Bjorn Engels

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Bjorn Engels
Bjorn Engels Club Brugge.jpg
Björn Engels (2014)
Personnel
birthday September 15, 1994
place of birth Kaprijke ,  Belgium
size 193 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
2000-2001 FC Kaprijke-Bentille
2001-2003 FC Lembeke
2003-2006 Sporting Lokeren
2006-2013 Club Bruges
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2013-2017 Club Bruges 80 (12)
2017-2019 Olympiacos Piraeus 17 0(3)
2018-2019 →  Stade Reims  (loan) 33 0(1)
2019– Aston Villa 15 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2011 Belgium U17 1 0(0)
2011 Belgium U18 1 0(0)
2012 Belgium U19 5 0(1)
2016 Belgium U21 2 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of February 4, 2020

Björn Engels (born September 15, 1994 in Kaprijke , Flanders ) is a Belgian football player who has been under contract with Aston Villa in the English Premier League since July 2019 .

Career

society

Engels began playing football at the age of six for his hometown club, FC Kaprijke-Bentille. After a year he moved to the youth team at FC Lembeke. In 2003 Engels came to the Sporting Lokeren youth center . After three years of developing as a defender there, the now eleven-year-old joined the youth team of Club Bruges in the summer of 2006 . Between 2006 and 2013 he went through all youth teams up to the U19. In 2013 he received his first professional contract with the club. He made his debut in the Pro League on the 1st matchday of the 2013/14 season in the away game against KV Ostend . In 2015 he won the Belgian Football Cup with Bruges . A year later he secured the championship with the club. In the summer of 2017 he moved to Olympiacos Piraeus . After only one season with 17 appearances, he was awarded to the first division promoted Stade Reims in France in August 2018 . He made his debut for Reims on matchday five in the starting line-up against FC Nantes . He played a total of 33 games in Ligue 1 and the management of Stade Reims were so satisfied that they used a purchase option for a permanent transfer in March 2019. Ultimately, Engels did not stay with the club, as it had also been agreed that in the event of an offer from the English Premier League he would be allowed to move "to the island" - also motivated by the origin of his partner from Liverpool. The contract was awarded the Movers Aston Villa , having been agreed to maintain silence on the amount of the transfer fee (estimated around eight million pounds).

National team

Engels was nominated for the youth national teams from 2011. On April 20, 2011 he played it his first and only time under coach Bob Browaeys for the Belgian U-17 national team . Half a year later he made his first appearance in the U-18 national team under coach Marc van Geersom . On August 8, 2012, Engels made his debut in the Belgian U-19 national team . Overall, he came to five missions for the U19. In 2016 he was in the squad for the Belgian senior team for the first time , but did not appear in the game against Portugal on March 29, 2016. In the autumn of the same year he played for the Belgian U21s . He scored his first goal in his first appearance, the U21 European Championship qualifier against Malta .

titles and achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KV Oostende vs. Club Bruges - August 4th 2013. In: de.soccerway.com. August 4, 2013, accessed November 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Belgian clubs doen onderling zaakjes, vertrekken nog enkele big names? In: nieuwsblad.be. August 30, 2017, accessed November 12, 2018 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Werder brings BVB icon - Bernat leaves Bavaria. In: t-online.de. September 12, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Dh.be: Björn Engels rejoint le Stade de Reims. In: dhnet.be. Retrieved November 12, 2018 (French).
  5. ↑ Björn Engels - performance data 18/19. In: transfermarkt.de . Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Ashley Preece: Done deal: Aston Villa to announce eighth summer signing as star trains at club's US base. In: birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e Björn Engels - national team. In: transfermarkt.de . Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Wilmots roept Engels, Thorgan Hazard en Guillaume Gillet op, geen Musonda. In: archief.sporza.be. Retrieved November 12, 2018 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ Portugal - Belgium, March 29, 2016 - Friendly Games - Match report. In: transfermarkt.de . Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Björn Engels - U-21 national team. In: transfermarkt.de . Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Engels, Bjorn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaprijke , Belgium