If you haven't followed the Belgian league much this season, the name Jérémy Doku may not ring a bell. In Anderlecht's worst season in 20 years (an eighth place in the Jupiler Pro League), the eruption of this young footballer has been the best news for the team that started managing Vincent Kompany and ended the season with Frank Vercauteren on the bench.
Doku is a Belgian footballer of Ghanaian descent, born in Antwerp on May 27, 2002, trained in the lower categories of Germinal Beerschot (where he was from 6 to 10 years old) and who made his season debut against KRC Genk, In a match they lost 0-1. Last year he played 83 minutes, spread over 5 minutes, but it was not until this season that he stood out as one of the most promising players in Belgian football.
In this 2019-2020 season he has played 21 matches in the domestic competition, where he has scored 3 goals and has given 4 assists. In addition, he has made the jump debuting with his country's U21 team, replacing Dante Rigo, footballer for the Dutch Sparta Rotterdam in a qualifying match for the European Championship against Wales.
How Jérémy Doku Plays
He is a right-winger , although he can play on a different leg, as he has shown in several games with Anderlecht, very fast and who has an easy time facing opponents and dribbling (he has averaged almost 14 dribbles per game this season) . He is a very vertical footballer , who likes one on one and also has a great ball hitting. He is a very technical winger and with a running power that makes it very difficult for the rivals to stop. He takes advantage of this ability to reach the bottom line, something he does regularly.
Despite everything, he must improve in front of goal , as evidenced by his figures during this campaign and his handling of the ball with his left foot, one of the weak points of this young footballer. The vision of the game is something that should work , since he still makes mistakes for actions he performs impulsively, surely typical of his age.
His height also becomes a handicap for head shots, an action that he does not usually do during matches.
In May 2020, his transfermarkt valuation is 9 million euros , which makes him a bet for the present, but above all for the future.
He is a footballer with a profile very similar to Sadio Mané, a Liverpool player and Raheem Sterling, from Manchester City.
Write down his name, because Jérémy Doku will soon be playing for the great clubs in the world of soccer.
Source: www.futboldesofa.com