Steven Defour

Steven Defour ( born April 15, 1988 in Mechelen) is a Belgian football player. Since the summer of 2011, he is the Portuguese first division club FC Porto under contract. He is right-footed and versatile in the midfield.

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  • 2.2 Custom

Career

Association

Defour was as a junior player at Hombeek and at KV Mechelen. In 2002 he moved to the youth department of KRC Genk. Followed in 2004 than it was then sixteen years then the first use in the professional sector. For the following season Defour should succeed the breakthrough. After a third and a fourth place with Genk, the midfielder decided a change. Previously, however, there was a problem with his current employer, the Defour not let them go. With the help of a law of 1978, the all-rounder was able to solve his contract with Genk. In the summer of 2006, he signed a five -year contract with League competitor Standard Liege and was for the 2007/08 season, at the age of 19, determined to captain. He took over from Sérgio Conceição. After good performances during this season Defour was awarded at the end of the season the Golden Shoe, sparking Mbark Boussoufa from. He also led his team to first title since 1983. The following year, you could defend this success. End of 2009, the midfield all-rounder broke his right foot and fell out indefinitely. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson left him out a recovery case forward. For the new year he came back healthy. Shortly thereafter, in March, Defour extended his contract by two years until 2015.

In August 2011, he joined the Portuguese first division club FC Porto.

National

In May 2006, Defour made ​​his national team debut at the age of eighteen. In the friendly match on 11 May 2006 against Saudi Arabia, he was summoned by coach René Vandereycken in the starting lineup and replaced in the 89th minute only for Nicolas Lombaerts. The match was won 2-1. Henceforth he was appointed regularly to the squad of the Red Devils. On 3 September 2010 in the European Championship qualifier against Germany, he came off the bench with two different numbers on his jersey. On the chest was the (correct ) to see 15 on the back but the 14

Achievements

Association

  • 2 × Belgian champions Standard Liege with: 2008, 2009
  • 2 × Portuguese Cup: 2011/ 12, 2012/13
  • 1 × Portuguese Football Supercup: 2012

Individually

Portugal 2007–08 Belgian First Division Manchester United F.C. 2011–12 Primeira Liga 2012–13 Primeira Liga 2013–14 Primeira Liga Helton Arruda Danilo Luiz da Silva Maicon Pereira Roque Ricardo Quaresma Juan Fernando Quintero Diego Antonio Reyes Silvestre Varela Eliaquim Mangala Fernando Francisco Reges Alex Sandro Kelvin Mateus de Oliveira
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