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Loïs Openda
	Openda with Lens in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Ikoma-Loïs Openda
Date of birth	16 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	RB Leipzig
Number	11
Youth career
2008–2011	Patro Othee FC
2011–2013	RFC Liège
2013–2015	Standard Liège
2015–2018	Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2022	Club Brugge
2020–2022	→ Vitesse (loan)
2022–2023	Lens
2023–	RB Leipzig
International career‡
2015	Belgium U15
2015	Belgium U16
2016–2017	Belgium U17
2017	Belgium U18
2018–2019	Belgium U19
2019–2023	Belgium U21
2022–	Belgium
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:06, 2 November 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:01, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Ikoma-Loïs Openda (born 16 February 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Early career

Openda played as a youth for Patro Othee FC and RFC Liège before joining the youth academy of Standard Liège.^[3]

Club Brugge

In 2015, he moved to the academy of Club Brugge, where he made his senior debut on 10 August 2018 in the Belgian Pro League against Kortrijk. Openda replaced Jelle Vossen after 80 minutes.^[4]

Loan to Vitesse

On 21 July 2020, Openda joined Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse on a season-long loan deal.^[5]^[6]^[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 October, in a 3–0 win over Heracles Almelo.^[7] Vitesse reached the final of the KNVB Cup, but lost 2–1 to Ajax. Openda scored the only goal for the Arnhem-based team.^[8]^[9] In June 2021, Openda rejoined Vitesse on loan for another season.^[10]

Lens

On 6 July 2022, Lens announced the signing of Openda on a five-year deal from Club Brugge.^[11] The striker scored his first goal against Inter Milan in a friendly game on 22 July.^[12] On 28 October, he scored his first hat-trick for Lens in a 3–0 win over Toulouse.^[13] After eight matches without scoring, on 12 March 2023, he scored the fastest hat-trick in Ligue 1 within four minutes and 30 seconds in a 4–0 away win over Clermont, beating the previous record of Matt Moussilou.^[14]

RB Leipzig

On 14 July 2023, Openda signed for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on a five-year contract.^[15] The transfer fee reported was in the region of €43 to €46 million, with potential bonuses adding up to €6 million.^[16] On 19 August, he scored his first goal on his Bundesliga debut in a 3–2 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen.^[17] On 4 October, he netted his first Champions League goal in a 1–3 home defeat against Manchester City.^[18] On 28 November, Openda scored twice at the City of Manchester Stadium against Manchester City, although his team lost 3–2.^[19] He finished his debut Bundesliga season at the club as their top scorer with 24 goals, only behind Harry Kane and Serhou Guirassy in the league.^[20]

On 31 August 2024, Openda scored two goals against Bayer Leverkusen to end their unbeaten Bundesliga streak for the first time in 15 months.

International career

On 18 May 2022, Openda was named to the squad for the four 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches on 3, 8, 10 and 13 June 2022 against Netherlands, Poland (twice) and Wales respectively. He played again against Wales in the UEFA Nations League on 13 September 2022.^[21]

On 10 November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.^[22]

Personal life

Openda is of Moroccan^[23] and Congolese descent.^[24] Openda is a Christian.^[25]^[26]^[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 November 2024

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
Club Brugge	2018–19	Belgian Pro League	20	4	1	0	7^[b]	0	—		28	4
	2019–20	Belgian Pro League	15	0	3	0	7^[c]	1	—		25	1
	Total		35	4	4	0	14	1	—		53	5
Vitesse (loan)	2020–21	Eredivisie	33	10	5	3	—		—		38	13
	2021–22	Eredivisie	33	18	2	1	11^[d]	4	4^[e]	1	50	24
	Total		66	28	7	4	11	4	4	1	88	37
Lens	2022–23	Ligue 1	38	21	4	0	—		—		42	21
RB Leipzig	2023–24	Bundesliga	34	24	1	0	8^[c]	4	1^[f]	0	44	28
	2024–25	Bundesliga	9	5	1	1	3^[c]	0	—		13	6
	Total		43	29	2	1	11	4	1	0	57	34
Career total			182	82	17	5	36	9	5	1	240	97

^ Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup, Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 14 October 2024^[28]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	2022	6	2
	2023	8	0
	2024	10	1
Total		24	3

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.^[28]

