Ritchie De Laet

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Ritchie De Laet
Ritchie De Laet-Carrington,April2010.jpg
De Laet in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet[1]
Date of birth (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
(on loan from Leicester City)
Number 5
Youth career
1994–1998 KSK Hoboken
1998–1999 Mechelen
1999–2004 KSK Hoboken
2004–2005 KFCO Wilrijk
2005–2006 Royal Antwerp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Royal Antwerp 4 (0)
2007–2009 Stoke City 0 (0)
2008 → Wrexham (loan) 3 (0)
2009–2012 Manchester United 3 (0)
2010 → Sheffield United (loan) 6 (0)
2010 → Preston North End (loan) 5 (0)
2011 → Portsmouth (loan) 22 (0)
2011–2012 → Norwich City (loan) 6 (1)
2012– Leicester City 115 (4)
2016– → Middlesbrough (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2009 Belgium U21 4 (0)
2009 Belgium 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:13, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:13, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪtʃi də ˈlaːt], born 28 November 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Middlesbrough, on loan from Premier League club Leicester City.

Club career

Stoke City

Born in Antwerp, De Laet began his career at Belgian club Royal Antwerp.[1] On 17 August 2007, he signed a three-year contract with Championship club Stoke City for an initial £100,000 fee.[3] In July 2008, De Laet joined Bournemouth on trial and played his first game in a friendly against Portsmouth, a 4–1 defeat. However, he later returned to Stoke. In October 2008, he joined Wrexham of the Conference National on a one-month loan deal, making his debut in a 2–0 victory over Lewes in the league. He made three appearances during his time at the club before his loan spell was terminated in order for him to undergo a hernia operation.[4]

Manchester United

Ritchie De Laet (front), with Darron Gibson, at Manchester United vs Birmingham City on 16 August 2009

On 8 January 2009, De Laet was signed by Premier League champions Manchester United on a three-year contract. The fee to be paid by Manchester United depended on appearances.[5] After joining United, De Laet played exclusively for the club's reserve team. In March 2009, De Laet was named as one of five over-age players in the Manchester United under-18 squad for the Torneo Calcio Memorial Claudio Sassi-Sassuolo; he played in three of the five matches, and scored a penalty in the 5–3 semi-final shootout win over Modena to take the Red Devils into the final, in which they beat Ajax 1–0.[6] De Laet made his first appearance for the Manchester United first team on 24 May 2009, when he was named at left back for the last game of the 2008–09 Premier League season against Hull City.[7] In the 2009–10 season, De Laet featured in the League Cup, coming on as a substitute against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Barnsley in the Third and Fourth Rounds and starting against Tottenham Hotspur in the Fifth. Despite a defensive injury crisis in November 2009, Alex Ferguson preferred to bring midfielder Michael Carrick on for Gary Neville ahead of De Laet, after the United captain suffered a groin strain in the next league match away to West Ham on 5 December. He then played his first league game of the 2009–10 season on 15 December against Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played his second league game against Fulham on 19 December which ended in a 3–0 defeat. On 4 May 2010, he was voted as the Reserve Team Player of the Year, beating Oliver Gill and Magnus Eikrem to the award.[8]

In September 2010, De Laet joined Championship side Sheffield United on a 30-day emergency loan deal after the Blades suffered a defensive injury crisis, with both Chris Morgan and Robert Kozluk ruled out for several weeks.[9] De Laet returned to Old Trafford at the end of his month having made six appearances for the Blades.[10]

De Laet playing for Portsmouth in 2011

On 17 November 2010, De Laet joined Championship team Preston North End on a 28-day loan after an injury to first-team defender Callum Davidson.[11] On 14 January 2011, De Laet joined Portsmouth of the Championship on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season.[12]

Norwich City loan

On 17 June 2011, De Laet joined newly promoted Premier League side Norwich City on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season.[13] He made his debut in a 1–1 draw at Wigan Athletic, conceding the penalty for the Wigan goal. However, he redeemed himself with a number of excellent blocks to retain the scoreline. On 21 August, he scored his first goal for Norwich against former club Stoke City in a 1–1 draw. This was also De Laet's first senior goal. De Laet was sidelined with a back injury whilst at Norwich. He made his return from injury on 27 December 2011 against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2–0 loss.[14] On 18 January 2012, he returned to United after Norwich cancelled his loan.[14]

Leicester City

On 14 May 2012, De Laet signed a three-year deal with Leicester City. He was joined at Leicester by fellow United player Matty James, who signed on the same day.[15] De Laet scored his first goal for Leicester shortly before half time in the 6–1 thrashing of Huddersfield Town on 1 January 2013.[16] He scored his second just four days later, against Burton Albion in the FA Cup 1st Round. De Laet ended his first season with Leicester having played 46 games and scoring twice in all competitions, helping City into the 2012–13 Championship Play-offs.

Middlesbrough loan

On 1 February 2016, De Laet joined Championship side Middlesbrough on loan for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. He won promotion with the team on the final day of the season, after a 1–1 draw with Brighton and Hove Albion. This meant that De Laet achieved the unique feat of winning promotion from the Championship and the winning the Premier League title (courtesy of his 12 league appearances for Leicester) in the same season.[17]

International career

A few days after his Manchester United debut, De Laet was called up for Belgium's Kirin Cup matches against Chile and Japan.[18] He made his début in the match against Chile on 29 May 2009.[19] He was a regular for the under-21s in the 2011 European Championship qualifying.

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 January 2016.

Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other[nb 1] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Royal Antwerp 2006–07[20] 3 0 0 0 – – 5 0 8 0
2007–08[21] 1 0 0 0 – – – 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 – – 5 0 9 0
Stoke City 2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Wrexham (loan) 2008–09 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Manchester United 2008–09 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009–10 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Sheffield United (loan) 2010–11 6 0 0 0 0 0 – – 6 0
Preston North End (loan) 2010–11 5 0 0 0 0 0 – – 5 0
Portsmouth (loan) 2010–11 22 0 0 0 0 0 – – 22 0
Norwich City (loan) 2011–12 6 1 0 0 1 0 – – 7 1
Leicester City 2012–13 41 1 3 1 2 0 – 2 0 48 2
2013–14 36 2 1 0 1 0 – – 38 2
2014–15 26 0 2 0 0 0 – – 28 0
2015–16 12 1 1 0 2 0 – – 15 1
Total 115 4 7 1 5 0 – 2 0 129 5
Middlesbrough (loan) 2015–16 7 0 0 0 0 0 – – 7 0
Career total 166 5 7 1 8 0 0 0 8 0 192 6

Honours

Club

Leicester City

Middlesbrough

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Belgian Second Division Promotion play-offs, Football League play-offs, FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

References

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