Dylan de Bruycker

Dylan de Bruycker
Personal information
Full name Dylan Alain Lucienne Escalana De Bruycker
Date of birth (1997-12-05) December 5, 1997
Place of birth Ghent, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Davao Aguilas
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2009 Gent
2010–2016 Club Brugge
2016 Zulte Waregem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Davao Aguilas 23 (4)
National team
2013–2014 Belgium U-15 4 (0)
2014 Belgium U-16 4 (1)
2014–2015 Belgium U-17 3 (0)
2017– Philippines U-22 6 (0)
2017– Philippines 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:34, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:34, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Dylan de Bruycker (born 5 December 1997) is a Filipino footballer who currently plays as a Midfielder for Philippines Football League club Davao Aguilas.

Career

Youth career

Born in Ghent, de Bruycker had his youth career at K.A.A. Gent.

After his 4-year spell at Gent, he joined the youth team of Club Brugge.

On 2016, he joined the B-team of S.V. Zulte Waregem.

Davao Aguilas

On March 2017, it was reported that de Bruycker was on trial with Philippines Football League club Kaya F.C.-Makati. He took part in the 2017 Stallion Invitational Cup.

On April 2017, it was announced that de Bruycker joined Davao Aguilas. [1] He made his official debut for Davao in a 1-1 away draw against Ilocos United scoring the first goal.[2]

International career

De Bruycker was born in Belgium to a Belgian father and a Filipino mother, making him eligible to play for Belgium or the Philippines. He initially chose Belgium as he was a U-15, U-16 & U-17 national team member playing a total of 11 games.

Philippines U-22

On July 2017, he received a call-up for Philippines U-22 to compete at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification that was held in Cambodia. [3] On 19 July 2017, he received his first cap for the Philippines U-22 team in a 8-0 defeat against Japan U-23. [4] On August 2017, he once again received a call up for the Philippines U-22 team to compete in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games which was held in Malaysia. [5]

Philippines

De Bruycker was called up to the Philippines senior team in August 2017, ahead of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers against Yemen. [6][7] On October 2017, he was once again called-up for the Philippines senior team for their away game against Yemen in Doha, Qatar. [8]

In December 2018, he took part at the 2017 CTFA International Tournament though the squad that played in the friendly tournament in Taiwan was mentored by Marlon Maro in lieu of regular head coach Thomas Dooley.[9][10] He later featured in a friendly against Fiji with a Dooley-mentored squad after he was substituted in at the start of the second half of the match which ended in a 3-2 win.[11]

References

  1. "Philippines Football League previews: Ceres, Aguilas, Global, and Ilocos United". Rappler. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. "Ilocos United vs. Davao Aguilas a battle of firsts". GMA News. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. "UAAP MVPs Gayoso, Gadia banner Philippines' AFC U-23 squad". ABS-CBN Sports. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "Philippines falls to Japan in AFC U-23 tournament opener". ABS-CBN Sports. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. "Philippine national team rosters released as SEAG football kicks off". Rappler. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Azkals Squad For Yemen Clash". Philippine Football Federation. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  7. "Etheridge back for Azkals vs Yemen". The Manila Times. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  8. "Meliza, Kane get Azkals call up vs Yemen". The Manila Times. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  9. Guerrero, Bob (7 December 2017). "Why Azkals fans shouldn't panic about the losses in Taiwan". Rappler. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  10. del Carmen, Lorenzo (6 December 2017). "Young Philippines squad loses twice in Chinese Taipei tourney". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  11. Narayan, Grace (24 March 2018). "Gamel's Boys Scare Philippines". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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