- Christian Benteke
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Christian Benteke Personal information Full name Christian Benteke Date of birth 3 December 1990 Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club K.R.C. Genk Number 25 Youth career –2007 Standard Liège 2007–2008 Genk Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007–2008 Genk 10 (1) 2009–2011 Standard Liège 14 (3) 2009–2010 → Kortrijk (loan) 34 (14) 2010–2011 → Mechelen (loan) 18 (6) 2011– Genk National team‡ 2005–2007 Belgium U17 12 (7) 2008–2009 Belgium U19 8 (8) 2009– Belgium U21 2 (0) 2010– Belgium 3 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:59, 6 July 2010 (UTC)Christian Benteke (born 3 December 1990 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Belgian football player, he currently plays for K.R.C. Genk.
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Career
He transferred in September 2007 at the age of 16 from Standard Liège to K.R.C. Genk,[1] in the season 2007/2008 played 251 minutes, after two year by K.R.C. Genk, turned back to Standard Liège.[2] On 7 August 2008 KV Kortrijk have signed the forward on loan from Standard Liege for one season.[3] On 1 September 2010, KV Mechelen signed Christian Benteke on loan from Standard Liege for one season as part of the transfer of Aloys Nong, who moved from KV Mechelen to Standard Liège.
International
He was member for the Belgium U-17 team at 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic where he played 3 games and scored 1 goal.[4]
On 19 May 2010 he made his début for the national team in a friendly match against Bulgaria in Brussels after his former coach at Kortrijk, Georges Leekens, became national coach.
Honours
- Belgian First Division (1):
- 2008-09
References
- ^ Player Profile
- ^ http://article.wn.com/view/WNATb23a8af74ba369c45b1b97f597636c02/
- ^ Officiel : Benteke à Courtrai, Van Hout au Standard
- ^ Christian Benteke – FIFA competition record
External links
- Worldsoccerstats
- Stats
- Footgoal Profile
- Christian Benteke – FIFA competition record
- Christian Benteke – UEFA competition record
K.R.C. Genk – current squad 1 Sandomierski · 2 Masuero · 4 Joneleit · 5 Grimi · 6 Hubert · 7 Hyland · 8 Tőzsér · 9 Vossen · 11 Vanden Borre · 14 de Bruyne · 15 Camus · 16 Anele · 17 Simaeys · 18 Barda · 19 Buffel · 20 Nadson · 21 Dugary · 23 Sarr · 24 Durwael · 25 Benteke · 26 Köteles · 27 Nwanganga · 31 Ogunjimi · 32 Lentz · 33 Pudil · 35 Limbombe · -- Bakx · Manager: Been
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