Tuur Rommens

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Date of birth (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Oud-Turnhout, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Left-back
Tuur Rommens
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Oud-Turnhout, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
Rangers
Number 25
Youth career
FC Zwaneven [nl]
Westerlo
Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Genk 1 (0)
2022–2023 Jong Genk 31 (1)
2023–2026 Westerlo 77 (1)
2026– Rangers 6 (1)
International career
2020 Belgium U17 1 (0)
2021–2022 Belgium U19 10 (1)
2022 Belgium U20 1 (0)
2023– Belgium U21 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:30, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Tuur Rommens (born 26 March 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.[1]

Born and raised in Oud-Turnhout, in the Flemish province of Antwerp, Rommens joined Genk's academy from Westerlo when he was nine.[2]

Club career

Rommens was a regular with Genk under-19s, since the 2019–20 Youth League, eventually captaining his side during the 2021–22 edition, as well as the reserve team for that season.[2][3]

Having signed his first professional contract with Genk in February 2020,[4][5][6] he signed an extension at the end of April 2021, until mid-2024.[7]

Rommens made his first team debut on 27 October 2021 coming on as a halftime substitute for Gerardo Arteaga, during the 6–0 away cup win against Sint-Eloois-Winkel.[8][9] He made his league debut for Genk on 16 December 2021, replacing Simen Juklerød at the end of a 4–2 home win against Sporting Charleroi.[10][11][12]

On 4 July 2023, Rommens signed a four-year contract with Westerlo.[13]

After 2 and a half years at Westerlo, Rommens left the club to join Scottish Premiership club Rangers.[14]

International career

Already a Belgium under-17 international,[4][6] Rommens played with the under-19 in 2021, scoring his first goal with the team on 10 November 2021, during a Euro qualifier game against Azerbaijan,[15] having become a regular starter for the team at left-back,[16] before eventually captaining the Belgian side during the qualifying game against Javi Serrano's Spain.[17]

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