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Thibaut Courtois
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Courtois lining up for Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois
Date of birth 11 May 1992 (1992-05-11) (age 28)
Place of birth Bree, Belgium
Height 1.99 m
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Real Madrid
Number 1
Youth career
1997–1999 Bilzen V.V.
1999–2009 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2011 Genk 41 (0)
2011–2018 Chelsea 126 (0)
2011–2014 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 111 (0)
2018– Real Madrid 67 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2011– Belgium 79 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:56, 24 October 2020 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2019

Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Belgium national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 October 2020
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genk 2008–09 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
2009–10 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010–11 40 0 1 0 — 3 0 — 44 0
Total 41 0 1 0 — 3 0 0 0 45 0
Atlético Madrid (loan) 2011–12 37 0 0 0 — 15 0 — 52 0
2012–13 37 0 8 0 — 1 0 — 46 0
2013–14 37 0 5 0 — 12 0 2 0 56 0
Total 111 0 13 0 — 28 0 2 0 154 0
Chelsea 2014–15 32 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 — 39 0
2015–16 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 30 0
2016–17 36 0 3 0 0 0 — — 39 0
2017–18 35 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 46 0
Total 126 0 7 0 3 0 16 0 2 0 154 0
Real Madrid 2018–19 27 0 1 0 — 5 0 2 0 35 0
2019–20 34 0 0 0 — 6 0 2 0 42 0
2020–21 6 0 0 0 — 1 0 0 0 7 0
Total 67 0 1 0 — 13 0 4 0 84 0
Total 345 0 22 0 3 0 59 0 8 0 437 0

International

As of 16 November 2019
Belgium
Year Apps Goals
2011 1 0
2012 6 0
2013 7 0
2014 13 0
2015 6 0
2016 14 0
2017 8 0
2018 15 0
2019 9 0
Total 79 0

Honours

Chelsea 2 Spurs 0 Capital One Cup winners 2015 (16507642678)
Courtois and Petr Čech lifting the 2015 League Cup trophy

Genk

Atlético Madrid

Chelsea

Real Madrid

Belgium

Individual

Chelsea 5 Sunderland 1 (34018011314)
Courtois (left) receiving the Premier League Golden Glove award following Chelsea's 5–1 win over Sunderland, 2017
  • Belgian Professional Goalkeeper of the Year: 2011
  • Belgian Bronze Shoe: 2011
  • La Liga Zamora Trophy: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2019–20
  • La Liga Goalkeeper of the Season: 2012–13
  • La Liga Player of the Month: January 2020
  • Best Belgian Player Abroad: 2013, 2014
  • ESM Team of the Year: 2013–14
  • UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14
  • FIFA FIFPro World11 2nd team: 2014, 2018
  • London Football Awards Goalkeeper of the Year: 2015
  • Belgian Sportsman of the year: 2014
  • Premier League Golden Glove: 2016–17
  • FIFA World Cup Golden Glove: 2018
  • FIFA World Cup Fantasy Team: 2018
  • FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2018
  • The Best FIFA Goalkeeper: 2018
  • IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 2018; runner-up 2014
  • IFFHS Men's World Team: 2018
  • UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2019–20
Belgium squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup
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 • Coach: Wilmots


Images for kids

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    Courtois with Genk during the 2010–11 season

  • Thibaut Courtois - 02

    Courtois playing for Atlético Madrid in 2013

  • Chelsea 2 QPR 1 (15066336874)

    Courtois playing for Chelsea in 2014

  • 2015 CHE PSG DSC02646 (16172587913)

    Courtois playing for Chelsea in 2015

  • FC RB Salzburg versus Real Madrid (Testspiel, 7. August 2019) 03

    Courtois playing for Real Madrid in 2019

  • The Belgium national team line-up before the match against Brazil, 6 July 2018

    Courtois (far left) with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

  • Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois making a save during the match against Brazil, 6 July 2018

    Courtois making a save during the quarter-final match v Brazil, which Belgium won 2–1

  • Serbia vs Belgium 2012

    Belgium defend against a Serbian corner during a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

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