Sven Kums

Sven Kums (born 26 February 1988) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gent.

Sven Kums
Personal information
Full name Sven Kums
Date of birth (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988
Place of birth Asse, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gent
Number 24
Youth career
1995–1996 Dilbeek Sport
1996–2006 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2007 → Lierse (loan) 14 (1)
2008 → Kortrijk (loan) 16 (5)
2008–2011 Kortrijk 100 (10)
2011–2013 Heerenveen 69 (4)
2013–2014 Zulte Waregem 29 (4)
2014–2016 Gent 65 (14)
2016–2017 Watford 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Udinese (loan) 29 (0)
2017–2020 Anderlecht 66 (5)
2019–2020 → Gent (loan) 22 (1)
2020– Gent 122 (7)
International career‡
2005 Belgium U18 3 (1)
2006–2007 Belgium U19 6 (0)
2008–2009 Belgium U20 2 (0)
2008–2010 Belgium U21 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:02, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Asse, Kums began his career at Dilbeek Sport, before joining Anderlecht in 1996.

Anderlecht

He played in the youth and reserve teams for 10 years, and in 2006 he became part of the first team. In the first half of the 2006–07 season he did not feature in a single first team game. He was hoping to finally get a chance to play for Anderlecht's first team, but ended up playing for the second team every week.

Lierse (loan)

In January 2007, Kums moved to Lierse S.K. on loan.[1] He made his debut in professional football on 10 February 2007 against FC Brussels. Kums played 14 games during his loan spell, scoring one goal. Lierse were relegated, and Kums returned to Anderlecht.

Kortrijk (loan)

In January 2008 he joined Second Division team K.V. Kortrijk on loan. There, Kums played 16 games, scoring 5 goals, helping KVK win the title and secure promotion to the Belgian Pro League.

Kortrijk

In June 2008, Kortrijk signed him to a permanent deal.[2]

Heerenveen

In March 2011, sc Heerenveen announced that Kums would join their team for the 2011–12 season, the transfer fee was rumoured to be around €500.000. He played his first match in the Eredivisie on 6 August 2011 against NEC.

After two relatively successful seasons with Heerenveen, Kums returned to Belgium, signing a three-season deal with SV Zulte Waregem.

Zulte Waregem

He signed for Zulte Waregem in 2013. In one season for Essevee, he played 41 games, scoring 5 goals. The team finished 4th, and Kums' performances didn't go unnoticed.

Gent

On 1 July 2014, KAA Gent announced that Kums would join their squad that summer, signing a four-year contract. Kums had a successful season, and for the first time in club history, Ghent became Belgian champions.

Watford / Udinese

On 29 August 2016, Kums was sold to Watford but immediately sent on a season-long loan deal to Udinese.[3][4][5]

Return to Anderlecht

On 2 June 2017, it was announced that Anderlecht acquired Kums from Watford. In his debut against Bayern Munich away in the UEFA Champions League, he was sent off after just 11 minutes.[6]

Gent (loan)

On 21 August 2019, he rejoined Gent on loan.[7]

International career

On 5 September 2008, Kums made his debut for the Belgium national under-21 football team against Slovakia.[8]

On 2 October 2015, Belgium national football team coach Marc Wilmots announced that he would call up Kums, along with teammates Matz Sels and Laurent Depoitre, for the international games against Andorra and Israel.[9]

Honours

Club
Gent
Anderlecht

Individual

Personal life

His father Ludo Kums is youth coach at his current club R.S.C. Anderlecht.

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Lierse (loan) 2006–07[11] First Division 14100~~~~141
Kortrijk (loan) 2007–08[11] Second Division 165000000165
Kortrijk 2008–09[11] First Division 33700~~~~337
2009–10[11] 38140~~~~421
2010–11[11] 29220~~~~312
Kortrijk total 1001060~~~~10610
Heerenveen 2011–12[12] Eredivisie 332514[lower-alpha 1]0~~423
2012–13[13] 32230~~~~352
2013–14[14] 4000~~~~40
Heerenveen total 6948140~~815
Zulte Waregem 2013–14[14] Pro League 294616[lower-alpha 1]0~~415
Gent 2014–15[15] Pro League 26130~~~~291
2015–16[16] 3913418[lower-alpha 1]21[lower-alpha 2]05216
2016–17[17] 50003[lower-alpha 1]0~~80
Gent total 701471112108917
Watford 2016–17[17] Premier League 0000000000
Udinese (loan) 2016–17[17] Serie A 290000000290
Anderlecht 2017–18[18] First Division A 35020501[lower-alpha 2]0430
Career total 362382932622041943
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. Appearances in the Belgian Super Cup

References
  1. "Sven Kums transfers op de transfermarkt".
  2. "Tonight at h Club Brugge KV Kortrijk". www.clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  3. "Kums è un giocatore dell'Udinese!". www.udinese.it (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. "Official: Udinese take Kums on loan | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Football Italia. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. "Udinese, Kums è ufficiale. Arriva in prestito dal Gent". www.gazzetta.it (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "WELKOM SVEN!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 21 August 2019.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Belgium make sweeping changes for Euro 2016 double-header". Sky Sports. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. "Kums in de voetsporen van Van Himst". Sport.be (in Dutch). 5 March 2016.
  11. Sven Kums at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  12. "Games played by Sven Kums in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  13. "Games played by Sven Kums in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  14. "Games played by Sven Kums in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  15. "Games played by Sven Kums in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  16. "Games played by Sven Kums in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  17. "Games played by Sven Kums in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  18. "Games played by Sven Kums in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

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