Guillaume Gillet

Guillaume Gillet (born 9 March 1984) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Sporting Charleroi and the Belgium national team.

Guillaume Gillet
Gillet with Lens in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-03-09) 9 March 1984
Place of birth Liège, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Right back
Club information
Current team
 Charleroi
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Liège 32 (3)
2004–2005 Visé 33 (4)
2005–2006 Eupen 32 (16)
2006–2008 Gent 45 (4)
2008–2015 Anderlecht 248 (48)
2014–2015 → Bastia (loan) 38 (2)
2015–2017 Nantes 58 (4)
2017–2018 Olympiacos 16 (1)
2018–2020 Lens 48 (3)
2020– Charleroi 24 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Belgium U21 2 (0)
2007– Belgium 22 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Club career
Gillet with Anderlecht during 2011.

Born in Liège, Gillet has played for RFC Liège, Visé, Eupen, Gent, Anderlecht[1][2] and SC Bastia who Gillet joined on a season-long loan deal with on 10 July 2014.[3] On 1 November Gillet scored a costly own goal as Bastia lost 1–0 at home to Guingamp.[4]

On December 2015, while at Anderlecht, Gillet said he had turned down an offer from LA Galaxy but that he could still move to Major League Soccer that winter. He was out of contract at the end of the season.[5] Eventually on 28 December 2015 has joined FC Nantes from Jupiler League champions Anderlecht.[6]

On 7 August 2017, Gillet signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos, thereby re-uniting with his former manager at Anderlecht, Besnik Hasi.[7] On 18 November 2017, he scored his first goal with the club opening the score in a 2–1 home Greek Super League game against Levadiakos.[8] He left Olympiakos at the end of the 2017–18 season.[9]

On 2 August 2018, Gillet signed a two-year contract with French Ligue 2 club RC Lens.[10] After his second season with Lens, during which he helped the club achieve promotion to Ligue 1, his contract was not renewed.[11]

In July 2020, Gillet returned to Belgium having agreed a one-year contract with Sporting Charleroi.[11]

International career

Gillet made his international debut for Belgium in 2007,[1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for his country,[12] scoring the equalising goal in the 45th minute in a 1–1 draw with Croatia.[13]

International goals
List of international goals scored by Guillaume Gillet
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 September 2012King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Croatia
1–1
1–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]

Honours

Anderlecht[14]

References
  1. "Guillaume Gillet". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
  3. "Reinforcement appointed Guillaume Gillet". Bastia. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. "Gillet own goal costs Bastia". ESPNFC.com. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. "Guillaume Gillet: "J'ai refusé une offre des L.A. Galaxy"". www.dhnet.be. 1 December 2015.
  6. "Guillaume Gillet joins Nantes from Anderlecht". www.thescore.com. 28 December 2015.
  7. "Guillaume Gillet, 33 ans, rejoint son ancien coach Hasi à l'Olympiakos". www.rtbf.be. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. "Με την ψυχή στο στόμα ο Ολυμπιακός, 2-1 τον Λεβαδειακό στο Φάληρο". www.sport24.gr. 18 November 2017.
  9. "Τέλος ο Ζιλέ από τον Ολυμπιακό".
  10. "Guillaume Gillet s'engage avec Lens en Ligue 2". rtbf.be. 2 August 2018.
  11. Burion, Lise (6 July 2020). "Guillaume Gillet de retour en Belgique, au Sporting de Charleroi". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  12. Guillaume Gillet – FIFA competition record
  13. "Belgium vs Croatia match report". FIFA.com.
  14. Guillaume Gillet at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.


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