Hervé Kage (born 10 April 1989) is a Congolese

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, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...

side

Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; wa, Vierton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the princ ...

as winger.

Career

Kage began his career in the youth side with FC ASSE-Zellik 2002 and was in summer 2004 scouted from

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

. On 24 January 2007 left

and joined on loan to

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

team

Waalwijk Waalwijk () is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in and is located near the motorways A59 and N261. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former municipality of Sprang-Capelle) and W ...

. After only two games with Waalwijk in the half-year that he was there, Kage returned to Anderlecht. On 31 January 2008, he was loaned out to farm team

Union SG Royale Union Saint-Gilloise , abbreviated to Union SG or USG, unofficially simply called Union, is a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s it has been based at the Jos ...

. After few years with

, Kage signed a two years contract on 17 June 2009 with

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

. Before signing a contract at

Gent Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent (Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent ** .gent, a ...

in January 2013 Kage was loaned out to

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...

in 2011. In July 2014 he joined Genk. On 29 January 2022, Kage returned to Belgium and signed with

International

Kage was member of the DR Congo national under-23 football team, and later apart of the

DR Congo national football team The DR Congo national football team, recognised by FIFA as Congo DR (formerly known as Zaire, alternatively known as Congo-Kinshasa), represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in men's international football and it is controlled by the ...

at the

2015 African Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was org ...

. Kage debuted for DR Congo in an friendly against

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

on 7 January 2015.

International stats

Honours

Club

Charleroi *

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associa ...

: 2011–12

National

DR Congo *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

bronze:

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References

External links

Footgoal Profile
* * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Kinshasa R.S.C. Anderlecht players Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers Belgian footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent RKC Waalwijk players R. Charleroi S.C. players Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players K.A.A. Gent players K.R.C. Genk players K.V. Kortrijk players Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers FC Botoșani players R.E. Virton players Belgian Pro League players Israeli Premier League players Challenger Pro League players Eredivisie players Süper Lig players Liga I players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Romania Association football defenders Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Belgium 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub