Young Honduran-Belgian Defender Picks Belgium Over Honduras

Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 30, 2026 · Originally reported October 30, 2026 by Once Noticias

Víctor Vandenbroucke, a 17-year-old defender at Belgium's Genk with Honduran roots through his mother, has turned down a Honduras call-up and said he intends to play for Belgium's national team, citing his decade in the country and his emotional ties there.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Once Noticias, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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