Mignolet playing for Liverpool in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet | ||
Date of birth | 6 March 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Truiden, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Liverpool | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2006 | Sint-Truiden | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Sint-Truiden | 100 | (1) |
2010–2013 | Sunderland | 90 | (0) |
2013– | Liverpool | 133 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2003 | Belgium U16 | 1 | (0) |
2004 | Belgium U17 | 2 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Belgium U18 | 11 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Belgium U19 | 3 | (0) |
2009 | Belgium U20 | 1 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Belgium U21 | 10 | (0) |
2011– | Belgium | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:02, 2 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:45, 13 November 2015 (UTC) |
Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet (Dutch pronunciation: [simɔn miɲɔlɛ]; born 6 March 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool and the Belgium national team.
Mignolet started his career with Belgian Second Division side Sint-Truiden in 2004, and spent six years with the club, making 100 senior league appearances and scoring a goal. He moved to Premier League side Sunderland in June 2010 for £2 million, spending three years with them and making 101 appearances across all competitions before moving to Liverpool in June 2013 for £9 million.
Mignolet has represented the Belgian national team at every level from the Under-16s upwards. He made his senior debut in 2011, has since earned over 15 caps, and was named in their squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Mignolet was born in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. He first joined his local football team, Belgian Second Division side Sint-Truiden, in 2004, eventually rising through their youth system to become their first-choice goalkeeper in 2006 at the age of just 18 after the departure of Dušan Belić. In 2009, he made 29 appearances and scored a penalty in the league, as he helped Sint-Truiden to win the Belgian Second Division, and was named Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year the following year after he helped Sint-Truiden to avoid relegation.