Leander Dendoncker Biography, Age, Wife, Career, Net Worth & Wiki

Leander Dendoncker is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as either a defender or a defensive midfielder for Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Belgium national team. Having joined Anderlecht in 2009, Dendoncker made his professional debut in July 2013, going on to play 171 games and score 11 goals. Two Belgian Super Cups and a Belgian First Division A title were won by him.

Having made his senior international debut for Belgium in June 2015, he was part of the squad that finished third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He also played at UEFA Euro 2020 as well. At 1.89 meters tall, the 22-year-old plays as a defensive midfielder but can also play as a center back. In the 2016-17 season, the right-footed player won the Belgian Pro League with Anderlecht.

Leander Dendoncker Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Leander Dendoncker
Nick Name	Leandriñho
Age	28 (as in 2023) Years
Religion	Not Available
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Aries
Birth Place	Passendale, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Date of Birth	15 April 1995
Nationality	Belgian
Residence	Passendale, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Home Town	Passendale, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Watching Movies, Horse Riding
Family
Mother’s Name	Katrien Dendoncker
Father’s Name	Dirk Dendoncker
Brother(s)	• Lars Dendoncker • Andres Dendoncker
Sister(s)	None
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	Niki
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Unmarried
Children	Daughters- None Sons- None
Education
School	Sint-Guido-Instituut school
College/University	Not Available
Educational Qualification	Not Available
Profession	Professional Footballer
Brands Endorsed	Nike
Career Manager	Wasserman
Football Career
Debut Club	• August 9, 2018: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. • 2013: R.S.C. Anderlecht
Debut International	• 2015: Belgium national football team
Jersey Number	• 32 (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.) • 19 (Belgium national football team)
Current Team(s)	• Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. • Belgium national football team
Coach/Mentor	Bruno Lage
Position	Defensive Midfield
Foot	Right
Strengths	• Tackling • Interceptions • Marking • Jumping • Passing • Crossing
Weaknesses	• Strength • Heading • Balance
Achievements	Not Available
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88 m in feet inches- 6’2”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 67 kg in pounds- 148 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	40 inches
Biceps Size	14 inches
Waist Size	32 inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Belgian
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Dark Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Distinctive Features	Not Available
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	12 U.S.
Favourite Things
Favorite Playing Position	Midfielder
Favorite Car	Not Available
Favorite Food	Italian Food
Favorite Drinks	Coffee
Favorite Color	Black
Favorite Cell Phone/Brand	iPhone/Apple

Life Journey

Leander Dendoncker’s Biography includes his Childhood, Family, Parents, Love Life (Girlfriend & Wife), Net Worth, Lifestyle, and Personal Life.

We give you the truth about significant events in the footballer’s life, starting from his formative years to when he first became popular.

There is no doubt about his versatility and passing skills, as well as his excellent technique and vision. However, few people have read Leander Dendoncker’s biography, which is quite informative. Let’s get started.

To begin with, the footballer is known by the nickname Leandrin-ho. He was born on the 15th of April 1995 in Passendale, a rural village in Belgium.

Katrien and Dirk Dendoncker are the parents of Leander Dendoncker. Dendoncker is an authentic Belgium national. An investigation into Dendoncker’s family background reveals that he is of Fleming descent. The ethnic group dominates the northern part of the European country.

His birth village in Passendale is where he grew up. It is located in the municipality of Zonnebeke. It is famous for cheese and was a first world war battlefield.

Dendoncker, who lived in the village with his older brother Andres and his younger brother Lars, was an incredibly shy child. Although he did not speak much, he was an avid footballer.

A young football prodigy was not alone in the sport. His brothers were also big football fans. Leander Dendoncker’s parents knew their kids had potential as football players. Therefore, they supported them in every way.

In addition to his support, Dendoncker’s father carved out a portion of their pig farm for the children to practice football. Given that the lower class family relied on agriculture and land was scarce, the movie was indeed a sacrifice.

Before he was 7 years old in the early 2000s, ‘LeandriAho’ had enough experience from playing with his brothers to begin training with his local team, FC Passendale. A football prodigy stood out among his peers at FC Passendale such that he caught the eye of K.S.V. Roeselare.

In just three years (2003-2009), Dendoncker proved himself to be a valuable member of the soccer team. In 2009, Dendoncker reached a turning point in his football career. During this period, he earned a big move to Anderlecht.

In his time with the Belgie giant, a 14-year-old Dendoncker became homesick and found it difficult to settle down. Dendoncker begged Anderlecht staff to release him at the height of his challenges. This, however, did not happen. In turn, the youngster was placed under the care of the club’s media officer – David Steegen – parents, who provided him with comfort and support.

