Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Koen Casteels[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 25 June 1992||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bonheiden, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Qadsiah | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1996–2002 | KAC Betekom | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2009 | Genk | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Genk | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | TSG Hoffenheim II | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | TSG Hoffenheim | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | → Werder Bremen (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2024 | VfL Wolfsburg | 238 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Al-Qadsiah | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2007 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Belgium U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Belgium U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Belgium U19 | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Belgium U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Belgium | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024 (UTC) |
Koen Casteels (born 25 June 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah and the Belgium national team.
Formed at Genk, Casteels spent most of his professional career in Germany with TSG Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen (loan) and VfL Wolfsburg, making over 200 Bundesliga appearances.
Casteels made 37 appearances for Belgium up to under-21 level. He was first called up for the senior team in 2013 and was part of their squad that came third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.