Wesley Sonck

**Wesley Sonck** (born 9 August 1978) is a Belgian football player. He plays for the Brugge and Belgium national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Molenbeek|1997–98|Belgian First Division|33|11|||||||33|11||
|Germinal Ekeren|1998–99|Belgian First Division|32|7|||2|1|||34|8||
|Germinal Beerschot|1999–2000|Belgian First Division|29|11|1|0|–|–|30|11||||
|Genk|2000–01|Belgian First Division|32|13|5|4|4|1|1|0|42|18||
|2001–02|Belgian First Division|32|30|3|2|–|–|35|32|||||
|2002–03|Belgian First Division|29|24|2|3|8|3|1|0|40|30|||
|Ajax|2003–04|Eredivisie|25|9|1|0|7|4|–|33|13|||
|2004–05|Eredivisie|9|1|–|4|1|1|0|14|2||||
|Borussia Mönchengladbach|2004–05|Bundesliga|7|2|–|–|–|7|2|||||
|2005–06|Bundesliga|14|4|–|–|–|14|4||||||
|2006–07|Bundesliga|7|0|1|1|–|–|8|1|||||
|Club Brugge|2007–08|Belgian First Division|21|6|–|2|0|–|23|6||||
|2008–09|Belgian First Division|28|14|1|0|6|2|–|35|16||||
|2009–10|Belgian Pro League|22|7|1|0|7|1|–|30|8||||
|Lierse|2010–11|Belgian Pro League|22|6|3|3|–|–|25|9||||
|2011–12|Belgian Pro League|22|2|5|0|–|–|27|2|||||
|Waasland-Beveren|2012–13|Belgian Pro League|23|2|1|0|–|–|24|2||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Belgium|2001|7|1|
|2002|13|5|||
|2003|8|6|||
|2004|6|2|||
|2005|0|0|||
|2006|3|1|||
|2007|2|1|||
|2008|8|6|||
|2009|7|2|||
|2010|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sonck goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|6 June 2001|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino|||4–1|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|27 March 2002|Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece|||2–3|Friendly||||||||
|3|14 June 2002|Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukoroi, Japan|||3–2|2002 World Cup||||||||
|4|21 August 2002|Florian Kryger Stadium, Szczecin, Poland|||1–1|Friendly||||||||
|5|12 October 2002|Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Aixovall, Andorra|||1–0|Euro 2004 qualification||||||||
|6|16 October 2002|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia|||1–0|Euro 2004 qualification||||||||
|7|12 February 2003|Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria|||3–1|Friendly||||||||
|8|30 April 2003|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||2–1|Friendly||||||||
|9|11 June 2003|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||3–0|Euro 2004 qualification||||||||
|10|20 August 2003|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||1–1|Friendly||||||||
|11|10 September 2003|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||2–1|Euro 2004 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|12|||||||||||||
|13|28 April 2004|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||2–3|Friendly||||||||
|14|4 September 2004|Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium|||1–1|2006 World Cup qualification||||||||
|15|24 May 2006|Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium|||3–3|Friendly||||||||
|16|17 October 2007|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||3–0|Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|17|30 May 2008|Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy|||1–3|Friendly||||||||
|18|6 September 2008|Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium|||3–2|2010 World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|19|||||||||||||
|20|10 September 2008|Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey|||1–1|2010 World Cup qualification||||||||
|21|11 October 2008|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||2–0|2010 World Cup qualification||||||||
|22|15 October 2008|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium|||1–2|2010 World Cup qualification||||||||
|23|28 March 2009|Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium|||2–4|2010 World Cup qualification||||||||
|24|17 November 2009|Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan, France|||2–0|Friendly||||||||

## Honours and awards

**Genk**
- Belgian First Division: 2001–02

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2003–04***'

**Individual**
- Belgian Golden Shoe: 2001
- Goal of the Season: 2001
- Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 2001–02
- Belgian First Division A top scorer: 2001–02 (30 goals), 2002–03 (22 goals) ***'
- Honorary citizen of Ninove: 2021
- Most beautiful goal of all time in the Belgian league: 2023

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Wesley Sonck
- **image**: Wesley Sonck.jpg
- **upright**: 0.8
- **caption**: Sonck pictured in 2007
- **birth place**: Ninove, Belgium
- **height**: 1.74 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **currentclub**: Belgium national under-19 football team, Belgium U19 (manager)
- **years1**: 1994–1998
- **clubs1**: R.W.D. Molenbeek, Molenbeek
- **caps1**: 33
- **goals1**: 11
- **years2**: 1998–1999
- **clubs2**: Beerschot A.C., Germinal Ekeren
- **caps2**: 32
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 1999–2000
- **clubs3**: K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, Germinal Beerschot
- **caps3**: 28
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 2000–2003
- **clubs4**: K.R.C. Genk, Genk
- **caps4**: 93
- **goals4**: 66
- **years5**: 2003–2005
- **clubs5**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps5**: 34
- **goals5**: 10
- **years6**: 2005–2008
- **clubs6**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps6**: 28
- **goals6**: 6
- **years7**: 2007–2008
- **clubs7**: → Club Brugge KV, Club Brugge (loan)
- **caps7**: 21
- **goals7**: 6
- **years8**: 2008–2010
- **clubs8**: Club Brugge KV, Club Brugge
- **caps8**: 50
- **goals8**: 21
- **years9**: 2010–2012
- **clubs9**: Lierse S.K., Lierse
- **caps9**: 32
- **goals9**: 6
- **years10**: 2012–2013
- **clubs10**: Waasland-Beveren
- **caps10**: 16
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2014
- **clubs11**: KE Appelterre-Eichem
- **caps11**: 9
- **goals11**: 9
- **totalcaps**: 376
- **totalgoals**: 154
- **nationalyears1**: 1996
- **nationalteam1**: Belgium U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1997–1999
- **nationalteam2**: Belgium national under-21 football team, Belgium U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 8
- **nationalyears3**: 2001–2010
- **nationalteam3**: Belgium national football team, Belgium
- **nationalcaps3**: 55
- **nationalgoals3**: 24
- **manageryears1**: 2017–2020
- **managerclubs1**: Belgium national under-18 football team, Belgium U18
- **manageryears2**: 2020–
- **managerclubs2**: Belgium national under-19 football team, Belgium U19