| Davy De fauw | |
| Birth Date: | 1981 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Maria-Aalter, Belgium |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Youthyears1: | 1988–2000 |
| Years1: | 2000–2002 |
| Clubs1: | Club Brugge |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs2: | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2002–2006 |
| Clubs3: | Sparta Rotterdam |
| Caps3: | 133 |
| Goals3: | 15 |
| Years4: | 2006–2011 |
| Clubs4: | Roda JC |
| Caps4: | 168 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Years5: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs5: | Zulte Waregem |
| Caps5: | 112 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs6: | Club Brugge |
| Caps6: | 38 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs7: | Zulte Waregem |
| Caps7: | 129 |
| Goals7: | 17 |
| Totalcaps: | 587 |
| Totalgoals: | 50 |
| Manageryears1: | 2020–2022 |
| Managerclubs1: | Zulte Waregem (assistant) |
Davy De fauw (born 8 July 1981) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
De fauw played for Club Brugge from age five until he was brought to Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam by then manager Frank Rijkaard.[1] In the 2001–02 season, he made his professional debut for Sparta. On 16 March 2002 in the 0–4 away loss to Willem II in the Eredivisie, De fauw came on as a substitute for the injured David Mendes da Silva after 16 minutes.[2]
In January 2006, De fauw signed for Roda JC, joining the club from 30 June 2006.[3] There he quickly became a permanent starter in defense and made more than 180 appearances in the Eredivisie.[4]
De fauw returned to his native Belgium in the 2011–12 season, signing for Zulte Waregem.[5] There, he was immediately appointed team captain after the departure of Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze.[6] At the start of the 2013–14 season, De fauw had to give up his captaincy to Thorgan Hazard.[7] This was met with much anger from a section of the club's supporters[8] and led to Hazard handing the captain's armband back less than 24 hours after receiving it.[9]
On 20 June 2014, it was announced that De fauw had signed for Club Brugge for €200,000; thus returning to where he had started his career.[10]
For the 2016–17 season, De fauw returned to Zulte Waregem.[11]
In April 2020, De fauw announced his retirement from football. He became assistant coach of Zulte Waregem alongside Timmy Simons, a former teammate of his at Brugge.[12] [13]
Unusually, De fauw's family name is written with a lowercase "f". When asked about this, De fauw said: "I hail from Maria-Aalter. My dad always said that the person in the town hall may have been a little drunk and therefore wrote the family name with a small f. That's how it happened".[14]
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