{{short description|Belgian footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Sander Coopman |fullname = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|3|12|df=y}} |birth_place = Ooigem, Belgium |height = 1.83 m |position = Attacking midfielder |currentclub = KVV Berg en Dal |clubnumber = 5 |youthyears1 = 2001–2007 |youthclubs1 = Zulte-Waregem |youthyears2 = 2007–2013 |youthclubs2 = Club Brugge |years1 = 2013–2018 |clubs1 = Club Brugge |caps1 = 11 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2016–2018 |clubs2 = → Zulte Waregem (loan) |caps2 = 82 |goals2 = 5 |years3 = 2018–2019 |clubs3 = Oostende |caps3 = 23 |goals3 = 2 |years4 = 2019–2022 |clubs4 = Antwerp |caps4 = 10 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2022–2025 |clubs5 = Beveren |caps5 = 51 |goals5 = 5 |years6 = 2025–2026 |clubs6 = Borac Banja Luka |caps6 = 3 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2026– |clubs7 = KVV Berg en Dal |caps7 = 0 |goals7 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2013 |nationalteam1 = Belgium U19 |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 2 |club-update = 3 February 2026 |nationalteam-update = }}
'''Sander Coopman''' (born 12 March 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian club KVV Berg en Dal.
== Club career ==
Coopman joined Brugge at the age of 12 from S.V. Zulte Waregem.<ref>[http://clubbrugge.be/nl/spelers/a-kern/spelers/sander-coopman Profile at clubbrugge.be]</ref> He made his senior debut at 11 December 2014 in the UEFA Europa League against HJK Helsinki. Brugge manager Michel Preud'homme gave him a place in his starting line-up.<ref name="soccerway2">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/12/11/europe/uefa-cup/club-brugge-kv/helsingin-jalkapallokubi/1924199/?ICID=PL_MS_05|title=Club Brugge vs. HJK Helsinki - 11 December 2014 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=2014-12-11}}</ref> He was later sent on loan to his former club Zulte Waregem.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essevee.be/nieuws.php?Article=1513|title=MIDDENVELDER SANDER COOPMAN GEHUURD VAN CLUB BRUGGE|publisher=www.essevee.be|accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref>
On 4 July 2019, he signed a three-year contract with Antwerp.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Antwerp|url=https://royalantwerpfc.be/news/welkom-op-de-bosuil-sander/|title=WELKOM OP DE BOSUIL SANDER!|date=4 July 2019|language=Dutch}}</ref>
Coopman joined Challenger Pro League club Beveren on 2 August 2022, signing a one-year contract after a successful trial.<ref>{{cite web |title=WELKOM OP DE FREETHIEL, SANDER COOPMAN! |url=https://skbeveren.be/2022/08/welkom-sander/ |website=S.K. Beveren |access-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803105226/https://skbeveren.be/2022/08/welkom-sander/ |archive-date=3 August 2022 |language=nl |date=2 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
On 1 July 2025, Coopman signed a one-season contract with Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FK Borac Banja Luka|url=https://fkborac.net/za-nove-pobjede-sander-kupman-u-borcevoj-porodici/|title=За нове побједе: Сандер Купман у Борчевој породици|trans-title=For new victories: Sander Kupman in Borac's family|date=1 July 2025|access-date=25 August 2025|language=sr}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Club Brugge''' * Belgian Pro League: 2015–16 * Belgian Cup: 2014–15<ref>{{soccerway|sander-coopman/296548|accessdate=18 March 2017}}</ref>
'''Zulte Waregem''' * Belgian Cup: 2016–17<ref>{{cite web|title=Zulte Waregem win second Belgian Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2451104.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321122720/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2451104.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2017|publisher=UEFA|date=18 March 2017}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{RBFA player|PH_6353}}
{{FK Borac Banja Luka squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coopman, Sander}} Category:1995 births Category:Footballers from West Flanders Category:Living people Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Belgian men's footballers Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers Category:Club Brugge KV players Category:SV Zulte Waregem players Category:Royal Antwerp FC players Category:SK Beveren players Category:FK Borac Banja Luka players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:Challenger Pro League players Category:Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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