Mousa Dembele

Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembele (born 16 July 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou City and the Belgium national team, for whom he has achieved 82 caps. He was regarded as one of the best box-to-box midfielders in Europe due to his excellent dribbling skills and ability to maintain possession.

Dembele started his career at Belgian Pro League team Germinal Beerschot before spells at Eredivisie sides Willem II and AZ in the Netherlands. He won the league title and the Johan Cruyff Shield with the latter in 2009. Dembele transferred to Premier League side Fulham in 2010 before joining Tottenham for a fee of £15 million in August 2012. He was ranked 91st in The Guardian's list of the 100 best current footballers in 2012.

Club Career

Early career

Dembele played for K. Berchem Sport as a youth. He started his professional career for Germinal Beerschot, a team in the Belgian Pro League. He made his debut on 24 April 2004 against Charleroi. In 2005, he signed for the youth section of Willem II, despite apparent interest from Eredivisie giants AFC Ajax.

Willem II

Dembele spent the 2005–06 season in the Eredivisie with Willem II. The team had a very poor season that year, but Dembele nonetheless scored nine times. After the season, he attracted further interest from the bigger Eredivisie teams and was subsequently transferred to AZ in the summer of 2006.

AZ

In 2006–07, Dembele was one of the most important players of Louis van Gaal's team. They were poised to win the championship but on the last day lost the title to PSV and only finished third after losing 3–2 to Excelsior. AZ also lost the final of the KNVB Beker against AFC Ajax. Dembele scored after two minutes played, but AZ lost 8–7 after a penalty shootout, with Dembele scoring AZ's fifth penalty attempt. AZ further lost the play-off final for qualification to the Champions League, again

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