Rodney Kongolo

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Rodney Kongolo
Personnel
Surname Rodney Nkele Kongolo
birthday January 9, 1998
place of birth Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
size 187 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000–2014 Feyenoord Rotterdam
2014-2016 Manchester City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2015-2018 Manchester City U23 28 (5)
2017-2018 →  Doncaster Rovers  (loan) 35 (0)
2018– SC Heerenveen 35 (4)
2018-2019 SC Heerenveen II 13 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2013 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2013-2014 Netherlands U16 10 (0)
2014 Netherlands U17 4 (0)
2016-2017 Netherlands U19 11 (1)
2017-2018 Netherlands U20 5 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of April 18, 2020

2 As of April 18, 2020

Rodney Nkele Kongolo (born January 9, 1998 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch football player of Congolese descent who has been under contract with the honorary division SC Heerenveen since July 2018 . The midfielder is a former Dutch junior international. He is the younger brother of the national player Terence Kongolo .

Career

society

Rodney Kongolo, born in Rotterdam , started playing football at Feyenoord Rotterdam . His achievements for the U20 team of the stadium club aroused the interest of various international clubs and he was considered one of the most promising talents in the country. In March 2014 he joined the youth department of Manchester City and the Skyblues paid Feyenoord a training allowance of 450,000 euros. In July of the same year he signed his first professional contract with the first division club . In the 2015/16 season he played in the U23 team for the first time and was also regularly on the pitch for the U18. At the end of the 2016/17 season he led the Elite Development Squad , as the Citizens U23s are called, as captain on the pitch and was named Player of the Year for this selection. He did not succeed in making the final leap into the professional team and he was never supposed to play for the first team.

In order to gain match practice in men's football, Kongolo moved to third division Doncaster Rovers for six months on August 3, 2017 . He made his debut on August 5, 2017 (1st matchday) in a 0-0 draw against Gillingham FC when he came on for Matty Blair in the 70th minute of the game . Three days later, the starting midfielder in the League Cup match against Bradford City for the first time and scored the 3: 2 win away to score. He quickly established himself in the starting line-up and the Rovers extended the loan period until the end of the 2017/18 season . In the second half of the season he gradually slipped out of the starting line-up and ended the season with 35 league appearances, in which he remained without scoring.

On July 18, 2018, Kongolo moved to the Dutch honorary division SC Heerenveen for a transfer fee , where he signed a three-year contract. He played his first game on August 10, 2018 (1st matchday) in a 3-2 away win against PEC Zwolle , when he came on for Nemanja Mihajlović in the 57th minute . He did not manage to establish himself in the starting line-up during the 2018/19 season and therefore he often played in the reserve team. He was only used in nine first-team league games and made 13 appearances for the reserve, in which he scored a goal.

Under the new head coach Johnny Jansen , he made his breakthrough as a regular player in the following 2019/20 season. On October 19, 2019 (10th matchday) he scored his first goal for the Superfriezen in a 4-2 away win against AZ Alkmaar . During this season he played 26 league games, in which he was able to post four goals.

National team

Rodney Kongolo is of Congolese descent and therefore also for the national team of the national team of the Central African state.

In the spring of 2013, Rodney Kongolo played four internationals for the Dutch U15 national team . From October 2013 to May 2014 he worked ten times for the U16s . In autumn 2014, he played four games for the U17s . He then played seven times for the U18s until March 2016 .

He took part in his first international tournament with the U19 when he was nominated for the Jong Oranje squad for the 2017 U19 European Championship in Georgia . In the group stage he was used in all three games and scored the team's only goal in the 1-1 draw against Bulgaria . In the 0-1 semi-final defeat against Portugal , he was on the field for the full length of the game. In total, he was used in eleven games in which he scored a goal. From September 2017 to October 2018 he played five international matches for the U20s .

