 In the subsequent playoffs, he scored another eight goals which would help earn the team to promotion to the second tier.As a result, Sterchele was able to secure a transfer to the top division in Belgian football, the Jupiler League, when he joined Charleroi, where he was trained by Jacky Mathijssen, who would become a considerable influence in his development as a footballer.After just one year, he went to K.F.C.