belgian association football player
Jérémy Doku ( yield 27 May 2002 ) is a belgian professional football player who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 clubhouse Rennes and the Belgium national team .

Club career [edit ]

Anderlecht [edit ]

Doku began playing football at a young age in Antwerp for KVC Olympic Deurne and Tubantia Borgerhout, then he played for Beerschot. [ 3 ] Later on, he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2012 at the age of 10. [ 4 ] He made his professional introduction with Anderlecht in a 4–2 Belgian First Division A loss to Sint-Truiden on 25 November 2018, at the age of 16. [ 5 ]

Rennes [edit ]

On 5 October 2020, Doku signed for Rennes for five years, for €26 million in addition to bonuses. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]

International career [edit ]

Doku was born in Belgium and is of ghanaian descent. [ 8 ] Doku represented the Belgium U17s at the 2018 UEFA european Under-17 Championship. [ 9 ] He made his first appearance for the belgian national team on 5 September 2020 against Denmark in the UEFA Nations League. Three days late, he scored his first finish for the belgian national team in a 5–1 win against Iceland. [ 10 ]

In the UEFA Euro 2020, held in June 2021, Doku was one of the substitutes for the belgian national team in their group degree match against Denmark, and was included in the starting line-up for the subsequent game against Finland ; he was again named to the starting 11 for Belgium ‘s quarter-final loss against Italy .

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 22 August 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Anderlecht 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 21 3 3 1 — 24 4
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 7 2 — — 7 2
Total 34 5 3 1 0 0 37 6
Rennes 2020–21 Ligue 1 30 2 1 0 6[b] 0 37 2
2021–22 Ligue 1 5 1 0 0 1[c] 0 4 0
Total 33 2 1 0 7 0 41 2
Career total 67 7 4 1 7 0 78 8

International [edit ]

As of match played 2 July 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2020 5 1
2021 5 1
Total 10 2

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Belgium’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Doku goal.[12]

References [edit ]