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Thibaut Courtois

Courtois playing for Belgium at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Personal information

Full name

\nThibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois^[1]

Date of birth

\n11 May 1992 (age 32)^[2]

Place of birth

\nBree, Belgium

Height

\n2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)^[3]

Position(s)

\nGoalkeeper

Team information

Current team

\nReal Madrid

Number

\n1

Youth career

1997\u20131999

\nBilzen V.V.

1999\u20132009

\nGenk

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2009\u20132011

\nGenk

\n41

\n(0)

2011\u20132018

\nChelsea

\n126

\n(0)

2011\u20132014

\n\u2192 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid (loan)

\n111

\n(0)

2018\u2013

\nReal Madrid

\n191

\n(0)

International career

2009\u20132010

\nBelgium U18

\n4

\n(0)

2011\u20132023

\nBelgium

\n102

\n(0)

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Belgium\n
FIFA World Cup\n
$\"Third$	2018	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (French pronunciation: [tibo ku\u0281twa]; Dutch pronunciation: [\u02c8tibo\u02d0 kur\u02c8t\u028ba\u02d0]; born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time,^[4]^[5]^[6] he is known for his reflexes, acrobatic saves, and command of the penalty area.^[7]^[8]^[9]\n

Courtois began his career with Genk and made his senior debut in 2009, at age 16; he went on to establish himself as the club's starting goalkeeper and won the Belgian Pro League. In 2011, Courtois signed for Chelsea in a transfer worth a reported \u00a38 million (\u20ac9 million), but then joined Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on loan. At Atl\u00e9tico, Courtois won a La Liga title, the Copa del Rey, the Europa League, and reached the UEFA Champions League final. He returned to Chelsea in 2014 and won two Premier League titles and the EFL Cup. In 2018, Courtois signed for Real Madrid in a deal worth a reported \u00a335 million (\u20ac38.8 million), becoming La Liga's most expensive goalkeeper, and where he has gone on to win three La Liga and two UEFA Champions League titles.\n

Courtois made his senior international debut for Belgium in 2011 at age 19, becoming their youngest senior international goalkeeper. He has since earned over 100 caps, ranking seventh-highest for appearances, while he has appeared in five major tournaments. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Courtois won the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper as he helped Belgium finish third, their highest-ever finish at the competition.\n

Courtois has won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy three times, the Premier League Golden Glove once, and was named the third-best goalkeeper of the decade (2011\u20132020) by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Genk\n	2008\u201309\n	Belgian First Division\n	1	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
2009\u201310\n	Belgian Pro League\n	0	0	0	0	\u2014	0	0	0	0	0	0\n
2010\u201311\n	Belgian Pro League\n	40	0	1	0	\u2014	3^[c]	0	\u2014	44	0\n
Total\n	41	0	1	0	\u2014	3	0	0	0	45	0\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid (loan)\n	2011\u201312\n	La Liga\n	37	0	0	0	\u2014	15^[c]	0	\u2014	52	0\n
2012\u201313\n	La Liga\n	37	0	8	0	\u2014	0	0	1^[d]	0	46	0\n
2013\u201314\n	La Liga\n	37	0	5	0	\u2014	12^[e]	0	2^[f]	0	56	0\n
Total\n	111	0	13	0	\u2014	27	0	3	0	154	0\n
Chelsea\n	2014\u201315\n	Premier League\n	32	0	0	0	2	0	5^[e]	0	\u2014	39	0\n
2015\u201316\n	Premier League\n	23	0	3	0	0	0	3^[e]	0	1^[g]	0	30	0\n
2016\u201317\n	Premier League\n	36	0	3	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	39	0\n
2017\u201318\n	Premier League\n	35	0	1	0	1	0	8^[e]	0	1^[g]	0	46	0\n
Total\n	126	0	7	0	3	0	16	0	2	0	154	0\n
Real Madrid\n	2018\u201319\n	La Liga\n	27	0	1	0	\u2014	5^[e]	0	2^[h]	0	35	0\n
2019\u201320\n	La Liga\n	34	0	0	0	\u2014	7^[e]	0	2^[f]	0	43	0\n
2020\u201321\n	La Liga\n	38	0	0	0	\u2014	12^[e]	0	1^[f]	0	51	0\n
2021\u201322\n	La Liga\n	36	0	1	0	\u2014	13^[e]	0	2^[f]	0	52	0\n
2022\u201323\n	La Liga\n	31	0	5	0	\u2014	10^[e]	0	3^[i]	0	49	0\n
2023\u201324\n	La Liga\n	4	0	0	0	\u2014	1^[e]	0	0	0	5	0\n
2024\u201325\n	La Liga\n	21	0	0	0	\u2014	8^[e]	0	4^[j]	0	33	0\n
Total\n	191	0	7	0	\u2014	56	0	14	0	268	0\n
Career total\n	469	0	28	0	3	0	102	0	19	0	624	0\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Belgium\n	2011	1	0\n
2012	6	0\n
2013	7	0\n
2014	13	0\n
2015	6	0\n
2016	14	0\n
2017	8	0\n
2018	15	0\n
2019	9	0\n
2020	2	0\n
2021	13	0\n
2022	6	0\n
2023	2	0\n
Total	102	0\n

Club career

Early career and Genk

Atl\u00e9tico Madrid

2011\u201312 season

2012\u201313 season

2013\u201314 season

Chelsea

2014\u201315 season

2015\u201316 season

2016\u201317 season

Real Madrid

2018\u20132020

2021\u2013present

International career

Early career

2014 World Cup

Euro 2016

2018 World Cup

UEFA Euro 2020

2022 World Cup

UEFA Euro 2024 omission

Style of play

Outside football

Personal life

In popular culture

Controversies

Racing

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

External links

Thibaut Courtois

Talks

13 May, 2014