Jérémy Doku

Jérémy Doku

Doku with Anderlecht in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jérémy Doku[1]
Date of birth	(2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 19)[1][2]
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Rennes
Number	18
Youth career
	KVC Olympic Deurne
	Tubantia Borgerhout
0000–2012	Beerschot
2012–2018	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Anderlecht	34	(5)
2020–	Rennes	30	(2)
National team‡
2017	Belgium U15	5	(2)
2017–2018	Belgium U16	10	(3)
2018–2019	Belgium U17	16	(6)
2019–	Belgium U21	4	(1)
2020–	Belgium	10	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:37, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Jérémy Doku (born 27 May, 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Anderlecht

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 debut 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

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

International career

Doku was born in Belgium and is of Ghanaian descent (from the Greater Accra Region).^[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 later, he scored his first goal for the Belgian national team in a 5–1 win against Iceland.^[10]

In the UEFA Euro 2020, held in June 2021, he was one of the substitutes for the Belgian national team in the match against Denmark and was in the starting line-up for the next game against Finland; Subsequently, in a match against Italy, he appeared again in the starting 11.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 May 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
Career total			64	7	4	1	6	0	74	8

International

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

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

List of international goals scored by Jérémy Doku

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	8 September 2020	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Iceland	5–1	5–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	[13]
2	30 March 2021	Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium	Belarus	4–0	8–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[14]

References

External links

• Jérémy Doku at Soccerway
• UEFA Youth League Profile
• Belgian Football Profile