Christiaan Ravych

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Christiaan Ravych
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cercle Brugge
Number 66
Youth career
Club Brugge
2021–2022 Cercle Brugge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Cercle Brugge 46 (1)
International career
2019 Belgium U17 3 (1)
2022 Belgium U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024

Christiaan Ravych (born 30 July 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cercle Brugge. [1]

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Professional career

Ravych is a youth product of the academy of Club Brugge, and moved to the neighboring club Cercle Brugge in 2021. On 8 December 2021, he signed a semi-professional contract with Cercle. [2] He made his professional debut with Cercle Brugge as a substitute replacing an injured Edgaras Utkus in a 1–0 Belgian First Division A win over Anderlecht on 30 July 2022. [3]

International career

Ravych is a youth international for Belgium, having played up to the Belgium U17s. [4]

He has expressed his interest in playing for the Ukraine national team. [5]

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References

  1. Christiaan Ravych at Soccerway
  2. "Twee beloften ondertekenen een semi-profcontract: proficiat Xander Martlé en Christiaan Ravych! | Nieuws - Cercle Brugge". www.cerclebrugge.be.
  3. "Sexy Cercle dient Felice Mazzu en Anderlecht al op tweede speeldag eerste nederlaag toe". Het Nieuwsblad Mobile.
  4. KW, Redactie (July 10, 2022). "Christiaan Ravych maakt voorbereiding mee bij groen-zwart: "Cercle Brugge leek de perfecte stap voor mij"". KW.be.
  5. https://dynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/460450-the-football-player-from-belgium-expressed-his-readiness-to-play-for-the-national-team-of-ukraine