Dion Cools is a defender born in Malaysia and raised in Belgium. He developed with OH Leuven and Club Brugge, winning Belgian league honours with Brugge before playing for Midtjylland, Zulte Waregem, Jablonec and Buriram United. Cools represented Belgium at youth level but later chose Malaysia at senior international level, becoming an important national-team defender. He joined Cerezo Osaka after experience in several European leagues and Southeast Asian club football.


