Indy Boonen | |
Fullname: | Indy Zeb Boonen[1] |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1999 |
Birth Place: | Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium[2] |
Height: | 1.77 m |
Position: | Winger |
Currentclub: | Lokeren-Temse |
Clubnumber: | 25 |
Youthyears1: | 2006–2015 |
Youthclubs1: | Genk |
Youthyears2: | 2015–2018 |
Youthclubs2: | Manchester United |
Years1: | 2018–2023 |
Caps1: | 68 |
Goals1: | 6 |
Years2: | 2024 |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2024– |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2017–2018 |
Nationalcaps3: | 8 |
Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
Club-Update: | 20:07, 31 July 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 30 July 2018 |
Indy Zeb Boonen (born 4 January 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Challenger Pro League club Lokeren-Temse.
Boonen began his career with Genk but was released in the summer of 2014. He signed a three-year contract with English club Manchester United as a 16-year-old in February 2015.[3] He trained with the first team on occasion, but rejected the club's offer of a new contract in 2018 and left to return to Belgium with K.V. Oostende that June.[4] He made his professional debut for Oostende in a 2–1 Belgian First Division A win over Royal Excel Mouscron on 28 July 2018, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Richairo Živković.[5] He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw away to S.V. Zulte Waregem on 1 December 2018. He finished the season with a total of three goals in 24 league appearances for the club.
Boonen played several months for Super League Greece 2 club Panachaiki during the first half of 2024, making four appearances. In June 2024, he returned to Belgium, signing with Challenger Pro League club Lokeren-Temse on a one-year contract with an option for an additional year.[6] [7]
Boonen is the son of former professional footballer Jacky Boonen. His brother Seppe is also a footballer, who currently plays for K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. Like Indy, Seppe spent time in Manchester United's youth academy. Seppe began his career as a goalkeeper, but has since changed to being a forward.