Charles De Ketelaere
De Ketelaere with AC Milan in 2022
Personal information
Full name Charles Marc S. De Ketelaere[1]
Date of birth (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Bruges, Belgium
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
(on loan from AC Milan)
Number 17
Youth career
2008–2019 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Club Brugge 90 (19)
2022– AC Milan 32 (0)
2023– → Atalanta (loan) 18 (3)
International career‡
2017 Belgium U16 4 (1)
2018 Belgium U17 1 (0)
2019 Belgium U19 6 (3)
2020–2023 Belgium U21 10 (1)
2020– Belgium 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Charles Marc S. De Ketelaere (born 10 March 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from AC Milan, and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Club Brugge

De Ketelaere joined Club Brugge at the age of 7, also working as a ball boy.[3] He also played tennis as a youth, but chose to pursue football.[3]

He made his senior debut on 25 September 2019, when he played the full game in the 2019–20 Belgian Cup matchup against Francs Borains.[4]

On 22 October 2019, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Paris Saint-Germain. He started the game and was substituted in the 57th minute with the score of 1–0 to Paris Saint-Germain, the game eventually ended with a 5–0 loss.[5] On 5 February 2020, he scored a goal in a 2–1 win against Zulte Waregem to reach the Belgian Cup final.[6]

On 20 October 2020, De Ketelaere scored the game winning goal in the 93rd minute to defeat Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 in the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[7]

AC Milan

On 2 August 2022, De Ketelaere joined Serie A club AC Milan on a contract until 30 June 2027.[8] Signed for a fee reported to be in the range of €35 million, De Ketelaere however failed to fulfill the initial expectations of the Rossoneri, scoring no goals throughout the entire season and making only nine league starts.[9]

Loan to Atalanta

On 16 August 2023, Atalanta formally confirmed the signing of De Ketelaere from AC Milan on a loan move with an option to buy.[10] On 20 August 2023, De Ketelaere came off the bench during Atalanta's Serie A match against Sassuolo, striking the crossbar before sealing his debut Serie A goal with a precise header.[11] The match ended 2–0 in Atalanta's favor.[12] On 21 September, De Ketelaere marked his presence by netting his first goal in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Raków Częstochowa, contributing to Atalanta's 2–0 victory.[13][14]

International career

De Ketelaere was called-up for his debut in November 2020 in the Belgium national team as a substitute in a loss to Switzerland.[15] On 10 October 2021, he scored his debut international goal in the Belgium third place playoff match loss to Italy for the Nations League, 2–1.[3] In a 2022 FIFA World Cup match against Morocco, De Ketelaere substituted Michy Batshuayi in the 75th minute.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 January 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club Brugge 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 13 1 6 1 6[b] 0 — 25 2
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 38 4 1 0 7[c] 2 — 46 6
2021–22 Belgian Pro League 39 14 3 4 6[d] 0 1[e] 0 49 18
Total 90 19 10 5 19 2 1 0 120 26
AC Milan 2022–23 Serie A 32 0 1 0 6[d] 0 1[f] 0 40 0
Atalanta (loan) 2023–24 Serie A 18 3 2 2 4[g] 2 — 24 7
Career total 141 22 13 7 29 4 2 0 184 33
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  6. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 16 October 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2020 1 0
2021 3 1
2022 7 0
2023 3 1
Total 14 2
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Ketelaere goal.[18]
List of international goals scored by Charles De Ketelaere
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 2021 Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy 2  Italy 1–2 1–2 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals
2 12 September 2023 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 13  Estonia 5–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification

Honours

Club Brugge

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Belgium (BEL)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Charles De Ketelaere". Club Brugge (in French). 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Is De Ketelaere Belgium's new De Bruyne?". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Francs Borains v Club Brugge game report". Soccerway. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Club Brugge v PSG game report". Soccerway. 22 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Club staat in de bekerfinale met dank aan gouden invaller De Ketelaere". sporza.be (in Dutch). 5 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Club Brugge stun wasteful Zenit with late winner". ESPN. 20 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Charles De Ketelaere joins AC Milan: official statement". AC Milan. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ "AC Milan flop De Ketelaere determined to redeem himself". Football Today. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  10. ^ "CHARLES DE KETELAERE IS AN ATALANTA PLAYER!". Atalanta BC. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  11. ^ "De Ketelaere scores less than 40 minutes into his Atalanta debut". OneFootball. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  12. ^ "De Ketelaere and Zortea seal victory over Sassuolo – Atalanta". Atalanta BC. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Atalanta seal 2-0 victory over Raków in Europa League opener". Atalanta BC. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Atalanta-Rakow 2-0: gol di De Ketelaere ed Ederson, Gasperini torna in Europa con una vittoria". la Repubblica (in Italian). 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Belgium 2–1 Switzerland". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  16. ^ "C. De Ketelaere". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  17. ^ Charles De Ketelaere at the Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Charles De Ketelaere". EU-Football.info. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Club Brugge is kampioen en Waasland-Beveren degradeert, 1A volgend seizoen met zestien ploegen én verkorte play-offs". www.hln.be (in dutch). Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Club Brugge completes hat trick of Belgian titles". AP News. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2". Soccerway. 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  22. ^ "De Ketelaere is Belofte van het Jaar en het smaakt naar meer: "Gouden Schoen? Ik weet niet of het haalbaar is"". www.hln.be (in dutch). Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Deniz Undav is Profvoetballer & Tessa Wullaert Profvoetbalster van het Jaar". SPORZA. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

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