-Testspiel_11._Juli_2017_24.jpg) Indy Boonen playing forManchester United againstFC Liefering on 11 July 2017. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Indy Zeb Boonen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-01-04)January 4, 1999 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium[2] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lokeren-Temse | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2015 | Genk | ||
| 2015–2018 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Oostende | 68 | (6) |
| 2024 | Panachaiki | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Lokeren-Temse | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Belgium U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Belgium U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Belgium U19 | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2018 | |||
Indy Zeb Boonen (born 4 January 1999) is a Belgian professionalfootballer who plays as awinger forChallenger Pro League clubLokeren-Temse.
Boonen began his career withGenk but was released in the summer of 2014. He signed a three-year contract with English clubManchester United as a 16-year-old in February 2015.[3] He trained with the first team on occasion, but rejected the club's offer of a new contract in 2018 and left to return to Belgium withK.V. Oostende that June.[4] He made his professional debut for Oostende in a 2–1Belgian First Division A win overRoyal Excel Mouscron on 28 July 2018, coming on as an injury-time substitute forRichairo Živković.[5] He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw away toS.V. Zulte Waregem on 1 December 2018. He finished the season with a total of three goals in 24 league appearances for the club.
Boonen played several months forSuper League Greece 2 clubPanachaiki during the first half of 2024, making four appearances. In June 2024, he returned to Belgium, signing withChallenger Pro League clubLokeren-Temse on a one-year contract with an option for an additional year.[6][7]
Boonen is the son of former professional footballerJacky Boonen. His brother Seppe is also a footballer, who most recently played forPatro Eisden.[8] Like Indy, Seppe spent time in Manchester United's youth academy. Seppe began his career as a goalkeeper, but has since changed to being a forward.