As an under-15 player for Anderlecht, Dendoncker suffered from homesickness as he adjusted to the difference between a largely white rural setting and a diverse urban one. As a student at Sint-Guido-Instituut school in Anderlecht, he was filmed for the fly-on-the-wall documentary De School van Lukaku (Lukaku’s School), which focused on teammate Romelu Lukaku.

Dendoncker is fluent in three languages: English, French, and Dutch. In interviews for Anderlecht, he says he speaks West Flemish to his family, but the Brabantian dialect to his friends.

In the years that followed, the football prodigy rose through the ranks of Anderlecht to the point where he made his debut for the big soccer house in 2013. Dendoncker achieved his greatest success at Anderlecht, helping them win the Belgian First Division A title in 2016-17 before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018.

No matter which way fortune tilts for him, the rest will be history, as they say. Since leandririho became a regular feature for Wolverhampton, many have been eager to know about the woman in his life. However, he is not one to keep his private life private.

As a result, we can confidently say that he is in a relationship with Niki. We do not know when they began dating, but we do know that they live together and have neither sons nor daughters out of wedlock.

It is very rare to find a football player who keeps family time, but Leandriiiho is one of them. Find out what Leander Dendoncker’s parents, siblings, and relatives were like.

The Belgian is the son of Dirk. Having given up a possible football career to work on the farm, he was happy to see his children enjoy playing football there. He now works as a bricklayer and is proud of how far his sons have come in football.

Katrien is the footballer’s mom. Leander Dendoncker’s mother is undoubtedly the least known of his parents. Dendocker admits in his confession that he was her mummy’s boy, but not much is known about her. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that she played an important role in the life and rise of the bailer.

We stated earlier that the Belgian professional footballer has two siblings who grew up with him. Lars is his younger brother, and Andres is his older brother. Andres is playing at a lower level in his home country while Lars is at Brugge’s academy. Dendocker is loved by both his siblings and is proud of his accomplishments.

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Apart from his immediate family, little is known about his ancestry, especially regarding his maternal and paternal grandparents. Additionally, little is known about Dendoncker’s uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, and nieces.

Let’s move on to Leandrifiho’s life outside of training and stopping opposition strikers. When asked to describe his personality, do his friends, family, and teammates all speak with one voice? Dendoncker is a likable person who is emotionally intelligent, ambitious, creative, and resilient like people whose Zodiac sign is Aries.

In addition, he enjoys watching movies, playing video games, and spending quality time with family and friends, among other interests and hobbies. Definitely, Leander Dendoncker can afford to live a luxurious lifestyle similar to some football geniuses who have no problem spending big on assets such as cars and houses.

Nevertheless, the Sportster lives a modest lifestyle, as he has yet to drive exotic cars, while the value of his motherland’s property is unknown.

Leander Dendoncker Net Worth

How much does he earn in 2023?

In July 2019 the center-back signed a contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers that nets him a whopping salary of 2.3 Million Euros (2 Million Pounds) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €6,284 (£5,435) per day and €262 (£226) per hour!

After being one season on loan at Wolverhampton he permanently joined the Wolves in the summer of 2019. He signed an impressive contract that nets him a whopping 2.3 million euros per year. His current net worth is 10 Million Euros (8.8 Million Pounds).

Leander Dendoncker In FIFA 2022

He is currently 27 years old and plays as a central midfielder for Wolverhampton Wanderers in England. His overall rating in FIFA 22 is 77 with a potential of 78. Dendoncker has two 2-star skill moves. His right foot is his preferred shooting foot. He has a High / High workrates. Leander Dendoncker is currently playing with the numbers 32 and 22. Among his best stats are:

