Full name Birger Maertens Weight 83 kg Name Birger Maertens | Playing position Role Footballer Children Naguy Maertens Current team Westhoek Height 1.83 m Siblings Kurt Maertens | |
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Date of birth (1980-06-28) 28 June 1980 (age 35) Number 4 (K.V.C. Westerlo / Defender) |
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Birger Maertens (born 28 June 1980 in Bruges) is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Westhoek. He plays at centre back and has obtained two caps for the Belgian national team.
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- Interview birger maertens
- maertens technisch wonder
- Club Brugge
- Heracles Almelo
- International career
- References

maertens - technisch wonder
Club Brugge

He joined Club Brugge in 1994 and played his first game on 9 August 2001 against Icelandic side IA Akranes (4–0) in the UEFA Cup.
Heracles Almelo

On 25 June 2008 Maertens joined the Dutch side Heracles Almelo. He signed a contract until 2011. In 2009 Birger Maertens was voted 8th best overall player in the Dutch Eredivisie by Dutch football magazine Voetbal International. On January 6, 2012, It was announced he had left Heracles earlier than planned, due to personal reasons, to return to his native Belgium, and would not see out the rest of his contract.
International career

On 12 October 2005 he collected his first cap for the Belgium national team in the qualification stages for the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Lithuania (1–1).