Footballer Nicolas Lomberts

The Hulk is the current Belgian football player Petersburg «Zenith» and the national team of Belgium.

Dossier

Nicolas Lombaerts (photo-below) was born on 20 March 1985 in Bruges. A Belgian Citizen. Playing position on the football field – Central defender. Height 188 cm, weight 84 kg. Education – College of law. Communicates fluently in Dutch, English, French, German, Russian languages. Married.

Career Club

The Club career of the pupil of the famous football schools “Bruges” began in 1991 with performances in the various youth teams. In parallel, Nicolas Lombaerts played for the youth teams of Belgium (U-16, U-17, U-18). In July 2004, the footballer signed a contract with the team “Gent”, where for four seasons he played 76 matches (1 goal).

During a speech at the European youth championship in 2007, where the Belgian team reached the semifinals of the tournament, the best player on the team (its captain) was the Hulk. «Zenith», «Ajax» and «Anderlecht» expressed the greatest interest in acquiring a talented player at a modest “Gent”. In this mini-battle, won a purse of the Russian club.

In July of the same year the goalkeeper gets player of the St. Petersburg team. The amount of the transaction amounted to nearly $ 5 million. “Gent” have received the money, and “Zenith” – one of the best young defenders the club needs for a successful fight for the championship in the national championship.

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The First year of performances in the championship of Russia for Nicholas was very successful. Having played 13 matches, he won the gold medals of the Russian championship. The second season Nicolas Lombaerts was unsuccessful. Of the player always pursued a serious injury. It all started with the Euro Cup match «Zenith» against the Spanish «Villarreal», in which he suffered an injury to his left knee. The final matches of the UEFA Cup, in which “Zenith” became the Victor of the tournament were held without the participation of the head coach. Barely recovered, on one of the workouts he tore cruciate knee ligaments in the same left leg. So the player will be sidelined for nearly seven months.

Next time on the football field, Nicholas was born on 16 November, in the match of the penultimate round of the championship of Russia. In the final match held in 6 days, he, failing to finish the meeting, left the field. The next exit on the green lawn occurred after 5 months. 19 Jul 2009 Nicolas came on as a substitute in the match against the «Terek».

From 2010 to present, the football player Nicolas Lombaerts – an indispensable defender of the St. Petersburg club. He plays competently, reliably and tenaciously to his position that ensures the harmony of a defensive team positions. From 2007 to 2015 Nicolas played for the team «Zenith» in different tournaments 284 matches and scored 12 goals.

Awards and achievements

All his major awards and prizes Arshavin won the Russian club «Zenith». Together with the team he became a four-time winner of the championship of Russia, Cup holder and the double owner of the Supercup of the country, silver and bronze medalist, the winner Cup and the UEFA super Cup. In addition, Nicholas five times, was listed as “ZZ the best player of the championship of Russia”, voted the best foreign player of the championship (2012).

Career

From 2001 to 2006 Nicolas Lombaerts was involved in the composition of Junior and youth teams of Belgium, in which he played 50 matches and scored 3 goals. The footballer became a participant of the European championship (U-21). His first match for the main team of the country he played in 2006 in a friendly match with the national team of Saudi Arabia. In this game, he entered the field a minute before the end of regular time. The first official game for the national team was played against Serbian team. During the period of speeches from 2007 to 2015 Lombaerts took the field in the shirt of the Belgian national team 37 times. In those games he spent in the opponents 3 goals. In 2014, Nicholas took part in the final games of the world Cup in Brazil.

In the history of football the players were implicated in criminal cases of theft of various goods and jewelry. Remember the cases involving foreign voyage Igor Belanova or the famous Belgian van Moore, who “took prosecutors”. In the case of our hero it was exactly the opposite. Before the game of the away match with the team of Kazakhstan he was robbed by an unknown mugger. Gone is the wallet with money, credit cards, driver's license, expensive mobile phone.

In conclusion – a few words about the family life of a football player. He's out of the ordinary, the average Belgian family. The father works as a lawyer, the mother of the household. Sam Nicholas long married. In 2011 he married a girl named Caroline van der Spricht.