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| '''Steven Defour''' (born 15 April 1988 in ]) is a ] ] who plays for ]. He is well known for his playmaking ability and vision. | '''Steven Defour''' (born 15 April 1988 in ]) is a ] ] who plays for ]. He is well known for his playmaking ability and vision. His hobby is having cam to cam conversations with ever banega and sharing there happiness, trying to stop vandalism of wikipedia, thinking he is some kind of cyber warrior or something. and showing juan roman riquelme the sights of the city of liverpool in there umbro tracksuits. | ||
| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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| Personal information | |||
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| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
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| Current team | Standard Liege | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2009 | |||
Steven Defour (born 15 April 1988 in Mechelen) is a Belgian footballer who plays for boca juniors. He is well known for his playmaking ability and vision. His hobby is having cam to cam conversations with ever banega and sharing there happiness, trying to stop vandalism of wikipedia, thinking he is some kind of cyber warrior or something. and showing juan roman riquelme the sights of the city of liverpool in there umbro tracksuits.
Career
After playing youth football at Hombeek and KV Mechelen, Defour had been with Genk since 2002. His first-team debut was as a substitute in the 2004–05 season but his big breakthrough came the next season, when the 17 year old showed himself a player able to deploy his skills in the interest of the whole team, creating opening with his astute passing. Now Defour is on a five-year contract at Standard, learning from Portuguese star Sérgio Conceição and Milan Rapaić in the 2006–07 season. For the 2007–08 season, despite being only 21 years old, the right-sided Belgian international is now Standard's captain.
During the 2007–08 season Defour received the Golden Shoe, the official award for most valuable player in the Belgian League, of the year 2007. The form that won him this award would continue as Defour led Standard to the Jupiler League title, for the first time in 25 years.
International career
Since making his international debut for Belgium against Saudi Arabia on 11 May 2006 he also has become a regular choice for national coach René Vandereycken.
Awards and Honours
Club
Individual
- Man of the Season - Most regular Standardman of the season (votes after every match on the official website)
- Trophy Scharlaken UGH - Standardman of the season presented by fan club Les Rouches des Flandres in cooperation with the official website
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded bySérgio Conceição | Standard Liège Captain 2007–present |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Standard Liège – current squad | |
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