Hervé Kage (born 10 April 1989) is a Congolese[1] footballer who plays for Belgian First Division B side Virton as winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Virton | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | FC ASSE–Zellik 2002 | ||
| 2004–2006 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Anderlecht | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Union SG (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2009–2013 | Charleroi | 88 | (6) |
| 2011 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Gent | 43 | (10) |
| 2014–2015 | Genk | 22 | (3) |
| 2015–2020 | Kortrijk | 81 | (15) |
| 2018 | → Karabükspor (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Adana Demirspor (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2021 | Swift Hesperange | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Botoșani | 14 | (3) |
| 2022– | Virton | 27 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004 | Belgium U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Belgium U18 | 9 | (4) |
| 2009 | Belgium U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | DR Congo U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2017 | DR Congo | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2017 | |||
Career
Kage began his career in the youth side with FC ASSE-Zellik 2002 and was in summer 2004 scouted from Anderlecht. On 24 January 2007 left Anderlecht and joined on loan to Eredivisie team Waalwijk.[2] After only two games with Waalwijk in the half-year that he was there, Kage returned to Anderlecht. On 31 January 2008, he was loaned out to farm team Union SG.[3]
After few years with Anderlecht, Kage signed a two years contract on 17 June 2009 with Charleroi.[4]
Before signing a contract at Gent in January 2013 Kage was loaned out to Beitar Jerusalem in 2011.
In July 2014 he joined Genk.
On 29 January 2022, Kage returned to Belgium and signed with Virton.[5]
International
Kage was member of the DR Congo national under-23 football team, and later a part of the DR Congo national football team at the 2015 African Cup of Nations. Kage debuted for DR Congo in an friendly against Cameroon on 7 January 2015.
International stats
- As of matches played 5 January 2017.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
Charleroi
National
DR Congo
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015[6]
References
External links
- Footgoal Profile
- Hervé Kage at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Hervé Kage at Soccerway