Thomas Buffel

Retired
Last club: Zulte Waregem Most games for: KRC Genk Retired since: Jul 1, 2019

Date of birth/Age: Feb 19, 1981 (43)
Place of birth: Brugge
Citizenship: Belgium

Height: 1,75 m
Position: Right Winger

Former International: Belgium
Caps/Goals: 35 / 6

Currently working as:

Assistant Manager Club: Belgium U21

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Belgium
10		Belgium	Oct 12, 2002	35	6	Aimé Anthuenis	21 years 07 months 23 days
	Belgium U21
10		Belgium U21	Aug 20, 2002	2	-	Jean-Francois De Sart	21 years 06 months 01 day
	Belgium U19
10		Belgium U19	Mar 28, 2000	1	-		19 years 01 month 09 days
	Belgium U18
10		Belgium U18	Oct 6, 1998	11	1		17 years 07 months 17 days
	Belgium U17
7		Belgium U17	Aug 29, 1995	22	14		14 years 06 months 10 days
	Belgium U16
7		Belgium U16	Aug 26, 1995	12	1		14 years 06 months 07 days
	Belgium U15
7		Belgium U15	Mar 22, 1995	2	-		14 years 01 month 03 days

Stats of Thomas Buffel

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			35	6	-	3	-	-	2.492'
	International Friendlies	17	3	-	2	-	-	1.065'
	World Cup qualification	10	2	-	1	-	-	732'
	European Qualifiers	8	1	-	-	-	-	695'

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	Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	10/12/02	A	Andorra	0:1				90'
	Group 8	10/16/02	A	Estonia	0:1				88'
	International Friendlies
		2/12/03	A	Algeria	1:3				82'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	3/29/03	A	Croatia	4:0				90'
	International Friendlies
		4/30/03	H	Poland	3:1		1		90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	6/7/03	A	Bulgaria	2:2				90'
	Group 8	6/11/03	H	Andorra	3:0				73'
	International Friendlies
		8/20/03	H	Netherlands	1:1	CF			87'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 8	9/10/03	H	Croatia	2:1				87'
	Group 8	10/11/03	H	Estonia	2:0		1		87'
	International Friendlies
		2/18/04	H	France	0:2				85'
		3/31/04	A	Germany	3:0	CF			90'
		4/28/04	H	Türkiye	2:3	RW			85'
		5/29/04	A	Netherlands	0:1	CF			90'
		8/18/04	A	Norway	2:2		2	55'	70'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 7	9/4/04	H	Lithuania	1:1				90'
	Group 7	10/9/04	A	Spain	2:0				74'
	Group 7	11/17/04	H	Serbia-Mont.	0:2				90'
	International Friendlies
		2/9/05	A	Egypt	4:0	RW			73'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 7	3/26/05	H	Bosnia	4:1		1	31'	90'
	Group 7	3/30/05	A	San Marino	1:2				38'
	Group 7	6/4/05	A	Serbia-Mont.	0:0				88'
	International Friendlies
		8/17/05	H	Greece	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 7	9/3/05	A	Bosnia	1:0				67'
	Group 7	9/7/05	H	San Marino	8:0		1		90'
	Group 7	10/8/05	H	Spain	0:2				61'
	Group 7	10/12/05	A	Lithuania	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/1/06	A	Luxembourg	0:2	Not in squad
		5/11/06	A	Saudi Arabia	2:1				45'
		5/20/06	A	Slovakia	1:1				77'
		5/24/06	H	Türkiye	3:3	RW		16'	45'
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	8/16/06	H	Kazakhstan	0:0				90'
	Group A	9/6/06	A	Armenia	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	10/7/06	A	Serbia	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	10/11/06	H	Azerbaijan	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	11/15/06	H	Poland	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/7/07	H	Czechia	0:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	3/24/07	A	Portugal	4:0	Not in squad
	Group A	6/2/07	H	Portugal	1:2	Not in squad
	Group A	6/6/07	A	Finland	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	8/22/07	H	Serbia	3:2	Not in squad
	Group A	9/12/07	A	Kazakhstan	2:2	Not in squad
	Group A	10/13/07	H	Finland	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	10/17/07	H	Armenia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	11/17/07	A	Poland	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	11/21/07	A	Azerbaijan	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/26/08	H	Morocco	1:4	Not in squad
		5/30/08	A	Italy	3:1	Not in squad
		8/20/08	A	Germany	2:0	RM			30'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	9/6/08	H	Estonia	3:2	Not in squad
	Group E	9/10/08	A	Türkiye	1:1	Not in squad
	Group E	10/11/08	H	Armenia	2:0	Not in squad
	Group E	10/15/08	H	Spain	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/19/08	A	Luxembourg	1:1	Not in squad
		2/11/09	H	Slovenia	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	3/28/09	H	Bosnia	2:4	Not in squad
	Group E	4/1/09	A	Bosnia	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		5/29/09	A	Chile	1:1	Not in squad
		5/31/09	A	Japan	4:0	Not in squad
		8/12/09	A	Czechia	3:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	9/5/09	A	Spain	5:0	Not in squad
	Group E	9/9/09	A	Armenia	2:1	Not in squad
	Group E	10/10/09	H	Türkiye	2:0	on the bench
	Group E	10/14/09	A	Estonia	2:0				45'
	International Friendlies
		11/14/09	H	Hungary	3:0				2'
		11/17/09	A	Qatar	2:0	on the bench
		3/3/10	H	Croatia	0:1				13'
		5/19/10	H	Bulgaria	2:1	RW			90'
		8/11/10	A	Finland	1:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	9/3/10	H	Germany	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	9/7/10	A	Türkiye	3:2	Not in squad
	Group A	10/8/10	A	Kazakhstan	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	10/12/10	H	Austria	4:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/17/10	A	Russia	0:2	Not in squad
		2/9/11	H	Finland	1:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	3/25/11	A	Austria	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	3/29/11	H	Azerbaijan	4:1	Not in squad
	Group A	6/3/11	H	Türkiye	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		8/10/11	A	Slovenia	0:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	9/2/11	A	Azerbaijan	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		9/6/11	H	USA	1:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	10/7/11	H	Kazakhstan	4:1	Not in squad
	Group A	10/11/11	A	Germany	3:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/11/11	H	Romania	2:1	Not in squad
		11/15/11	A	France	0:0	Not in squad
		2/29/12	A	Greece	1:1	Not in squad
		5/25/12	H	Montenegro	2:2	Not in squad
		6/2/12	A	England	1:0	Not in squad
		8/15/12	H	Netherlands	4:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	9/7/12	A	Wales	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	9/11/12	H	Croatia	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	10/12/12	A	Serbia	0:3	Not in squad
	Group A	10/16/12	H	Scotland	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/14/12	A	Romania	2:1	Not in squad
		2/6/13	H	Slovakia	2:1				12'
Squad: 37, Starting eleven: 29, Substituted in: 6, On the bench: 2, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,