• Strength: 85
• Shot Power: 85
• Stamina: 83
• Short Pass: 80
• Marking: 78

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Club Career

Anderlecht

• Dendoncker signed for Anderlecht in 2009 after moving from K.S.V. Roeselare to R.S.C. Anderlecht. He chose this club ahead of Standard Liège, Club Brugge and K.R.C. Genk. As a result of his performance for the youth team in the NextGen Series and a training camp in Turkey, he was incorporated into the first team in January of 2013.
• It is said that he models his play on that of the Spanish midfielder Sergio Busquets.
• In the 2013 Belgian Super Cup, he made his professional debut on 21 July by replacing Dennis Praet for the final nine minutes of the 1–0 win over Genk at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium.
• He extended his contract until the end of 2016 on 26 September.
• In spite of this, it was not until 1 August 2014 that he made his debut in the Belgian Pro League, away to KV Oostende on the opening day of the season.
• As a result of scoring his first professional goal on 18 January 2015 in a 3–0 win over Lierse S.K., Dendoncker was praised by former Anderlecht player Paul Van Himst, who said that there was no better player at his position in Anderlecht.
• His team lost 2–1 to Brugge in the final of the 2014–15 Belgian Cup, and he played six matches in the tournament.
• Dendoncker scored five goals as Anderlecht won the 2016–17 Belgian First Division A. He scored two of these goals on 18 December, as Anderlecht defeated K.A.S. Eupen 4–0 at home.
• During that season, he also played all 16 matches for the team in the European competition, which ended with the eventual winner Manchester United eliminating the team in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League.
• The first leg of that tie was played on 13 April 2017, in which he scored a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• It was announced on 9 August 2018 that Dendoncker was on loan to newly-promoted English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season-long loan, with Wolves under a duty to make the player a permanent signing in summer 2019.
• The Emre Can-born midfielder made his debut on 28 August in the second round of the EFL Cup away to Sheffield Wednesday (2-0 victory), with Nuno Esp*rito Santo making nine changes from the previous game.
• In late September, the Football Association rejected Dendoncker’s mandatory purchase clause in Wolves’ contract and made his deal permanent for a fee of €15 million.
• The player finally made an appearance in the league on 5 December in a 2–1 win against Chelsea, playing for the final nine minutes in place of Ra*l Jiménez in goal, then scored his first Premier League goal on his sixth appearance in the competition, in a 1–3 win against Everton on 2 February 2019.
• During Wolves’ League Cup semi-final with Watford in April 2019, Dendoncker committed a foul in the Wolves penalty area with just 180 seconds left of the quarter-final as Wolves were leading 2–1 and thereby conceded the penalty that allowed Watford to draw the game at the end of normal time (at 2–2) and win the game in extra time.
• In addition to that, on 4th May he scored the only goal in a 1-1 draw at home against Fulham, which enabled Wolves to qualify for the Europa League as a result of Watford’s defeat.
• On 1 July 2019, Wolves announced that Dendoncker was going to become a permanent signing, his original loan agreement included the requirement for the club to sign him permanently at the end of the original season-long loan.
• As a result of the introduction of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) by the Premier League for the 2019-20 season, he became the first player to have a ‘goal’ ruled out using the VAR system in a league match during Wolves’ opening fixture away to Leicester City on 11 August.
• In an announcement made by Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 14th of December 2020, it was announced that Dendoncker had extended his contract with the club through to 2023, with options for a further twelve months available to the club.
• Dendoncker made his 100th competitive appearance for Wolves in an F.A. Cup 4th Round tie away to non-league Chorley on 22 January 2021, a game Wolves won 1–0.
• He scored his first goal of the 2020–21 season in a home league game against West Ham United on 5 April 2021.
• Dendoncker scored his first goal in the 2021–22 Premier League season in a 2–0 win away to Tottenham Hotspur on 13 February 2022.

International Career

• Dendoncker and his Anderlecht teammate Youri Tielemans were first called up for the Belgium national team on 22 May 2015.
• On 7 June, he made his debut in a friendly match away to France. He replaced Jason Denayer at the end of the game in which France won 4–3.
• According to manager Roberto Martinez, Dendoncker was named to Belgium’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia on 4 June 2018.
• Having already advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup, he made his tournament debut on 29 June by winning 1–0 against England at the Kaliningrad Stadium, with both teams using unfamiliar teams.

Facts About Leander Dendoncker

• Dendoncker grew up in the West Flanders Passendale area and moved to KSV Roeselare’s youth club in 2001.
• In 2003, after a couple of seasons, he moved to Roeselare and spent the next 6 years there.
• In this particular case, the midfielder was monitored by RSC Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Standard Liege and KRC Genk, but he chose Anderlecht.
• In the 2010 season, Dendoncker impressed the Belgium national team and was drafted into the Belgium under-16 team.
• A youth player had the opportunity to participate on stage with the team of trainer John van den Brom during the winter break of the 2012/13 season.
• During the 2013 season, he made his debut in the Belgium National Cup.
• It was on the 21st of July 2013 that he made his official debut as an eighteen-year-old.
• In the Supercup match against KRC Genk, Dendoncker made his official debut in the first game of the season. It is worth mentioning that he came on as a substitute for Dennis Praet in the 81st minute, and he was able to win the match 1-0.
• In the 85th minute of his debut for the “Red Devils” against France on 7th June 2015, he made his international debut for the “Red Devils”.
• He made his competitive debut for the Purple & White on the 1st August 2014 against KV Oostende again coming in as a substitute coming in for Aleksandar Mitrović.
• As a result of his efforts, he found the back of the net on two occasions in the 2014-15 season.
• In the 2016/17 season, Dendonker played all league matches for RSC Anderlecht. He won both the Belgium Super Cup and Belgium Super League.
• He also played at the European level for the club and scored a goal at home against Manchester United in the 86th minute to give his team a 1-1 draw.
• He was playing in the RSC Anderlecht youth setup since 2009 and was called to the first team after 4 years by Besnik Hasi.
• Club Brugge tried to get him to West Flanders. Dendoncker did not accept the offer and extended his contract until 2016.

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