Igor Vetokele

Igor Mavuba Vetokele (born 23 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Westerlo and the Angola national team.

Club Career

Cercle Brugge

Vetokele started his youth career at Oostende in 2006 and after a year at the youth club he joined Gent. There, manager Bob Peeters saw him play and was impressed with his playing style. Vetokele appeared as an unused substitute in the last game of the season.

On 31 August 2011 Vetokele joined Cercle Brugge on a permanent transfer, where he rejoined Peeters. Vetokele made his Cercle Brugge debut, coming on as a substitute for Kevin Janssens in the 87th minute, in a 0–0 draw against Lierse on 17 September 2011. On 5 October 2011 Vetokele scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–1 win over Mechelen. In his first season at Cercle Brugge Vetokele made thirty-six appearances and scored eight goals in all competitions. In the opening game of the season Vetokele scored his first goal of the season in a 3–3 draw against Genk and went on to make four more appearances before leaving Cercle Brugge for Copenhagen.

Copenhagen

On 20 August 2012, Vetokele joined Copenhagen on a four-year contract with a fee of DKK 7,500,000. Prior the move, Danish newspapers reported that the club were linked to Vetoleke after finding a replacement for Dame N'Doye, who left for Lokomotiv Moscow.

He made his debut for F.C. Copenhagen in the last minutes of extra time in a Champions League playoff match against French side Lille OSC at Grand Stade Lille Metropole. Vetokele later recalled playing in the Champions League as a "nice experience". Vetokele scored on his league debut, on 15 September 2012, just two minutes after coming on as a substitute, in a 2–1 win over Nordsjalland. Vetokele scored his first European goal in the last game of the group stage, in a 1–1 draw against Steaua București, which saw Copenhagen eliminated from the Europa League tournament. However, his first season was poor as he