the final". Associated Press. 11 June 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
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