Jérémy Baffour Doku (born 27 May 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Belgium national team.
![]() Doku with Anderlecht in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jérémy Baffour Doku[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 20)[2][3] | ||
Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rennes | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
KVC Olympic Deurne | |||
Tubantia Borgerhout | |||
0000–2012 | Beerschot | ||
2012–2018 | Anderlecht | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Anderlecht | 34 | (5) |
2020– | Rennes | 52 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Belgium U15 | 5 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Belgium U16 | 10 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Belgium U17 | 16 | (6) |
2019– | Belgium U21 | 4 | (1) |
2020– | Belgium | 11 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC) |
Doku began playing football at a young age in Antwerp for KVC Olympic Deurne and Tubantia Borgerhout, then he played for Beerschot.[4] Later on, he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2012 at the age of 10.[5] He made his professional debut with Anderlecht in a 4–2 Belgian First Division A loss to Sint-Truiden on 25 November 2018, at the age of 16.[6]
On 5 October 2020, Doku signed for Rennes for five years, for €26 million in addition to bonuses.[7][8]
Doku was born in Belgium and is of Ghanaian descent.[9] Doku represented the Belgium U17s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[10]
He made his first appearance for the Belgian national team on 5 September 2020 against Denmark in the UEFA Nations League. Three days later, he scored his first goal for the Belgian national team in a 5–1 win against Iceland.[11]
In the UEFA Euro 2020, held in June 2021, Doku was one of the substitutes for the Belgian national team in their group stage match against Denmark, and was included in the starting line-up for the subsequent game against Finland; he was again named to the starting 11 for Belgium's quarter-final loss against Italy.
Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Anderlecht | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 7 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 2 | |||
Total | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | ||
Rennes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 37 | 2 |
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 52 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 65 | 4 | ||
Career total | 86 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 102 | 10 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Belgium | 2020 | 5 | 1 |
2021 | 5 | 1 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 8 September 2020 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | ![]() | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A | [14] |
2 | 30 March 2021 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | ![]() | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [15] |
Stade Rennais F.C. – current squad | |
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