Michel-Ange Balikwisha

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Michel-Ange ra Balikwisha
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Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Ghent, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Antwerp
Number 67
Youth career
0000–2014 Anderlecht
2014–2020 Standard Liège
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Standard Liège 32 (9)
2021– Antwerp 98 (18)
International career‡
2017 Belgium U16 4 (1)
2018 Belgium U17 5 (1)
2019 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2019 Belgium U19 3 (0)
2021–2023 Belgium U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:45, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:48, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Michel-Ange ra Balikwisha (born 10 May 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Royal Antwerp. [1]

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Club career

Balikwisha made his professional debut for Standard Liège on 20 September 2020 in a Belgian First Division A game against KV Kortrijk. [2]

Royal Antwerp

On4 July 2021, Balikwisha joined Royal Antwerp on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. [3]

He was part of the squad that won a domestic double during the 2022–23 season, including the club's first league title in 66 years. [4]

On 23 July 2023, Balikwisha scored a goal in the Belgian Super Cup against Mechelen. Antwerp would win on penalties to claim the trophy for the first time in their history. [5]

On 30 August 2023, he helped the club secure a spot in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, by scoring a goal in the second leg of their 3–1 aggregate victory over AEK Athens in the play-off round. [6] He scored in Antwerp's first home match in the Champions League proper on 4 October, putting his side 2–0 up against Shakhtar Donetsk, but would squander the lead and fall to a 2–3 defeat. [7]

In July 2024, Scottish football club Celtic FC approached Balikwisha for a transfer. [8]

International career

Born in Belgium, Balikwisha is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for Belgium. [9]

Personal life

Balikwisha is the brother of the footballer William Balikwisha. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 26 May 2024 [1]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeague Belgian Cup EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Standard Liège 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 329206 [a] 0—409
Antwerp 2021–22 Belgian Pro League324105 [a] 1—385
2022–23 Belgian Pro League337524 [b] 1—4210
2023–24 Belgian Pro League337307 [c] 21 [d] 14410
Total9818921641112425
Career totals130271122241116434
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance in the Belgian Super Cup

Honours

Royal Antwerp

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References

  1. 1 2 Michel-Ange Balikwisha at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Résultat Standard de Liège - KV Courtrai, Championnat de Belgique, 6e journée, Dimanche 20 Septembre 2020". L'Équipe (in French). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Nu ook officieel: Michel-Ange Balikwisha krijgt zijn zin en ruilt Standard voor Antwerp" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 4 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Alderweireld earns Royal Antwerp first Belgian league title in 66 years". The Guardian. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Antwerp wint nu ook de Supercup! KV Mechelen plooit pas na strafschoppen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Antwerp make history after qualifying for Champions League group stages for first time". Brussels Times. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Antwerp 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 - Highlights". BEIN Sports. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Celtic Open Talks to sign Michel-Ange Balikwisha". msn.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Foot-Belgique: Deux léopards sauvent le Standard de Liège". 27 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Foot-Belgique: deux léopards sauvent le Standard de Liège". 27 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Royal Antwerp win first Belgian title in 66 years after Toby Alderweireld's stoppage-time equaliser". BBC. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.


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