List of international goals scored by Loïs Openda
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	8 June 2022	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Poland	6–1	6–1	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A	^[29]
2	18 November 2022	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Egypt	1–2	1–2	Friendly	^[30]
3	14 October 2024	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	France	1–1	1–2	2024–25 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Club Brugge

RB Leipzig

DFL-Supercup: 2023^[31]

Individual

Eredivisie Player of the Month: May 2022^[32]
Eredivisie Team of the Month: January 2022,^[33] May 2022^[32]
UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: March 2023,^[34] April 2023^[35]
UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2022–23^[36]

References

^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Belgium (BEL)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Loïs Openda". RB Leipzig. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b Droog, Julian (7 August 2020). "Loïs Openda van Vitesse is 'een geschenk van God'". de Gelderlander. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "Club Brugge vs. K.V. Kortrijk - 10 August 2018 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ "Loïs Openda nieuwe aanvaller Vitesse (video)" (in Dutch). SBV Vitesse. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "Loïs Openda mag jaartje rijpen bij Vitesse: "Wil veel goals maken"". sporza.be (in Dutch). 21 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "Vitesse ruim langs Heracles, Openda voor het eerst trefzeker". eredivisie.nl (in Dutch). Eredivisie. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ Lammers, Lex (18 April 2021). "Droom Vitesse spat uiteen in een akelig lege Kuip". de Gelderlander (in Dutch).
^ "Ajax breidt trofeeënkast uit met 20e KNVB-beker, ondanks goal van Openda". sporza.be (in Dutch). 18 April 2021.
^ "Vitesse huurt aanvaller Openda nog een seizoen van Club Brugge". nu.nl (in Dutch). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "LOÏS OPENDA, UN ÉCLAIR VENU DE BELGIQUE". rclens.fr (in French). RC Lens. 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Tuttosport: AC Milan target Openda and a beautiful goal against Inter: 'predestined'". 14 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
^ "Openda hits hat-trick as Lens march on". Ligue 1. 28 October 2022.
^ le Coz, Yohann (12 March 2023). "LIGUE 1 - Loïs Openda (RC Lens) inscrit le triplé le plus rapide de l'histoire du championnat face à Clermont". Eurosport (in French).
^ "Done deal! RB Leipzig sign Loïs Openda". RB Leipzig. 14 July 2023. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023.
^ Barbaud, Maxime (14 July 2023). "Le RB Leipzig met enfin la main sur Loïs Openda". Foot Mercato (in French). Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
^ "Bayer Leverkusen düpiert RB Leipzig im Duell der Mitfavoriten" (in German). Ran. 19 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023.
^ Begley, Emlyn (4 October 2023). "Leipzig 1-3 Manchester City: Substitutes Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku help City clinch late win". BBC Sport.
^ "RB Leipzig beaten by Manchester City despite Loïs Openda double". Bundesliga. 28 November 2023. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ Sharma, Abhinav (19 May 2024). "Bundesliga top scorers 2023-24: Harry Kane, Serhou Guirassy & players with the most goals in Germany this season". Goal.com.
^ "32 Rode Duivels voor 4 duels in juni: Onana en Openda zijn nieuw" [32 Red Devils for 4 duels in June: Onana and Openda are new]. sporza.be. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Roberto Martinez selects 26 Devils for the World Cup". Royal Belgian Football Association. 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ "Le jeune Brugeois Lois Openda un lion en devenir". LionsdeAtlas.
^ "Les ambassadeurs congolais de Belgique sont de retour ce vendredi ! - Leopard Leader Foot". Leopard Leader Foot.
^ "Openda Official Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "Openda Official TikTok". www.tiktok.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "Twitter". twitter.com.
^ ^a ^b "Loïs Openda". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "Belgium 6–1 Poland". UEFA. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Belgium 1–2 Egypt". ESPN. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Seven clubs provide players for Eredivisie team of the month (May)". Eredivisie. 20 May 2022.
^ "AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month". Eredivisie. 28 January 2022.
^ "Loïs Openda, joueur du mois de mars de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats!" [Loïs Openda, player of the month for March in Ligue 1 Uber Eats!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Loïs Openda, joueur du mois d'avril de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats!" [Loïs Openda, player of the month for April in Ligue 1 Uber Eats!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ "Messi, Rongier, Danso... L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

External links

Profile at the RB Leipzig website
Loïs Openda at the Royal Belgian Football Association
Loïs Openda – UEFA competition record (archive)

