Welat Cagro

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Welat Cagro
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Schaerbeek, Belgium [1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Beerschot
Number 47
Youth career
0000–2013 Anderlecht
2013–2014 Mechelen
2014–2016 OH Leuven
2016–2019 Gent
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Urartu 10 (0)
2020–2021 Telstar 28 (1)
2021–2023 NAC Breda 22 (1)
2023– Beerschot 27 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024

Welat Cagro (born 31 May 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Beerschot.

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Career

Early career

Born in Schaerbeek, Brussels, to Kurdish parents, Cagro began playing football with his local club, where he was scouted by Anderlecht. Afterwards, he also played in the youth academies of Mechelen and Oud-Heverlee Leuven, where he left in 2016 sign for Gent, joining their youth teams. [1]

Urartu

After failing to break through to Gent's first team, Cagro signed for Armenian Premier League club Urartu in 2019. [2] [1] He made his professional debut on 3 March 2019 in a 1–1 away draw against Noah, coming on as a substitute for Pape Abdou Camara. [3] He made a total of 10 appearances for Urartu. [4]

Telstar

For the second half of 2019–20, he signed for Dutch second division club Telstar. [5] [2] He made his first appearance for the club on 28 February 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute of a 2–2 draw against Jong Ajax, replacing Rashaan Fernandes. [6] The competition was shortly after suspended and since cancelled due to the COVID-19, which meant that he only made one appearance for the club that season. [4]

On 19 October 2020, Cagro scored his first professional goal, securing a 1–1 draw against Roda JC Kerkrade on a converted penalty kick shortly before full-time. [7] He had replaced Sven van Doorm only seven minutes earlier. [8] At the end of the season, he had made 28 appearances in which he scored once, as his contract with Telstar expired. [9]

NAC Breda

In November 2021, Cagro signed with NAC Breda after a successful trial. [10] On 19 November, he made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Jong FC Utrecht in the Eerste Divisie, replacing Jarchinio Antonia at half-time. [11]

Cagro's contract with NAC was terminated by mutual consent on 19 March 2023, [12] .

Beerschot

In the summer of 2023, Cagro signed a two-year contract with Beerschot, [13] and helped them to promotion to the Belgian top flight in his first season at the club, under first-team coach Dirk Kuyt.

Honours

Beerschot


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References

  1. 1 2 3 De Munter, Kevin (11 March 2021). "Brusselaar Welat Cagro (21) zet belangrijke stap in carrière bij Nederlandse tweedeklasser Telstar: Ik leg mezelf geen limieten op". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish).
  2. 1 2 "Telstar druk op laatste transferdag: Baly en Cagro komen, McGuane definitief weg". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 1 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Noah vs. Urartu – 3 March 2019 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Belgium – W. Cagro – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Bliek, Dennis. "Telstar trekt Cagro en Baly aan". SC Telstar (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ajax II vs. Telstar – 28 February 2020". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Keuken Kampioen Divisie: FC Volendam haalt uit bij Jong AZ". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 October 2020. Pas enkele minuten voor tijd kwam Telstar langszij. Welat Cagro benutte een strafschop nadat Kees Luijckx hands had gemaakt.
  8. ↑ "Roda JC vs. Telstar – 19 October 2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  9. ↑ De Munter, Kevin (7 January 2022). "Brusselaar Welat Cagro – in de zomer nog clubloos – wil zich in de kijker spelen bij NAC met oog op contractverlenging: Op zoek naar stabiliteit". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch).
  10. ↑ Blanco, Yadran (17 November 2021). "Proefspeler Welat Cagro medisch gekeurd door NAC, officiële bekendmaking aanstaande". BN DeStem (in Dutch).
  11. ↑ "NAC Breda vs. Utrecht II – 19 November 2021 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "NAC Breda neemt per direct afscheid van Ligeon en Welat". NAC Breda (in Dutch). 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "WELAT CAGRO IS OUR NEW MIDFIELDER". Beerschot. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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