# Björn Vleminckx

Björn Vleminckx (Dutch pronunciation:; born 1 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

## Career

Born in Boom, Antwerp, Vleminckx began his career with Beveren and joined in July 2005 Oostende on loan. In summer 2006 he signed with KV Mechelen.
In June 2009, he signed a four-year contract until July 2013 with NEC Nijmegen who paid a transfer of €1.8 million to Mechelen for the 23-year-old striker. At NEC he became the top goalscorer in the Eredivisie during the 2010–11 season, with 23 goals.
In March 2011, Vleminckx signed a contract starting from June 2011 at Club Brugge. Brugge paid €3.3 million to NEC as transfer sum.
In January 2013, Vleminckx signed a loan contract until end of season 2012–2013 at Gençlerbirliği. In his first match with the club, he had a successful debut in scoring four goals in a 5–3 win against Antalyaspor.
In June 2013, he signed a two-year contract with Kayseri Erciyesspor.
In August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract with Göztepe.
In August 2016, Vleminckx moved to the Belgian Second Division team Antwerp agreeing a two-year contract. A year later, after the club had reached promotion to the Belgian First Division A, it was announced he was no longer part of the club's plans and that he would be allowed to train with the first team.
He trained with the reserve team of Antwerp in nearly two years but however decided to stay at the club until his contract ran out in July 2019. Already in February 2019 it was confirmed, that Vleminckx would join FC Oppuurs ahead of the 2019/20 season. The transfer was also confirmed by Vleminckx himself on 29 May 2019.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Beveren | 2002–03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Beveren | 2003–04 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 3 |
| Beveren | 2004–05 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 1 |
| Beveren | Total | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 |
| Oostende (loan) | 2005–06 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 8 |
| Mechelen | 2006–07 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 16 |
| Mechelen | 2007–08 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 9 |
| Mechelen | 2008–09 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 37 | 18 |
| Mechelen | Total | 93 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 43 |
| NEC Nijmegen | 2009–10 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 11 |
| NEC Nijmegen | 2010–11 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 24 |
| NEC Nijmegen | Total | 64 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 35 |
| Club Brugge | 2011–12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 10 |
| Club Brugge | 2012–13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Club Brugge | Total | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 15 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 2012–13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 9 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 2013–14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 4 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 2014–15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 3 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | Total | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
| Göztepe | 2015–16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 4 |
| Antwerp | 2016–17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Career total | Career total | 362 | 114 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 403 | 131 |
Notes
* ↑ Includes KNVB Cup
* ↑ Counts for appearances and goals at the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Supercup and UEFA Intertoto Cup. Including qualifying games.
* ↑ Includes Belgian First Division A and Eredivisie playoffs.

## Honours

Individual
* Eredivisie top scorer: 2010–11
* Best sportsman of Nijmegen 2011