Kristof Snelders
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Kristof Snelders is a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 professional football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player. He is usually fielded as a striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

, although he is also able to play as right winger.

In the beginning of July 2007, Snelders was signed by Cercle Brugge due to a relegation release clause in his contract with his former team Lierse
Lierse S.K.
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups...

, where he was voted Player of the Season by the fans.

Due to hard competition with De Smet
Stijn De Smet
Stijn De Smet is a Belgian professional football player, who plays for K.V.C. Westerlo on loan from AA Gent.- Career :De Smet usually plays as an attacking midfielder or forward...

, De Sutter
Tom De Sutter
Tom De Sutter is a Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Anderlecht.-Early career:De Sutter started his football activities at his local team K.V.V. Balegem, where he was discovered by third division side St. Wetteren...

, Iachtchouk
Oleg Iachtchouk
Oleg Iachtchouk , Lanivtsi Raion, Ternopil Oblast then Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Cercle Brugge and also holds the Belgian nationality. His last name is sometimes transliterated as Yaschuk or Jachtsjoek.-Club career:Iachtchouk first made a name...

 and Gombami
Honour Gombami
Honour Gombami is a Zimbabwean football player who plays for Cercle Brugge K.S.V.. He is a member of the Zimbabwe national football team.Cercle's new head coach De Boeck was quite immediately impressed by Gombami's skills...

 for a place in Cercle's attack, Snelders has become a super sub, scoring relatively frequently compared to his minutes played.

After a disappointing 2008-09 season
Belgian First Division 2008-09
The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division was the 106th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The regular season began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 16 May 2009...

, Snelders decided to watch out for a new team. SV Roeselare and KV Kortrijk are said to be interested. Eventually, he chose to sign for SK Beveren, thus rejecting an offer from RS Waasland.

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