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Sven Kums
	Kums with Gent
Personal information
Date of birth	26 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Asse, Belgium
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Gent
Number	24
Youth career
1995–1996	Dilbeek Sport
1996–2006	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Anderlecht
2007	→ Lierse (loan)
2008	→ Kortrijk (loan)
2008–2011	Kortrijk
2011–2013	Heerenveen
2013–2014	Zulte Waregem
2014–2016	Gent
2016–2017	Watford
2016–2017	→ Udinese (loan)
2017–2020	Anderlecht
2019–2020	→ Gent (loan)
2020–	Gent
International career‡
2005	Belgium U18
2006–2007	Belgium U19
2008–2009	Belgium U20
2008–2010	Belgium U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:02, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Sven Kums (born 26 February 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gent. He represented Belgium internationally at youth levels U18 through U21.

Club career

Early career

Born in Asse, Kums began his career at Dilbeek Sport, before joining Anderlecht in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

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 and 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 U21 national team against Slovakia.^[8]

On 2 October 2015, senior national 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]

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 November 2024^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lierse (loan)	2006–07	Belgian Pro League	14	1	0	0	—		—		14	1
Kortrijk (loan)	2007–08	Belgian Second Division	16	5	2	0	—		—		18	5
Kortrijk	2008–09	Belgian Pro League	33	7	3	0	—		—		36	7
	2009–10		29	1	4	0	—		9^[b]	0	42	1
	2010–11		28	2	2	0	—		1^[b]	0	31	2
	Kortrijk total		106	15	11	0	—		10	0	127	15
Heerenveen	2011–12	Eredivisie	33	2	5	1	—		—		38	3
	2012–13		32	2	3	0	4^[c]	0	—		39	2
	2013–14		4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		69	4	8	1	4	0	—		81	5
Zulte Waregem	2013–14	Belgian Pro League	21	3	6	1	6^[c]	0	8^[b]	1	41	5
Gent	2014–15	Belgian Pro League	17	0	3	0	—		9	1	29	1
	2015–16		30	12	4	1	8^[d]	2	10^[e]	1	52	16
	2016–17		5	0	0	0	3^[c]	0	—		8	0
	Total		52	12	7	1	11	2	19	2	89	17
Udinese (loan)	2016–17	Serie A	29	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
Anderlecht	2017–18	Belgian Pro League	25	0	2	0	5^[d]	0	11^[f]	0	43	0
	2018–19	Belgian Pro League	21	5	1	0	3^[c]	0	10^[b]	0	35	5
	Total		46	5	3	0	8	0	21	0	78	5
Gent	2019–20	Belgian Pro League	22	1	1	0	9^[c]	0	—		32	1
	2020–21		30	3	2	0	7^[g]	0	6^[b]	0	45	3
	2021–22		32	0	5	1	11^[h]	2	6^[b]	0	54	3
	2022–23		32	2	1	0	13^[i]	1	7^[j]	1	53	4
	2023–24		23	1	3	1	12^[h]	0	7^[k]	0	45	2
	2024–25		8	1	0	0	8^[h]	1	0	0	16	2
	Total		147	8	12	2	60	4	26	1	245	15
Career total			484	48	47	5	89	6	84	4	704	63

^ Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Appearance(s) in play-off
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
^ One appearance in the Belgian Super Cup, nine appearances and one goal in play-off
^ One appearance in the Belgian Super Cup, ten appearances in play-off
^ One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
^ Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League
^ One appearance in the Belgian Super Cup, six appearances and one goal in play-off
^ Appearances in play-off

Honours

Gent

Anderlecht

Belgian Super Cup: 2017

Individual

UEFA Champions League Team of the Group Stage: 2015
Belgian Golden Shoe: 2015
Honorary Citizen of Dilbeek: 2016^[11]

References

^ "Sven Kums transfers op de transfermarkt".
^ "Tonight at h Club Brugge KV Kortrijk". www.clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
^ "Kums è un giocatore dell'Udinese!". www.udinese.it (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ "Official: Udinese take Kums on loan | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Football Italia. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "WELKOM SVEN!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 21 August 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Belgium make sweeping changes for Euro 2016 double-header". Sky Sports. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ Sven Kums at Soccerway
^ "Kums in de voetsporen van Van Himst". Sport.be (in Dutch). 5 March 2016.