Afro-Belgians ( nl, Afrobelgen; french: Afrobelges; german: Afrobelgier) or Black Belgians, are defined as Belgian

citizens Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

and members of the Black African community and

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in Belgium.

Belgian national team

In 2017, 19 out of 52 total players in the men's

Belgium national football team The Belgium national football teamfrench: Équipe nationale belge de footballgerman: Belgische Fußballnationalmannschaft officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the ...

were of African origin.

Notable Afro-Belgians

Football players

Cyril Ngonge Cyril Ngonge (born 26 May 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for club Hellas Verona as a winger or forward. Club career Ngonge is a youth exponent from Club Brugge. He made his senior debut on 2 December 2018 in the Belg ...

Ibrahima Cissé Ibrahima Cissé (born 28 February 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg. Born in Belgium, Cissé represents the Guinea national football team internationally. Career Fulham Fulham tried to sign Ciss� ...

Isaac Asare Isaac Asare (born 1 September 1974 in Kumasi) is a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 2006, Asare obtained Belgian nationality. ...

Michy Batshuayi Michy Batshuayi-Atunga (born 2 October 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Belgium national team. Batshuayi began his professional career at Standard Liège in 2011, scor ...

Manuel Benson Manuel Benson Hedilazio (born 28 March 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Burnley. His father, Jorge Hedilazio, is a former Angolan footballer who played for Lokeren in the 1990s. Early l ...

* Christian Benteke * Jonathan Benteke * Mayola Biboko *

Anthony Vanden Borre Anthony Henri Vanden Borre (born 24 October 1987) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a defender. Vanden Borre previously played for clubs in Belgium, Italy, England and France. He won 28 caps for the Belgium national team. He is capab ...

* Dedryck Boyata *

Jonathan Buatu Jonathan Buatu Mananga (born 27 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Valenciennes. Born in Belgium, he represents the Angola national team. International career After representing Belgium at you ...

* Luis Pedro Cavanda * Mousa Dembélé *

Jason Denayer Jason Grégory Marianne Denayer (born 28 June 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Emirati club Shabab Al-Ahli and the Belgium national team. He made his professional debut while on loan at Celtic, being na ...

Arnaud Djoum Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum (born 2 May 1989), also known as Arnaud Djoum or Arnaud Sutchuin, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has previously played for Belgian clubs Brussels and Anderlecht, in the Netherlands fo ...

* Emmanuel Eboué * Nathan Kabasele * Vincent Kompany *

Cheikhou Kouyaté Cheikhou Kouyaté (born 21 December 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or centre-back for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Senegal national team. Kouyaté moved from Senegal to Belgium i ...

Mulopo Kudimbana Nicaise Mulopo Kudimbana (born 21 January 1987) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sint-Eloois-Winkel. Career On 21 December 2007, Anderlecht saved the rights on him after he had played one season for Union Sai ...

* Roland Lamah *

Aaron Leya Iseka Aaron Leya Iseka (born 15 November 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Adanaspor on loan from Barnsley. He made his professional debut at Anderlecht, and also represented Zulte Waregem in the Belgi ...

* Jordan Lukaku * Romelu Lukaku * Roger Lukaku *

Junior Malanda Bernard Malanda-Adje (28 August 1994 – 10 January 2015), nicknamed Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer who last played for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a defensive midfielder. He was a youth team player at Brussels, Anderlech ...

Ilombe Mboyo Ilombe Mboyo (born 22 April 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Virton. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and raised in Belgium, Mboyo originally represented DR Congo internationally before switching to repre ...

* Gaby Mudingayi *

Maecky Ngombo Maecky Fred Ngombo Sansoni, known as Maecky Ngombo (born 31 March 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Club career Roda JC Ngombo joined Roda JC Kerkrade in 2015. He made his debut for Roda on 20 December 2015 again ...

Denis Odoi Denis Frimpong Odoi (born 27 May 1988) is a professional footballer who plays for Belgian First Division A side Club Brugge. A right-footed full-back who can play on both sides, he is nicknamed the ''Professor'' because of his maturity and disci ...

* Marvin Ogunjimi *

Funso Ojo Funso-King Ayorinde Ojo (born 28 August 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Port Vale, where he is also vice-captain. A Belgium under-21 international, Ojo began his career with Dutch club PSV Eindhov ...

* Divock Origi *

Ebrima Ebou Sillah Ebrima Ebou Sillah (born 12 April 1980) is a Gambian former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger or striker (association football), striker. Club career Ebou Sillah was born in Bakau ...

* Youri Tielemans *

Bertin Tokéné Bertin Tokéné (born 10 May 1975 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian-Belgian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally m ...

* Axel Witsel * Clinton Mata * Cyriel Dessers *

Denzel Jubitana Denzel Jubitana (born 6 May 1999) is a Belgian professional Association football, footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Super League Greece 2, Greek Super League 2 club Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki), Iraklis. Career He scored his first goal in ...

Mike Mampuya Mike "Moussa" Mampuya-Mawawu Willems (born 17 January 1983) is a former professional association football, footballer, who played as a Defender (association football), right back. Born in Belgium, he represented the Congo DR national football tea ...

Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (born 21 February 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hajduk Split in the Croatian HNL. Club career Odjidja-Ofoe joined the team of his birth area Gent at the age of five. Later on, he w ...

Johan Bakayoko Saint-Cyr Johan Bakayoko (born 20 April 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Eredivisie club PSV and the Belgium national team. Club career Bakayoko played for the youth ranks of Belgian clubs inclu ...

Tyrese Omotoye Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye (born 23 September 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Forest Green Rovers. Club career Omotoye played for Cray Wanderers before joining Norwich City. On 17 October 2019, h ...

Beni Badibanga is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI). She was initially best known fo ...

Kéres Masangu Kéres Angelau Masangu (born 7 March 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer of Congolese descent, who plays as a midfielder for Dender EH. Career In 2017, Masangu joined the youth academy of Italian Serie A side Roma. Before the seco ...

Antef Tsoungui Antef Tsoungui (born 30 December 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for OH Leuven on loan from Dutch club Feyenoord. Early life Tsoungui was born in Belgium to a Cameroonian father and Italian mother. Aged ...

Gerard Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

Samuel Bastien Samuel Christopher Bastien Binda (born 26 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Burnley. Born in Belgium, he represents the DR Congo national team. Club career Bastien emerged from R.S.C. ...

Killian Sardella Killian Sardella (born 2 May 2002) is a Belgium, Belgian professional footballer who currently plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back for R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division A. Personal life Sard ...

Koni De Winter Koni De Winter (born 12 June 2002) is a Belgian professional Association football, footballer who plays as Defender (association football), defender and midfielder for club Empoli F.C., Empoli, on loan from Juventus F.C., Juventus. Career E ...

Mario Stroeykens Mario Stroeykens (born 29 September 2004) is a Belgian footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reas ...

Regillio Tuur Regillio Tuur (born 8 August 1986) is a former Belgian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...

Other sports

* Corliss Waitman *

D. J. Mbenga Didier "D. J." Ilunga-Mbenga (pronounced Benga; born December 30, 1980) is a Belgian-Congolese former professional basketball player. He has also played for the Belgian national basketball team as he is a dual citizen of both his native countries. ...

, basketball player * Élodie Ouédraogo, track athlete * Nafissatou Thiam, heptathlon athlete * Sugar Jackson, boxer

Politicians

Assita Kanko Assita Kanko (born 14 July 1980) is a Belgian journalist, human rights activist and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 representing the New Flemish Alliance. Biography