Robbe Decostere
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Kortemark, Belgium[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roeselare | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | SVD Kortemark | ||
| 2005–2009 | Roeselare | ||
| 2009–2014 | Club Brugge | ||
| 2014–2018 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Cercle Brugge | 58 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Tubize (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Zulte Waregem | 16 | (3) |
| 2025 | Union SG U23 | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | Roeselare | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2025 | |||
Robbe Decostere (born 8 May 1998) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Roeselare.
Career
[edit | edit source]Decostere progressed through the youth teams of SVD Kortemark, Roeselare, Club Brugge before finally ending up in the youth academy of Cercle Brugge. In July 2018, he was promoted to the first team and signed his first professional contract alongside fellow youth prospect Charles Vanhoutte.[3]
On 2 March 2019, manager Laurent Guyot gave Decostere his debut in the Belgian First Division A against Kortrijk. Fifteen minutes before full-time, Decostere came onto the pitch to replace the injured Guévin Tormin.[4] In his first season, he made four appearances in the league.[2]
On 1 September 2019, Decostere was sent on loan to Tubize together with teammate Charles Vanhoutte on a one-year deal.[5] Decostere played regularly but was unable to prevent the club from suffering relegation to the Belgian Division 2.
After his loan spell, Decostere became a permanent starter at Cercle Brugge, where he signed a contract extension until June 2023 in December 2020, just like fellow academy players Vanhoutte and Thibo Somers.[6]
On 6 September 2023, Decostere signed a one-season contract with Zulte Waregem.[7]
After going 6 months without a club, Decostere signed for Union SG in February 2025.[8]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He co-owns a finance and investment business called Cash & Compound.[9]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of February 2025[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cercle Brugge | 2018–19 | First Division A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | First Division A | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | First Division A | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | First Division A | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 0 | ||||
| Tubize (loan) | 2019–20 | First Amateur Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Zulte Waregem | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||
| Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | 2024-25 | First Amateur Division | ||||||||||
| Career total | 87 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 95 | 3 | ||||
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Robbe Decostere at SoccerbaseLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Robbe Decostere at SoccerwayLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1998 births
- People from Kortemark
- Footballers from West Flanders
- Living people
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Belgian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- K.S.V. Roeselare players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Royale Union Tubize-Braine players
- SV Zulte Waregem players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Belgian Division 1 players
- Belgian Third Division players