Fadel Gobitaka (born 16 January 1998) is a professional

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who plays for

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club RAAL La Louvière. He plays as a

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. Born in Belgium, he has represented

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at youth international level.

Club career

Gobitaka is a youth exponent from Standard Liège. On 27 December 2015, he made his

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debut with Standard Liège against

Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging betwee ...

. In the summer 2019, he joined Dutch club Roda JC Kerkrade and was in the first place registered for the Jong-squad. However, he played two games for Roda in the

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. In May 2020 it was confirmed, that Gobitaka would join FC Differdange 03 from the 2020–21 season. On 1 September 2021, Gobitaka joined RAAL La Louvière on a one-year deal. After promotion to the

was secured, he signed a contract extension until 2023.

International career

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gobitaka, Fadel 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