Fadel Gobitaka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fadel Gobitaka | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RAAL La Louvière | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2010 | Gosselies Sports[1] | ||
| 2010–2013 | Charleroi | ||
| 2013–2015 | Standard Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Standard Liège | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | ASV Geel | 25 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | Roda JC | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Differdange 03 | 11 | (1) |
| 2021– | RAAL La Louvière | 58 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Togo U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2018 | |||
Fadel Gobitaka (born 16 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays for Belgian National Division 1 club RAAL La Louvière. He plays as a forward.[2] Born in Belgium, he has represented Togo at youth international level.
Club career
[edit]Gobitaka is a youth exponent from Standard Liège. On 27 December 2015, he made his Belgian Pro League debut with Standard Liège against Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz.[3]
In the summer 2019, he joined Dutch club Roda JC Kerkrade and was in the first place registered for the Jong-squad.[4] However, he played two games for Roda in the Eerste Divisie. In May 2020 it was confirmed, that Gobitaka would join FC Differdange 03 from the 2020–21 season.[5]
On 1 September 2021, Gobitaka joined RAAL La Louvière on a one-year deal.[6] After promotion to the Belgian National Division 1 was secured, he signed a contract extension until 2023.[7]
International career
[edit]Gobitaka was born in Belgium and is of Togolese descent. Gobitaka made his professional debut for the Togo U23s in a 5–0 friendly loss to the Ivory Coast U23s on 37 March 2018.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Foot (Charleroi): Fadel Gobitaka, le Standarman qui fait la fierté de Gosselies, sudinfo.be, 29 December 2015
- ^ "Belgium – F. Gobitaka – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Standard Liège vs. Mouscron – 27 December 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ RODA JC KERKRADE LIJDT KLEINE NEDERLAAG TEGEN FC EINDHOVEN, odajckerkrade.nl, 2 August 2019
- ^ Gobitaka Fadel moves to Luxembourg[permanent dead link], kick442.com, 25 May 2020
- ^ Lefebvre, Bertand (1 September 2021). "D2: la RAAL plutôt que La Louvière Centre pour Gobitaka: Le projet m'a convaincu". Sudinfo (in French). Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Malice, Florent (1 July 2022). "La RAAL prolonge l'un de ses hommes forts, ancien du Standard". Walfoot (in French). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Foot-Amical/Les U23 du Togo s'inclinent devant la sélection olympique de la côte d'ivoire 5–0 – AFRICA TALENTS". africa-talents.com.
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Sint-Agatha-Berchem
- Men's association football forwards
- Togolese men's footballers
- Togo men's youth international footballers
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian people of Togolese descent
- Black Belgian sportspeople
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Standard Liège players
- A.S. Verbroedering Geel players
- Roda JC Kerkrade players
- FC Differdange 03 players
- RAAL La Louvière players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Belgian National Division 1 players
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- Footballers from Brussels