Kristof Van Hout is a Belgian footballer

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...

, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for K.V. Kortrijk

K.V. Kortrijk

Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They have been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2008-09 season, and they achieved they best ranking ever during the 2009-10 season, finishing 4th after the play-offs...

. He is currently the tallest professional football player in the world.

Career

He joined Willem II in 2004, he came from K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel

K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel

K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel was a Belgian association football club, from the city of Geel in Antwerp .-History:The club was born in 1912 and registered in 1924 to the Belgian Football Association receiving the matricule n° 395. It played for the first time in the second division in 1985–86...

 as a youth. On 6 August 2009 Standard Liege

Standard Liège

Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

 signed the goalkeeper from K.V. Kortrijk

K.V. Kortrijk

Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They have been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2008-09 season, and they achieved they best ranking ever during the 2009-10 season, finishing 4th after the play-offs...

on a three-year deal. On 11 June 2011, he returned back to Kortrijk, signing a one-year contract.