External links
- Profile at the Borussia Dortmund website
- Julien Duranville at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Julien Duranville – UEFA competition record ( archive )
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julien Dienda Duranville [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Uccle, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2021 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Anderlecht | 6 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | RSCA Futures | 4 | (1) |
| 2023– | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Belgium U16 | 12 | (2) |
| 2022– | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024 | |||
Julien Dienda Duranville (born 5 May 2006) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Belgium national team.
Duranville was born in Uccle, Belgium, to a father from Martinique and a Congolese mother from Etterbeek. [2] [3]
Duranville is a youth product of Anderlecht, signing his first contract in May 2021. He made his professional debut on 22 May 2022 in a 1–1 Belgian First Division A draw against Club Brugge. [4] On 27 January 2023, Duranville signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. [5] On the final matchday of the 2022–23 season, he made his debut in a 2–2 draw against Mainz. [6]
On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide. [7] However, he missed the majority of the 2023–24 season due to a thigh muscle injury. [8]
Duranville debuted for the Belgium national team on 6 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadion in Hungary. He substituted Jérémy Doku in the 74th minute of Belgium's 3–1 victory. [9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Anderlecht | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| RSCA Futures | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 [c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
