Christian Alderweireld

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Lokeren
24 Oct 2026
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Marked for Christian Alderweireld

11 Edition

The Lokeren Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Jason Boyata

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Jens Cools in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lokeren this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

One of those days for Samuel Fernandes

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

One of those days for Christian Alderweireld

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.28, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

A masterclass from Christian Mertens

Marked 8.15 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match10 Oct 2026

Honours even between Lokeren and Waasland-Beveren

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Lokeren Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Adnan Tielemans runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Lokeren

Ndoh Wamfor was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

A masterclass from Samuel Fernandes

Marked 9.06 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad7 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Jens Cools

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jens Cools, and the manager let it.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Christian Alderweireld in the eights

A performance of 8.72 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Lois Tielemans shuts the door

Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Costly mistake from Dries Batshuayi

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Dries Batshuayi knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Match5 Sep 2026

Christian Alderweireld rescues a point for Lokeren

It needed Christian Alderweireld to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against KAA Gent, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Christian Alderweireld finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Lokeren have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

5 Edition

The Lokeren Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market31 Aug 2026

The unthinkable, invoiced: Lois Vanaken sold

VfB Stuttgart arrived with $12.2M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.

Match26 Aug 2026

Lokeren bow out of the cup

Racing Genk go through and Lokeren go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Christian Alderweireld runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market31 Aug 2026

Nacer Vanaken hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lokeren can pretend not to have heard.

Market31 Aug 2026

Lokeren sell Adnan Vanaken for $760.0K

Adnan Vanaken has left for Waasland-Beveren in a $760.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market31 Aug 2026

Youri Boyata moves on

Mouscron pay $620.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Samuel Fernandes in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lokeren this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match29 Aug 2026

Lois Vanaken the difference as Lokeren beat OH Leuven

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Lois Vanaken. 2‑1 against OH Leuven, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

One of those days for Samuel Fernandes

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.68, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief