Dries Mertens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dries Mertens

Belgian association football player

Date of Birth: 06-May-1987

Place of Birth: Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Dries Mertens

  • Dries Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: ['dris 'm?rt?(n)s], born 6 May 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Italian club Napoli and the Belgium national team. As a youth, Mertens played for Stade Leuven, Anderlecht and Gent, and made his debut on loan to Eendracht Aalst in the Belgian Third Division.
  • In 2006, he moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn, where he spent three years before a €600,000 move to Utrecht of the Eredivisie.
  • Two years later he and teammate Kevin Strootman were transferred to PSV Eindhoven for a combined fee of €13 million, and won the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield in 2012.
  • In 2013, Mertens signed for Napoli for a €9.6 million fee and has since made over 200 appearances for the club.
  • He won the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana in 2014, and was named in the Serie A Team of the Year during the 2016–17 season. Mertens made his Belgium debut in 2011 and has since made over 80 appearances for the national team.
  • He was also part of the nation's squads at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, helping them to a third-place finish at the latter tournament.
  • In 2016, he was named Belgian Footballer of the Year.

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