Julien Duranville
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julien Dienda Duranville[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 May 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Uccle, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2021 | Anderlecht | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Anderlecht | 6 | (1) |
2022–2023 | RSCA Futures | 4 | (1) |
2023– | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Belgium U16 | 12 | (2) |
2022– | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
2024– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024 |
Julien Dienda Duranville (born 5 May 2006) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Borussia Dortmund and the Belgium national team.
Early life and club career
[edit]Duranville was born in Uccle, Belgium, to an Ivorian father and Congolese mother from Etterbeek.[2][3]
Duranville is a youth product of Anderlecht, signing his first contract in May 2021. He made his professional debut on 22 May 2022 in a 1–1 Belgian First Division A draw against Club Brugge.[4] On 27 January 2023, Duranville signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.[5] On the final matchday of the 2022–23 season, he made his debut in a 2–2 draw against Mainz.[6]
On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[7] However, he missed the majority of the 2023–24 season due to a thigh muscle injury.[8]
International career
[edit]Duranville debuted for the Belgium national team on 6 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadion in Hungary. He substituted Jérémy Doku in the 74th minute of Belgium's 3–1 victory.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 27 November 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Anderlecht | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
RSCA Futures | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
Borussia Dortmund | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Career total | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Pro League play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
References
[edit]- ^ "Julien Duranville". DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Julien Duranville: Who is Borussia Dortmund's new Belgian wonderkid?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
- ^ "Ariane Malongo, maman de Julien Duranville, se confie sur l'éclosion de son fils : "Son objectif, c'est d'aller au Mondial"". www.dhnet.be.
- ^ "Club Brugge vs. Anderlecht - 22 May 2022". Soccerway.
- ^ "BVB verpflichtet Julien Duranville" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "BVB spielt nur 2:2 gegen Mainz" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 27 May 2023.
- ^ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Kurioser Grund: Warum Julien Duranville der BVB-Durchbruch noch nicht gelungen ist" (in German). Fussball Europa. 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Belgium v Israel game report". ESPN. 6 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Borussia Dortmund website
- Julien Duranville at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Julien Duranville – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2006 births
- Living people
- People from Uccle
- Footballers from Brussels
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian people of Ivorian descent
- Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football forwards
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- RSCA Futures players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Bundesliga players
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Belgium men's international footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen