Robin Mantel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robin Mantel | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Brasschaat, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heracles Almelo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | KV Turnhout | ||
| 2015–2017 | AS Verbroedering Geel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | ASV Geel | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | KSC Lokeren | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Helmond Sport | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Heracles Almelo | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 March 2025 | |||
Robin Mantel (born 15 November 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Heracles Almelo.[1]
Career
Mantel played in the youth academies of KV Turnhout and AS Verbroedering Geel. During the 2017–18 season, he made fifteen appearances for Geel in the Belgian First Amateur Division. After the season, he joined KSC Lokeren, where he served as a reserve goalkeeper and did not make a first-team appearance.
After the club went bankrupt in 2020, Mantel maintained his fitness with THES Sport before joining Helmond Sport on an amateur basis.[2] He made his professional debut for Helmond Sport on 7 May 2021 in a 1–1 home draw against TOP Oss. Mantel eventually made three appearances for the club. On 10 November 2023, he came on as a substitute after an injury to Wouter van der Steen, and on 16 February 2024 he started and completed a match against De Graafschap.
In June 2024, Mantel joined Heracles Almelo in the Eredivisie.[3] He serves as third-choice goalkeeper behind Fabian de Keijzer and Timo Jansink.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| AS Verbroedering Geel | 2017–18 | First Amateur Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| KSC Lokeren | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Belgian First Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Helmond Sport | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Heracles Almelo | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ "Soccerway profile". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ Ottens, Chris (24 September 2020). "Helmond Sport haalt boomlange Belgische doelman en buitenspeler met NEC-verleden". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Heracles Almelo contracteert doelman Robin Mantel". Heracles Almelo (in Dutch). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.