Mousa Dembélé (Belgian)

Not to be confused with Moussa Dembélé (French).

General

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Mousa Dembélé
Personal information
Full name:	Mousa Sidi Yaya Dembélé
Date of birth:	16 July 1987 (1987-07-16)
Place of birth:	Wilrijk, Belgium
Height:	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position:	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number:	19
Youth clubs
2003–2004	Germinal Beerschot
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2010 2010–2012 2012–2019 2019-2022	Germinal Beerschot Willem II AZ Fulham Tottenham Hotspur Guangzhou City	020 00(1) 033 00(9) 118 0(24) 062 00(5) 181 00(7) 45 00(1)
National team
2002–2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2006 2006–	Belgium U16 Belgium U17 Belgium U18 Belgium U19 Belgium	003 00(0) 006 00(1) 001 00(1) 012 00(3) 076 00(5)

Mousa Dembélé (born Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembélé; 16 July 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Belgium national team, for whom he has achieved over 70 caps. He is regarded as one of the best box-to-box midfielders in Europe due to his excellent dribbling skills and ability to maintain possession.

Dembélé started his career at Belgian Pro League team Germinal Beerschot before spells at Eredivisie sides Willem II and AZ in the Netherlands. He won the league title and the Johan Cruyff Shield with the latter in 2009. Dembélé transferred to Premier League side Fulham in 2010 before joining current club Tottenham for a fee of £15 million in August 2012. He was ranked 91st in The Guardian's list of the 100 best current footballers in 2012.

Honours

Clubs

• AZ

• Eredivisie (1): 2008–09
• Johan Cruijff Shield (1): 2009

External links

• Mousa Dembélé at tottenhamhotspur.com
• Moussa Dembélé profile at Soccerbase
• Mousa Dembélé (Belgian) at National-Football-Teams.com
• Belgium Stats at Belgian FA
• Premier League profile

Belgium – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals

1. Courtois 2. Alderweireld 3. Vermaelen 4. Kompany (c) 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne 8. Fellaini 9. Lukaku 10. Hazard 11. Mirallas 12. Mignolet 13. Bossut 14. Mertens 15. Van Buyten 16. Defour 17. Origi 18. Lombaerts 19. Dembélé 20. Januzaj 21. Vanden Borre 22. Chadli 23. Ciman Manager:   Marc Wilmots

Belgium – UEFA Euro 2016 – Quarter-finals

1. Courtois 2. Alderweireld 3. Vermaelen 4. Nainggolan 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne 8. Fellaini 9. R. Lukaku 10. Hazard 11. Carrasco 12. Mignolet 13. Gillet 14. Mertens 15. Denayer 16. Meunier 17. Origi 18. Kabasele 19. Dembélé 20. Benteke 21. J. Lukaku 22. Batshuayi 23. Ciman Manager:   Marc Wilmots

Belgium – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Third place

1. Courtois 2. Alderweireld 3. Vermaelen 4. Kompany 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne 8. Fellaini 9. Lukaku 10. E. Hazard (c) 11. Carrasco 12. Mignolet 13. Casteels 14. Mertens 15. Meunier 16. T. Hazard 17. Tielemans 18. Januzaj 19. Dembélé 20. Boyata 21. Batshuayi 22. Chadli 23. Dendoncker Manager:   Roberto Martínez