Personal

Rodney Kongolo's older brother, Terence, is also a professional soccer player and is central defender on the field . Like him, he comes from the youth work of Feyenoord Rotterdam, but unlike Rodney, he also played for the men's team and played over 100 competitive matches for them.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The next Koeman’s In: Internet Archive of March 26, 2013 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  2. ↑ Feyenoord aware of interest in teenage midfielder Rodney Kongolo In: Sky Sports from March 14, 2013 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  3. ↑ Manchester City Agree Deal To Sign Feyenoord Youngster Rodney Kongolo In: CaughtOffside, March 14, 2014 (accessed April 19, 2020)
  4. ↑ City swoop for Feyenoord starlet - reports In: Manchester Evening News of March 14, 2014 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  5. ↑ Young Blues sign up In: Manchester Evening News, July 3, 2014 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  6. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - performance data 2015/16 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  7. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - performance data 2016/17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  8. ↑ Four Man City youngsters win end-of-season awards In: Manchester Evening News, May 24, 2017 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  9. ↑ Tien spelers om op te letten in het nieuwe eredivisieseizoen In: FCUpdate.nl of August 6, 2018 (accessed on April 19, 2020)
  10. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - Performance data after competition In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 19, 2020)
  11. ↑ Issam Ben Khemis and Man City's Rodney Kongolo: Doncaster Rovers sign duo In: BBC, August 3, 2017 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  12. ↑ Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Gillingham In: BBC, August 5, 2017 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  13. ↑ Bradford City 2-3 Doncaster Rovers In: Sky Sports, August 8, 2017 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  14. ↑ a b Rodney Kongolo - performance data 2017/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  15. ↑ Kongolo looking to kick on In: Doncaster Rovers, January 5, 2018 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  16. ↑ sc Heerenveen versterkt zich met Rodney Kongolo In: SC Heerenveen from July 18, 2018 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  17. ↑ Manchester City midfielder Rodney Kongolo completes permanent move to Heerenveen In: Sky Sports from July 18, 2018 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  18. ↑ Strijdend sc Heerenveen minimaal 24 uur koploper na zege bij PEC Zwolle In: SC Heerenveen of August 10, 2018 (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  19. ↑ a b Rodney Kongolo - performance data 2018/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  20. ↑ a b Rodney Kongolo - performance data 19/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed June 25, 2020)
  21. ↑ AZ incasseert ongekende tik van Heerenveen In: Voetbal International from October 19, 2019 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  22. ↑ Rodney Kongolo: Le jeune néerlando-congolais va signer à Manchester City In: Africa Top Sports of March 14, 2014 (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  23. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - Netherlands U15 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  24. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - Netherlands U16 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  25. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - Netherlands U17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 18, 2020)
  26. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - Netherlands U18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  27. ↑ Definitieve selectie Oranje onder 19 voor ek in Georgië In: Ons Oranje from June 22, 2017 (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  28. ↑ a b Rodney Kongolo - Netherlands U19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 18, 2020)
  29. ↑ Netherlands 1-1 Bulgaria In: UEFA, July 9, 2017 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  30. ↑ Portugal 1-0 Netherlands In: UEFA, July 12, 2017 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  31. ↑ Profile of Rodney Kongolo In: Ons Oranje (accessed April 19, 2020)
  32. ↑ Rodney Kongolo - Netherlands U20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  33. ↑ De Feyenoord-belofte zit op de bank bij sc Heerenveen In: NRC Handelsblad of August 26, 2018 (accessed April 18, 2020)
  34. ↑ Kongolo: 'Mijn moeder wilde op een avond met me praten, ik was in shock' In: voetbalzone.nl of August 3, 2019 (accessed on April 18, 2020)
  35. ↑ Rodney Kongolo wil na leerjaar nu zijn kunsten set to music bij sc Heerenveen In: Friesch Dagblad from August 24, 2019 (accessed April 18, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Kongolo, Rodney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kongolo, Rodney Nkele (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam , Netherlands