Christian Benteke
Christian Benteke Liolo is a Belgian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Belgium national team. In August 2012, he signed for Aston Villa for a fee believed to be around £7 million. He scored 49 goals in 101 matches for Villa across all competitions, including 19 Premier League goals in his debut season and helping them to the 2015 FA Cup Final. He then moved to Liverpool in 2015 for £32. 5 million, scoring ten goals in a single season. He has earned over 30 caps for Belgium since making his debut in 2010.
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Christian Benteke Liolo is a Belgian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Belgium national team. He began his career at Standard Liège before moving to Genk. In August 2012, he signed for Aston Villa for a fee believed to be around £7 million. He scored 49 goals in 101 matches for Villa across all competitions, including 19 Premier League goals in his debut season and helping them to the 2015 FA Cup Final. He then moved to Liverpool in 2015 for £32. 5 million, scoring ten goals in a single season. He has earned over 30 caps for Belgium since making his debut in 2010. He missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup through injury, but was part of their team that reached the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2016. He was nominated for the Premier League’s Man of the Match award for his goal against West Bromwich Albion on January 2, 2015. Former England striker Michael Owen called him one of the signings of the season and called him ‘I’m seriously impressed with his player’ in a tweet the day after the semi-final win over Bradford City. He is currently on a four-year deal at Crystal Palace. He also has a contract until 2018 with Premier League side Newcastle United. He previously played for Belgian side Genk, KV Kortrijk, Standard Liége and KV Mechelen. He spent the 2008–09 season on loan at KV Mechelens before returning to Standard Liene. He played in the Belgian First Division for the 2008-09 season, scoring three goals in 12 matches.
In January 2009, he joined Standard Liège on a season-long loan. In July 2011, he moved to KV Genk for an undisclosed fee. On 31 August 2012 he joined Aston Villa in a £7m deal. He made his Premier League debut against Swansea City on 15 September 2012. On 27 November he scored the winner in a 1–0 Premier League victory for Villa against Reading at Villa Park. He added a further two goals to his tally during a 3–2 victory over Swindon Town in the League Cup. On 15 December he scored two goals in Villa’s 3–1 win against Liverpool at Anfield on 15 December. In addition to the two goals, he also assisted Villa’s second goal with a back-heel to Andreas Weimann. After not scoring for three games, he scored Villa’s first penalty in a 2–2 draw away to Swansea City in Villa’s first game of the 2014–15 Premier League season. The goal came when Swansea defender Ashley Williams headed the ball into his path, which he then lifted over the keeper and tapped in on the volley. He recorded his 10th goal of the year in a 28-yard kick-off against West Midlands rivals West Brom in January 2014. He returned to StandardLiene in January 2009 and scored three goals from 12 matches as the Walloon club won the 2008 09 Belgian championship. He went on to score 16 goals and register nine assists in 20 starts during the 2011–12 season.
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