Dion Cools
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Cools playing for Malaysia in 2025. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dion-Johan Chai Cools | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Kuching, Malaysia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back / Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cerezo Osaka | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2005 | Tempo Overijse | ||
| 2005–2010 | OH Leuven | ||
| 2010–2011 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2011–2013 | OH Leuven | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | OH Leuven | 26 | (0) |
| 2015–2020 | Club Brugge | 81 | (7) |
| 2020–2022 | Midtjylland | 38 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Zulte Waregem (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Jablonec | 8 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Buriram United | 62 | (4) |
| 2025– | Cerezo Osaka | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Belgium U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Belgium U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2016–2019 | Belgium U21 | 18 | (4) |
| 2021– | Malaysia | 32 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Dion-Johan Chai Cools (born 4 June 1996) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays either as a full-back or centre-back for J.League club Cerezo Osaka and captains the Malaysia national team.
Cools was raised in Belgium, and represented that country at youth level with 28 caps, but later chose to play for his native Malaysia, and made his senior debut on 3 June 2021.