Naïm-Nhour Jan Van Attenhoven (born 31 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian National Division 1 club Crossing Schaerbeek and the Niger national team. Born in Belgium, he represented them at youth level before switching his allegiance to Niger.
Van Attenhoven is a former youth team player of several Belgian clubs and Dutch club PSV. In May 2020, he joined the youth academy of Anderlecht. In January 2022, his contract with the club was terminated as per mutual agreement.
After spending six months as a free agent, Van Attenhoven joined newly promoted Belgian National Division 1 club Ninove in July 2022.
Van Attenhoven is eligible to represent both Belgium and Niger at international level. He is a former Belgian youth international and has played in friendlies for the Belgium under-17 team.
In March 2021, Van Attenhoven received his maiden call-up to the Niger national team for Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Ivory Coast and Madagascar. He made his senior team debut on 9 June 2021 in a 1âÂÂ0 friendly defeat against Congo. He also played for the Niger under-20 team at the 2021 Arab Cup U-20 the same month.
Van Attenhoven was born in Belgium to a Belgian father and a Nigerien mother. He is the nephew of former Nigerien international footballer Ibrahim Tankary.