Gill Swerts

Belgian footballer

Gill Swerts

Swerts with AZ in 2009

Personal information
Full name|  Gill Toby Todor Swerts
Date of birth|  (1982-09-23) 23 September 1982 (age 40)
Place of birth|  Brasschaat, Belgium
Height|  1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)|  Right-back
Right midfielder
Youth career
|  Schilde
0000–1999|  Beveren
1999–2001|  Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2001–2005|  Feyenoord|  17|  (0)
2001–2002|  → Excelsior (loan)|  30|  (6)
2002–2003|  → Excelsior (loan)|  33|  (1)
2004–2005|  → ADO Den Haag (loan)|  33|  (1)
2005–2008|  Vitesse|  66|  (5)
2008–2011|  AZ|  46|  (2)
2011–2012|  Feyenoord|  10|  (1)
2012–2013|  SønderjyskE|  11|  (0)
2013–2015|  NAC Breda|  31|  (0)
2015–2016|  Notts County|  12|  (0)
2016–2017|  RFC Seraing|  20|  (0)
2018–2019|  KFC Lille|  20|  (0)
Total|  |  329|  (16)
International career
1996|  Belgium U15|  1|  (0)
1997–1998|  Belgium U16|  9|  (1)
1998–1999|  Belgium U17|  3|  (1)
2001|  Belgium U18|  4|  (0)
2002–2003|  Belgium U21|  7|  (0)
2006–2009|  Belgium|  17|  (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gill Toby Todor Swerts (born 23 September 1982) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

## Career[edit]

Swerts was born in Brasschaat, Belgium and made his debut in professional football as part of the Excelsior squad in the 2001–02 season.[1] He also played for Feyenoord, ADO Den Haag, Vitesse and AZ before returning to Feyenoord in January 2011.[2] He was part of the AZ team winning the 2008–09 Eredivisie. After that, he played for SønderjyskE in Denmark, NAC Breda, and Notts County in England.[3]

In early 2016, his contract with Notts County was terminated by mutual consent due to a lack of playing time.[4] In October 2016, Swerts joined RFC Seraing in the third-tier Belgian National Division 1.[5] In January 2018, Swerts moved to KFC Lille in the sixth-tier Eerste Provinciale Antwerpen.[6]

In June 2019, Swerts announced his retirement from football, and would instead focus on coaching youth players at Royal Antwerp.[7]

## Personal life[edit]

His father is originally from Congo.[8]

## Career statistics[edit]

Gill Swerts: International goals No.  | Date  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Competition

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1 | 1 April 2009 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2010 WCQ

## Honours[edit]

* Eredivisie: 2008–09

## References[edit]

1. ^ Official Site
2. ^ Gill Swerts at National-Football-Teams.com
3. ^ De zoektocht van de transfervrije Gill Swerts naar een nieuwe club vice.com
4. ^ "Gill Swerts leaves Notts County". Sky Sports. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
5. ^ "Ex-Rode Duivel Gill Swerts vindt onderdak bij Seraing". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
6. ^ Ver Elst, Bart (27 January 2018). "Ex-Rode Duivel Gill Swerts gaat aan de slag bij KFC Lille". vrouwenvoetbalkrant.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
7. ^ Van Gael, Hannes (3 June 2019). "Gill Swerts hangt zijn voetbalschoenen definitief aan de haak". voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
8. ^ De 'Afrikaan' Gill Swerts

## External links[edit]

* Gill Swerts at the Royal Belgian Football Association
* Gill Swerts at Soccerbase
* Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
* Gill Swerts at National-Football-Teams.com
* Gill Swerts at Soccerway

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