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Place of Birth: Sint-Truiden, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Ian Claes
- Ian Claes (born 16 July 1981 in Sint-Truiden) is a retired Belgian professional footballer.
- During his career, he played as a forward for Sint-Truiden, Heerenveen, KV Mechelen, Oud-Heverlee Leuven and Tongeren.As a promising youngster with Sint-Truiden, Claes was selected for two 2000 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualifying matches in 1999 and signed by Dutch team Heerenveen led by Foppe de Haan.
- As De Haan was impressed, Claes was immediately brought into the first team, playing the first two matches of the 2000-01 season.
- For unclear reasons, he never played any matches for Heerenveen thereafter, moving back to Belgium the next season at Mechelen.
- Although Claes gained 4 caps for the Belgium U21 during the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification, scoring one goal against Latvia, he only featured in three matches and during the 2002-03 season, Mechelen loaned him out to Belgian Third Division team OH Leuven.
- As a result of Mechelen being refused a Belgian professional football license after going into liquidation later that season, the contract of Claes was annulled, causing him to be a free player after his loan spell at OH Leuven.
- He played one more season at Tongeren, before quitting professional football.
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