Hervé Kage

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)
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

• Belgian Second Division: 2011–12

National

DR Congo

• Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015^[6]

References

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.

External links

• Footgoal Profile
• Hervé Kage at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Hervé Kage at Soccerway