Hervé Kage (born 10 April 1989) is a Congolese[1] footballer who plays for Belgian First Division B side Virton as winger.

Hervé Kage
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35)
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)
2007RKC Waalwijk (loan) 2 (0)
2008Union SG (loan) 14 (1)
2009–2013 Charleroi 88 (6)
2011Beitar Jerusalem (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014 Gent 43 (10)
2014–2015 Genk 22 (3)
2015–2020 Kortrijk 81 (15)
2018Karabükspor (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019Adana 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

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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

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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

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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

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Club

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Charleroi

National

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DR Congo

References

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  1. ^ "Foot- transfert: Hervé Kage à KV Courtrai". 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Hervé Kage évolue avec Waalwiijk". Archived from the original on 27 January 2007.
  3. ^ "Kage prêté par le RSCA à l'Union". Archived from the original on 5 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Officiel : Hervé Kage signe à Charleroi". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Hervé Kage rejoint à son tour l'Excelsior Virton !" (Press release) (in French). Virton. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  6. ^ "DR Congo Nations Cup squad finalised". BBC Sport.
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