[28] Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup, Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal

[29] Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

[UCL-30] Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[UECL-31] Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

[32] Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs

[33] Appearance in DFL-Supercup

[1] "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Belgium (BEL)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[2] "Loïs Openda". RB Leipzig. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[gelderlander1-3] Droog, Julian (7 August 2020). "Loïs Openda van Vitesse is 'een geschenk van God'". de Gelderlander. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[soccerway2-4] "Club Brugge vs. K.V. Kortrijk - 10 August 2018 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

[5] "Loïs Openda nieuwe aanvaller Vitesse (video)" (in Dutch). SBV Vitesse. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[6] "Loïs Openda mag jaartje rijpen bij Vitesse: "Wil veel goals maken"". sporza.be (in Dutch). 21 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[7] "Vitesse ruim langs Heracles, Openda voor het eerst trefzeker". eredivisie.nl (in Dutch). Eredivisie. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[8] Lammers, Lex (18 April 2021). "Droom Vitesse spat uiteen in een akelig lege Kuip". de Gelderlander (in Dutch).

[9] "Ajax breidt trofeeënkast uit met 20e KNVB-beker, ondanks goal van Openda". sporza.be (in Dutch). 18 April 2021.

[10] "Vitesse huurt aanvaller Openda nog een seizoen van Club Brugge". nu.nl (in Dutch). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[11] "LOÏS OPENDA, UN ÉCLAIR VENU DE BELGIQUE". rclens.fr (in French). RC Lens. 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[12] "Tuttosport: AC Milan target Openda and a beautiful goal against Inter: 'predestined'". 14 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[13] "Openda hits hat-trick as Lens march on". Ligue 1. 28 October 2022.

[14] Coz, Yohann (12 March 2023). "LIGUE 1 - Loïs Openda (RC Lens) inscrit le triplé le plus rapide de l'histoire du championnat face à Clermont". Eurosport (in French).

[15] "Done deal! RB Leipzig sign Loïs Openda". RB Leipzig. 14 July 2023. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023.

[16] Barbaud, Maxime (14 July 2023). "Le RB Leipzig met enfin la main sur Loïs Openda". Foot Mercato (in French). Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

[17] "Bayer Leverkusen düpiert RB Leipzig im Duell der Mitfavoriten" (in German). Ran. 19 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023.

[18] Begley, Emlyn (4 October 2023). "Leipzig 1-3 Manchester City: Substitutes Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku help City clinch late win". BBC Sport.

[19] "RB Leipzig beaten by Manchester City despite Loïs Openda double". Bundesliga. 28 November 2023. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

[20] Sharma, Abhinav (19 May 2024). "Bundesliga top scorers 2023-24: Harry Kane, Serhou Guirassy & players with the most goals in Germany this season". Goal.com.

[21] "32 Rode Duivels voor 4 duels in juni: Onana en Openda zijn nieuw" [32 Red Devils for 4 duels in June: Onana and Openda are new]. sporza.be. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[22] "Roberto Martinez selects 26 Devils for the World Cup". Royal Belgian Football Association. 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

[23] "Le jeune Brugeois Lois Openda un lion en devenir". LionsdeAtlas.

[24] "Les ambassadeurs congolais de Belgique sont de retour ce vendredi ! - Leopard Leader Foot". Leopard Leader Foot.

[25] "Openda Official Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[26] "Openda Official TikTok". www.tiktok.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[27] "Twitter". twitter.com.

[EUFoot-34] "Loïs Openda". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

[35] "Belgium 6–1 Poland". UEFA. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[36] "Belgium 1–2 Egypt". ESPN. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[37] Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[EPOMMay22-38] "Seven clubs provide players for Eredivisie team of the month (May)". Eredivisie. 20 May 2022.

[39] "AZ breaks through the Ajax stronghold in the Eredivisie team of the month". Eredivisie. 28 January 2022.

[40] "Loïs Openda, joueur du mois de mars de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats!" [Loïs Openda, player of the month for March in Ligue 1 Uber Eats!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[41] "Loïs Openda, joueur du mois d'avril de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats!" [Loïs Openda, player of the month for April in Ligue 1 Uber Eats!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[42] "Messi, Rongier, Danso... L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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Loïs Openda

Club career

Early career

Club Brugge

Loan to Vitesse

Lens

RB Leipzig

International career

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

References

External links

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