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Ritchie De Laet
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Belgian association football player
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Ritchie De Laet, born Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet in Antwerp on 28 November 1988, is a Belgian association football player. A full-back wearing squad number 2, he began his career in 2006 and has played for Manchester United F.C., Portsmouth F.C., Preston North End F.C., and Wrexham A.F.C. in the Premier League and the Football League Championship, including the 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2011-12 Premier League seasons and the 2010-11 Football League Championship. He speaks Dutch.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1947-07-12
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- 2008
- → Wrexham (loan)
- 2009
- Belgium U21
- 2010
- → Sheffield United (loan)
- 2011
- → Portsmouth (loan)
- 2016
- → Middlesbrough (loan)
- 2018
- → Royal Antwerp (loan)
- Full name
- Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet
- Date of birth
- ( 1988-11-28 ) 28 November 1988 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Antwerp , Belgium
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Defender
- 1994 1998
- KSK Hoboken
- 1998 1999
- Mechelen
- 1999 2004
- KSK Hoboken
- 2004 2005
- KFCO Wilrijk
- 2005 2006
- Royal Antwerp
- Years
- Team
- 2006 2007
- Royal Antwerp
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Right-Back
- Nationality
- Belgium
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfons
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Antwerp
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- 2009–10 Football League Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Royal Antwerp F.C.
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Ritchie De Laet - Portsmouth.jpg
- Height
- 186
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- Commons category
- Ritchie De Laet
- date of birth
- 1988-11-28
- sport number
- 2
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- birth name
- Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet
- name in native language
- Ritchie De Laet
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪtɕi də ˈlaːt]; born 28 November 1988) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
De Laet played for various youth teams before joining the Royal Antwerp youth academy, where he was eventually picked up by Stoke City in 2007. Two years later, De Laet was signed by Premier League champions Manchester United where he mainly appeared for the reserves besides being sent on loan spells. In 2012, he joined Leicester City where he played more consistently and was part of the historic team winning the 2015–16 Premier League. He then had a three-year stint with Aston Villa, before returning to Royal Antwerp in 2019 where he won the domestic double.
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