Footballer Nicolas Lombaerts

Nicholas Lombaerts is an active Belgian football player, a player of the St. Petersburg "Zenith" and the national team of Belgium.

Dossier

Nicholas Lombaerts (photo below) was born on March 20, 1985 in the city of Bruges. Citizen of Belgium. The game position on the football field is the central defender. Height 188 cm, weight 84 kg. Education is a law college. Communicate fluently in Dutch, English, French, German, Russian. He is married.

Club career

Club career of the pupil of the famous football school "Bruges" began in 1991 with performances in the composition of various youth teams. In parallel, Nicholas Lombaerts played for the junior teams of Belgium (U-16, U-17, U-18). In July 2004, the player signed a contract with the team "Gent", where he played 76 games in four seasons (1 goal scored).

During the performance at the European Youth Championship in 2007, where the Belgian national team reached the semifinals of the tournament, the best player of the team (its captain) was Nicolas Lombaerts. "Zenith", "Ajax" and "Anderlecht" showed the greatest interest in acquiring a talented player from a modest "Ghent". In this mini-fight won the purse of the Russian club.

In July of the same year Lombaerts became a football player of the St. Petersburg team. The deal amounted to almost $ 5 million. "Ghent" received money, and "Zenith" - one of the best young defenders needed by the club for a successful fight for the championship in the national championship.

The first year of performances in the Russian championship for Nicholas was very successful. Having played 13 games, he became the owner of the gold awards of the Russian championship. The second season for Nicholas Lomberts was unsuccessful. The player was constantly harassed by severe injuries. It all began with a European Cup match, "Zenith" against the Spanish "Villarreal", in which he suffered damage to his left knee. The final matches of the UEFA Cup, in which "Zenith" was the triumphant of the tournament, were without the participation of Lombaerts. Hardly having recovered, on one of trainings he has broken cruciform knee bundles of the same left leg. Therefore, the player was out of action for almost seven months.

Next time on the football field, Nicholas appeared on November 16, in the match of the penultimate round of the championship of Russia. In the final match, held after 6 days, he, unable to finish the meeting, left the field. The next exit to the green lawn occurred after 5 months. July 19, 2009 Nicholas was replaced in a meeting against the team "Terek."

From 2010 to the present, footballer Nicholas Lombaerts is an irreplaceable defender of the St. Petersburg club. He plays competently, reliably and tenaciously in his position, thus ensuring the harmony of defensive command lines. From 2007 to 2015, Nicholas played for the team "Zenith" in various tournaments, 284 matches, scored 12 goals.

Trophies and achievements

All his main awards and prizes Lombaerts won in the Russian club "Zenith". Together with the team, he became a four-time winner of the championship of Russia, the owner of the Cup and the two-time owner of the Super Cup, the silver and bronze medalist of the championship, the winner of the Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. In addition, Nicholas five times included in the list of "Best players of the championship of Russia", was recognized as the best foreign player of the championship (2012).

Career in the national team

From 2001 to 2006 Nicholas Lomberts was involved in the youth and youth teams of Belgium, in which he played 50 matches, scored 3 goals. Footballer became a participant of the European Championship (U-21). His first match for the national team he played in 2006 in a friendly match with the Saudi Arabian team. In this fight, he went on the field a minute before the end of the regular time of the match. The first official game for the national team was played against the team of Serbia. In total for the period of performances from 2007 to 2015 Lombaerts went on the field in the T-shirt of the Belgian national team 37 times. In these matches, he held 3 goals at the opponents' gate. In 2014, Nicholas took part in the final games of the World Cup in Brazil.

In the history of football there were players involved in criminal cases with the theft of various goods and jewelry. In memory, there are cases related to the foreign voyage of Igor Belanov or the same celebrated Belgian Van Moore, who was "prosecuted". In the case of our hero everything was exactly the opposite. Before the game of the away match against the team of Kazakhstan, he was robbed by an unknown robber. The wallet with money, a credit card, a driver's license, an expensive mobile phone disappeared.

In conclusion - a couple of words about the family life of the football player. He is from an ordinary, average Belgian family. The father works as a lawyer, the mother leads a household. Nicholas himself is married for a long time. In 2011, he married a girl named Carolina Van der Sprecht.