Anthony Vanden Borre
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| Anthony Vanden Borre | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Anthony Vanden Borre | |
| Date of birth | October 24, 1987 (age 19) | |
| Place of birth | Likasi, Congo DR | |
| Playing position | Right Back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1995–2003 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–present | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 49 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004–present | Belgium | 15 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anthony Vanden Borre (born October 24, 1987) is a Belgian footballer currently playing at R.S.C. Anderlecht, where he has played through the youth ranks since the age of 8. His natural position is at right back but he is also comfortable slotting in at centre back. He has appeared for the Belgium national football team, making his national team debut on April 28, 2004 in a friendly against Turkey where he replaced Eric Deflandre at the 90th minute. He made his debut in the senior Anderlecht squad in 2003.
In 2005 he drew attention to himself in a Champion's League game against Chelsea Football Club, when he had the best attempt on goal for Anderlecht as they lost 1 - 0 to the English champions, striking Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech's post around midway through the game. He finally scored his first official goal ever at home against K.S.V. Roeselare in a 5-1 win (he opened the score) on September 21, 2005.
He is very highly rated in Europe, Bayern Munich of Germany have been linked with him recently as well as Tottenham, Portsmouth, Inter, Barcelona and recently Juventus (playing in the Italian second division this year), but he is going to join ACF Fiorentina on June 2007.
Vanden Borre is also a popular player among those who play the football managing game Football Manager 2007, as he can be bought for a relatively cheap price and trained into one of the world's best right/center backs.
One of his friends is Vincent Kompany, who is older than Anthony but a great talent as well.
| R.S.C. Anderlecht - Current Squad |
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1 Zítka | 2 Felipe | 3 Deschacht | 4 von Schlebrügge | 5 Biglia | 6 Van Damme | 7 Tchité | 9 Mpenza | 10 Hassan | 11 Boussoufa | 13 Proto | 14 Goor | 16 Olufemi | 17 Mbokani | 22 Schollen | 23 Juhász | 25 Van Steenberghe | 26 Pareja | 27 Wasilewski | 28 Baseggio | 29 Frutos | 31 De Man | 36 Legear | 37 Vanden Borre | 38 Lamah | 39 Odjidja-Ofoe | 41 Tiote | Manager: Vercauteren |
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