Christian Benteke: career, achievements, photo

Christian Benteke is a professional football player. It is of Congolese origin. However, he is a member of the Belgian national team. For his career he changed many clubs and championships. The most firmly entrenched in the English championship.

Starting a professional career

Born Christian Benteke, photo of which is presented in the material, December 3, 1990 in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo). In connection with the military coup in the state in the mid-1990s, the family of the future football player was forced to flee political persecution in Belgium.

Christian Benteke is a football player who began to think about playing sports at a serious level at the age of 6. A real home for the player was the academy of the Pierrezes club in the city of Liege. As part of the team, the guy was until 2004, until he attracted the attention of scouts of "Standard", that he held the leading positions in the highest Belgian league. Footballer defended the colors of the club for 2 seasons. However, he was trusted only in the youth structure.

At the beginning of the 2006 season, Benteke was transferred to Genk. The professional contract between Christian and the club's management was signed in 2007. For several seasons the team's newcomer managed to reach the field 10 times in the first team and mark with one scored ball.

Quite mediocre results did not allow the young football player to gain a foothold in Genka. Therefore, in the 2009/2010 season, Christian Benteke returned to his first professional club - "Standard". Soon the football player, together with his teammates, won the title of champion of the country. Throughout the season, the striker appeared in the main team 11 times and scored 3 goals.

Then followed the lease of a football player in Kortrijk and Mechelen, after which he again found himself in the club "Genk". Pretty soon, the young football player firmly entrenched in the position of the main striker. According to the results of the 2011/2012 season, Christian Benteke was recognized as the best player by the fans of the team. The statistics of the talented football player only confirmed this honorary title. So, during the year's performance for "Genk" the player took part in 33 matches, in which he recorded 16 goals scored on his account. Achievement allowed Christian to make his own name in the list of the best scorers of the Belgian championship and draw the attention of scouts that represented the clubs from the advanced championships.

Performances in England

High performance during the game for "Genk" soon allowed Christian Bentek to move to Foggy Albion. In 2012, the player signed a contract with the English "Aston Villa".

The debut season in the new championship football player spent above all praise. In 39 matches for the new club, Bentek 23 times hit the gate rivals. This indicator did not submit to any other attacking team. However, the high performance of the player did not allow Aston Villa to significantly move up in the standings. At the end of the season 2012/2013 the team took only 15th position in the Premier League.

In 2015, the striker signed a contract with Liverpool. The agreement was designed for 5 years. However, at the end of the first for the Bentek season in the team, the former coach Brendan Rodgers was forced out of the team , who invariably trusted the player with a place in the first team. The new mentor Jurgen Klopp failed to find a common language with the attacker. So soon Christian was forced to look for a new job to continue his career as a football player.

Team Games

Bentek began to play for the youth national team at the international level at the age of 17. Until 2012, Christian was the main striker in various squads of youth teams of Belgium.

For the main team of the country, the striker made his debut on May 19, 2010, when the coaching staff released him for a substitute in a friendly match against Bulgaria. The first hammered ball in the adult team Christian Benteke was celebrated on August 15, 2012, striking the gates of the national team of Holland.

Continuation of career

This summer there were a lot of rumors about the supposed place for the continuation of the career of Christian Benteke. The difficulty with finding a new club for the player was Liverpool's unwillingness to sell it cheaply. In the end, the striker was able to sign the club Crystal Palace. According to official information, the management of the team from London had to pay a record 27 million pounds for the player.