Nuño Denayer

Goalkeeper - Anderlecht U20
24 Sep 2028
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Marked for Nuño Denayer

75 Edition

The Anderlecht Chronicle

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Jan 2028

Nuño Denayer breaks a bone — 19 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings3 Jan 2028

No sign of nerves from Konstantinos Karetsas at 20 — 8.00

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Konstantinos Karetsas did not need any: 8.00, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Momodou Sonko says Anderlecht went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Mario Stroeykens in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Anderlecht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Words at Anderlecht training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luuk de Jong is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match1 Jan 2028

Sint-Truiden take the points off Anderlecht

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The terraces3 Jan 2028

The crowd has taken to Konstantinos Karetsas

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Boardroom3 Jan 2028

Nobody left the Anderlecht dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Player ratings3 Jan 2028

Mario Stroeykens runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

Back issues
74 Edition

The Anderlecht Chronicle

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad27 Dec 2027

Nuño Denayer breaks a bone — 28 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 28 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings27 Dec 2027

Mario Stroeykens runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings27 Dec 2027

Léo Pétrot goes up and wins it — 7.23

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.23 for the rest of it.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Tempers go at Anderlecht

Mario Stroeykens was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Luuk de Jong falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad27 Dec 2027

The manager makes an example of Justin Heekeren

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

73 Edition

The Anderlecht Chronicle

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad20 Dec 2027

Nuño Denayer breaks a bone — 35 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 35 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad20 Dec 2027

Mario Stroeykens in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Anderlecht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad20 Dec 2027

No hiding place for Luuk de Jong

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luuk de Jong, and the manager let it.

The terraces20 Dec 2027

The crowd has taken to Lukáš Ambros

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings20 Dec 2027

Lukáš Ambros in the eights

A performance of 8.77 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match18 Dec 2027

Lukáš Ambros sends Anderlecht past Waasland-Beveren

It finished 1‑0, and it was Lukáš Ambros’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Anderlecht.

In brief

72 Edition

The Anderlecht Chronicle

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match11 Dec 2027

A derby to forget for Anderlecht

Beaten 2‑3 by Club Brugge in the one fixture where losing is not allowed. The football was bad enough; the week ahead will be worse.

Squad13 Dec 2027

A fracture rules Nuño Denayer out for 43 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Anderlecht will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Tempers go at Anderlecht

Mario Stroeykens was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market13 Dec 2027

Marco Kana wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Luuk de Jong falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad13 Dec 2027

No hiding place for Raphaël Guerreiro

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Raphaël Guerreiro, and the manager let it.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Mario Stroeykens in the eights

A performance of 8.87 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The terraces13 Dec 2027

The crowd has taken to Mario Stroeykens

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Mihajlo Cvetković runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

71 Edition

The Anderlecht Chronicle

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad6 Dec 2027

Nuño Denayer breaks a bone — 51 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 51 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings6 Dec 2027

No sign of nerves from Mihajlo Cvetković at 20 — 7.81

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mihajlo Cvetković did not need any: 7.81, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings6 Dec 2027

Mario Stroeykens runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Mario Stroeykens in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Anderlecht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Real improvement from Rami Lougmani at Anderlecht

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Rami Lougmani is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Words at Anderlecht training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luuk de Jong is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings6 Dec 2027

A masterclass from Marco Kana

Marked 8.49 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Market6 Dec 2027

Anderlecht may not be able to give Zinho Vanheusden what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Zinho Vanheusden wants continental football; whether Anderlecht can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Match4 Dec 2027

Luuk de Jong rescues a point for Anderlecht

It needed Luuk de Jong to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against KV Mechelen, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief

70 Edition

The Anderlecht Chronicle

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match27 Nov 2027

Anderlecht silence Standard Liege

A derby is never about the football alone, but the football helped: 1‑0, and the away end emptied early. Bragging rights renewed for another season.

Match24 Nov 2027

Anderlecht march on in the cup

Mouscron are out and Anderlecht go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Nuño Denayer breaks a bone — 58 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 58 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Wilfried Kanga says Anderlecht went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings29 Nov 2027

Youssoufa Moukoko wins the derby

There are goals, and then there are goals against that particular opponent. The Anderlecht support have their bragging rights for a year and they know exactly whose name is on them.

Match27 Nov 2027

Anderlecht make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Anderlecht have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Tempers go at Anderlecht

Mario Stroeykens was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings29 Nov 2027

A masterclass from Lukáš Ambros

Marked 8.53 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Words at Anderlecht training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Youssoufa Moukoko is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief