Jelle Van Damme

**Jelle François Maria Van Damme** (; born 10 October 1983) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back, left-back or left midfielder.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Lokeren|1998–99|Belgian First Division|1|0|0|0|—|—|—|1|0|||||
|Germinal Beerschot|2001–02|Belgian First Division|7|0|0|0|—|—|—|7|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Ajax|2001–02|rowspan="3"|Eredivisie|1|0|||—|0|0|—|1|0||
|2002–03|11|0|||—|7|0|—|18|0||||||
|2003–04|6|0|||—|5|0|—|11|0||||||
|Southampton|2004–05|Premier League|6|0|0|0|3|0|—|—|9|0||||
|Werder Bremen (loan)|2005–06|Bundesliga|8|1|1|0|—|1|0|—|10|1||||
|rowspan="5"|Anderlecht|2006–07|rowspan="3"|Belgian First Division|25|0|0|0|—|3|0|—|28|0||
|2007–08|29|7|1|0|—|10|0|—|40|7||||||
|2008–09|22|3|0|0|—|—|2|0|24|3||||||
|2009–10|Belgian Pro League|24|2|1|0|—|10|1|10|5|45|8||||
|Wolverhampton Wanderers|2010–11|Premier League|6|1|0|0|0|0|—|—|6|1||||
|rowspan="7"|Standard Liège|2010–11|rowspan="6"|Belgian Pro League|8|2|4|1|—|—|9|0|21|3||
|2011–12|20|5|2|2|—|9|0|11|0|42|7|||||
|2012–13|28|3|2|1|—|—|7|0|37|4||||||
|2013–14|28|3|1|0|—|7|0|10|0|46|3|||||
|2014–15|19|2|1|0|—|9|0|7|0|36|2|||||
|2015–16|17|2|2|0|—|4|1|—|23|3||||||
|rowspan="3"|LA Galaxy|2016|rowspan="2"|Major League Soccer|28|0|1|0|—|2|0|3|0|34|0|
|2017|18|1|3|1|—|—|—|21|2|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Royal Antwerp|2017–18|rowspan="2"|Belgian First Division A|19|0|1|0|—|—|4|0|24|0||
|2018–19|25|1|0|0|—|—|9|0|34|1||||||
|Lokeren|2019–20|Belgian First Division B|23|1|1|0|—|—|—|24|1|||||

## Honours

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie:  2003–04

**Werder Bremen**
- Bundesliga runner-up: 2005–06

**Anderlecht**
- Belgian First Division:  2006–07, 2009–10
- Belgian Cup: 2007–08
- Belgian Super Cup: 2006, 2007

**Standard Liège**
- Belgian Cup: 2010–11

### Individual

- MLS All Star: 2016
- MLS Best XI: 2016

## Other websites

- Article on legal ramifications of lawsuit between Onyewu  and Van Damme

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Jelle Van Damme
- **image**: Jelle Van Damme 2014.jpg
- **caption**: Van Damme playing for Standard Liège in 2014
- **fullname**: Jelle François Maria Van Damme
- **height**: 1.94 m
- **birth place**: Lokeren, Belgium
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender, Midfielder#Wide midfielder, left midfielder
- **youthclubs1**: K.S.K. Beveren, Beveren
- **youthclubs2**: K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, Lokeren
- **years1**: 1998
- **clubs1**: K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, Lokeren
- **caps1**: 1
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2001–2002
- **clubs2**: K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, Germinal Beerschot
- **caps2**: 7
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2002–2004
- **clubs3**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2004–2006
- **clubs4**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2005–2006
- **clubs5**: → SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen (loan)
- **caps5**: 8
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2006–2010
- **clubs6**: RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
- **caps6**: 100
- **goals6**: 12
- **years7**: 2010–2011
- **clubs7**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **caps7**: 6
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2011–2016
- **clubs8**: Standard Liège
- **caps8**: 120
- **goals8**: 17
- **years9**: 2016–2017
- **clubs9**: LA Galaxy
- **caps9**: 46
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2017–2019
- **clubs10**: Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp
- **caps10**: 44
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2019–2020
- **clubs11**: K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, Lokeren
- **caps11**: 23
- **goals11**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 379
- **totalgoals**: 34
- **nationalyears1**: 2001–2002
- **nationalteam1**: Belgium national under-19 football team, Belgium U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 18
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam2**: Belgium national under-21 football team, Belgium U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2003–2014
- **nationalteam3**: Belgium national football team, Belgium
- **nationalcaps3**: 31
- **nationalgoals3**: 0