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Dries Mertens, Belgium footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Dries Mertens
Dries Mertens
Belgium
6 May 1987
winger
Dries Mertens is a Belgian former professional footballer who played either as a attacking-midfielder or winger. He is nicknamed \"Ciro\".

As a youth, Mertens played for Stade Leuven, Anderlecht and Gent, and made his debut on loan to Eendracht Aalst in the Belgian Third Division. In 2006, he moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn, where he spent three years before a €600,000 move to Utrecht of the Eredivisie. Two years later, Mertens and teammate Kevin Strootman were transferred to PSV Eindhoven for a combined fee of €13 million, and won the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield in 2012. In 2013, Mertens signed for Napoli for a €9.6 million fee, and went on to make nearly 400 appearances for the club. He won the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana in 2014, and was named in the Serie A Team of the Year during the 2016–17 season. In 2020, Mertens scored his 122nd goal for Napoli, surpassing Marek Hamšík as the club's all-time top goalscorer. In 2022, he joined Turkish side Galatasaray, and won three consecutive Süper Lig titles.

Mertens made his Belgium debut in 2011, and made over 100 appearances for the national team. He was part of the nation's squads at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, helping them to a third-place finish at the 2018 tournament. In 2016, he was named Belgian Footballer of the Year.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Mertens with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Dries Mertens
Date of birth: (1987-05-06) 6 May 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth: Leuven, Belgium
Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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⚽ Youth career:
1996–1998: Stade Leuven
1998–2003: Anderlecht
2003–2005: Gent
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007: Gent 0 (0)
2005–2006: → Eendracht Aalst (loan) 14 (4)
2006–2007: → AGOVV (loan) 35 (2)
2007–2009: AGOVV 73 (28)
2009–2011: Utrecht 69 (17)
2011–2013: PSV Eindhoven 62 (37)
2013–2022: Napoli 295 (113)
2022–2025: Galatasaray 100 (20)
Total: 648 (221)
⚽ International career:
2004: Belgium U17 4 (0)
2011–2022: Belgium 109 (21)

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