Naim Van Attenhoven
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Naïm-Nhour Jan Van Attenhoven | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crossing Schaerbeek | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brussels | |||
| Mechelen | |||
| 2013–2014 | PSV | ||
| 2014–2016 | OH Leuven | ||
| 2016–2019 | Charleroi | ||
| 2019–2020 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2020 | → Charleroi (loan) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Ninove | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Valenciennes B | 8 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Union Namur | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Crossing Schaerbeek | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Belgium U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Belgium U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Niger U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | Niger U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Niger | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 October 2023 | |||
Naïm-Nhour Jan Van Attenhoven (born 31 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian National Division 1 club Crossing Schaerbeek and the Niger national team. Born in Belgium, he represented them at youth level before switching his allegiance to Niger.
Van Attenhoven is a former youth team player of several Belgian clubs and Dutch club PSV. In May 2020, he joined the youth academy of Anderlecht.[1] In January 2022, his contract with the club was terminated as per mutual agreement.[2]
After spending six months as a free agent, Van Attenhoven joined newly promoted Belgian National Division 1 club Ninove in July 2022.[3]
International career
Van Attenhoven is eligible to represent both Belgium and Niger at international level. He is a former Belgian youth international and has played in friendlies for the Belgium under-17 team.[4]
In March 2021, Van Attenhoven received his maiden call-up to the Niger national team for Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Ivory Coast and Madagascar.[5] He made his senior team debut on 9 June 2021 in a 1–0 friendly defeat against Congo.[6][7] He also played for the Niger under-20 team at the 2021 Arab Cup U-20 the same month.[8]
Personal life
Van Attenhoven was born in Belgium to a Belgian father and a Nigerien mother.[5] He is the nephew of former Nigerien international footballer Ibrahim Tankary.[9]