Jérémy Doku
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jérémy Doku[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2][3] | 27 May 2002||
Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rennes | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
KVC Olympic Deurne | |||
Tubantia Borgerhout | |||
–2012 | Beerschot | ||
2012–2018 | Anderlecht | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Anderlecht | 34 | (5) |
2020– | Rennes | 15 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Belgium U15 | 5 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Belgium U16 | 10 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Belgium U17 | 16 | (6) |
2019– | Belgium U21 | 4 | (1) |
2020– | Belgium | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:31, 25 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:22, 14 October 2020 (UTC) |
Jérémy Doku (born 27 May 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes.
Club career
Early career
Doku began playing football at a young age in Antwerp for KVC Olympic Deurne and Tubantia Borgerhout, then he played for Beerschot.[5] Later on, he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2012 at the age of 10.[6] He made his professional debut with Anderlecht in a 4–2 Belgian First Division A loss to Sint-Truiden on 25 November 2018, at the age of 16.[7]
Rennes
On 5 October 2020, Doku signed for Rennes for five years, for €26 million in addition to bonuses.[8][9]
International career
Doku was born in Belgium and is of Ghanaian descent.[10] Doku represented the Belgium U17s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[11]
He made his first appearance for the Belgian national team on 5 September 2020 against Denmark in the UEFA Nations League. Three days later, he scored his first goal for the Belgian national team in a 5–1 win against Iceland.[12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 January 2021.[13]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Anderlecht | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 2 | |||
Total | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | ||
Rennes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Career total | 47 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 6 |
- ^ Includes Belgian Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 14 October 2020[14]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Belgium | 2020 | 5 | 1 |
Total | 5 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Doku goal.[14]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 September 2020 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Iceland | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A |
References
- ^ "Belgium - J. Doku - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Belgium - J. Doku - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Jéremy Doku - Belgium - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Belgium - J. Doku - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Dimitri Charles (9 September 2020). "HOE 'MADE IN ANDERLECHT' IS JÉRÉMY DOKU?". voetbalbelgie.be (in Dutch).
- ^ "Anderlecht Online - Doku a probablement le plus gros potentiel de Neerpede (présentation) (04 mai 18)". www.anderlecht-online.be.
- ^ "Sint-Truiden vs. Anderlecht - 25 November 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Official: Jérémy Doku signs for Rennes for €26m + bonuses". Get French Football News. 25 October 2020.
- ^ "JÉRÉMY DOKU EST ROUGE ET NOIR !". Stade Rennais (in French). 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Video: English giants Liverpool set to sign Ghanaian youngster Jeremy Doku". GhanaSoccernet.
- ^ "Nos -17 échouent en demi-finale - Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football-Association". www.belgianfootball.be.
- ^ "Belgium 5-1 Iceland: Red Devils top of group after rampant display". Goal.com. 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Jérémy Doku » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Jérémy Doku". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
External links
- Jérémy Doku at Soccerway
- UEFA Youth League Profile
- Belgian Football Profile
- Living people
- 2002 births
- Sportspeople from Antwerp
- Association football forwards
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium international footballers
- Belgium under-21 international footballers
- Belgium youth international footballers
- Belgian people of Ghanaian descent
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France