Hervé Kage (born 10 April 1989) is a Congolese[1] footballer who plays for Belgian First Division B side Virton as winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Virton | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | FC ASSE–Zellik 2002 | ||
| 2004–2006 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Anderlecht | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Union SG (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2009–2013 | Charleroi | 88 | (6) |
| 2011 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Gent | 43 | (10) |
| 2014–2015 | Genk | 22 | (3) |
| 2015–2020 | Kortrijk | 81 | (15) |
| 2018 | → Karabükspor (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Adana Demirspor (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2021 | Swift Hesperange | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Botoșani | 14 | (3) |
| 2022– | Virton | 27 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004 | Belgium U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Belgium U18 | 9 | (4) |
| 2009 | Belgium U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | DR Congo U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2017 | DR Congo | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2017 | |||
Career
editKage began his career in the youth side with FC ASSE-Zellik 2002 and was in summer 2004 scouted from Anderlecht. On 24 January 2007 left Anderlecht and joined on loan to Eredivisie team Waalwijk.[2] After only two games with Waalwijk in the half-year that he was there, Kage returned to Anderlecht. On 31 January 2008, he was loaned out to farm team Union SG.[3]
After few years with Anderlecht, Kage signed a two years contract on 17 June 2009 with Charleroi.[4]
Before signing a contract at Gent in January 2013 Kage was loaned out to Beitar Jerusalem in 2011.
In July 2014 he joined Genk.
On 29 January 2022, Kage returned to Belgium and signed with Virton.[5]
International
editKage was member of the DR Congo national under-23 football team, and later a part of the DR Congo national football team at the 2015 African Cup of Nations. Kage debuted for DR Congo in an friendly against Cameroon on 7 January 2015.
International stats
edit- As of matches played 5 January 2017.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
Honours
editClub
editCharleroi
National
editDR Congo
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015[6]
References
edit- ^ "Foot- transfert: Hervé Kage à KV Courtrai". 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Hervé Kage évolue avec Waalwiijk". Archived from the original on 27 January 2007.
- ^ "Kage prêté par le RSCA à l'Union". Archived from the original on 5 April 2008.
- ^ "Officiel : Hervé Kage signe à Charleroi". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Hervé Kage rejoint à son tour l'Excelsior Virton !" (Press release) (in French). Virton. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "DR Congo Nations Cup squad finalised". BBC Sport.
External links
edit- Footgoal Profile
- Hervé Kage at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Hervé Kage at Soccerway
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