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Christian Kabasele is a Congolese-born Belgian professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Premier League club Watford.
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After progressing through the youth system at Eupen, Kabasele was promoted to the first team ahead of the 2008-09 season and signed a four-year contract with the them.
Having spent the most of the 2009-10 season on the sidelines, Kabasele then made two appearances for Eupen, as they were promoted to Belgian Pro League.
On 27 January 2011, Mechelen confirmed Kabasele has joined on loan until the end of the season.
Kabasele made his debut on 12 February 2011 in a 3-1 home win against Westerlo, coming on as a substitute for Jonathan Wilmet.
As a result of his lack of playing time at the end of the 2010-11 season, Kabasele made four appearances and scoring once for KV Mechelen in all competitions.
Kabasele didn't make an appearance for Ludogorets Razgrad until making his debut for the club against Lokomotiv Sofia on 5 November 2011, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute, and setting up the Ludogorets Razgrad's fourth goal of the game for Stanislav Genchev, in a 4-0 win.
A month later on 11 April 2012, Kabasele scored his sixth goal for the club in the Bulgarian Cup semi-finals against Septemvri Simitli, winning 4-1.
Despite being on the sidelines on four occasions throughout the 2011-12 season, Kabasele remained in the first team for the club, as he made fourteen appearances and scoring six times in all competitions.
Kabasele made his Eupen debut, starting the whole game, in a 1-0 win against Dessel Sport in the opening game of the season.
After being absent on two occasions between September and October, Kabasele scored his first goal for Eupen, as well as, setting up the club's second goal of the game, in a 3-0 win against Westerlo on 2 November 2012.
Despite being absent later in the 2012-13 season, Kabasele made twenty-seven appearances and scoring four times for Eupen.
At the start of the 2013-14 season, Kabasele started the season well when he helped Eupen keep four clean sheets in the first five league matches of the season.
Kabasele made his Genk debut, starting the whole game, in a 1-1 draw against Cercle Brugge on 2 August 2014.
Kabasele then helped Genk three out of the four clean sheets between 23 November 2014 and 13 December 2014, during which, he was suspended for picking up five yellow cards and scored on his return, in a 3-0 win against K.V. Kortrijk.
Since returning from suspension, Kabasele continued to regain his team place in the starting eleven for the side, playing in the centre-back position, for the rest of the 2014-15 season.
At the start of the 2015-16 season, Kabasele established himself in the starting eleven for the side, playing in the centre-back position.
In a follow-up match against Standard Liège, Kabasele scored his second goal of the season and celebrated his goal in response to the racism incident in a previous match, winning 3-0.
Amid the transfer speculation, Kabasele then scored two goals in two matches between 23 January 2016 and 30 January 2016 against K.V. Mechelen and K.V. Kortrijk.
Kabasele helped Genk finish fourth place in the league to qualify for the Testmatches Europa League against Charleroi.
Despite minor injury setbacks throughout the 2015-16 season, Kabasele went on to make forty-six appearances and scoring five times in all competitions.
Four days later on 27 August 2016, Kabasele made his league debut for Watford, starting a match and playing 52 minutes before being substituted, in a 3-1 loss against Arsenal.
Following the injury of Nordin Amrabat, Kabasele started in the right midfield position and played the whole game, in a 2-0 loss against Stoke City on 3 January 2017.
Kabasele started in the next two matches, playing in the right-midfield position, including scoring against Bournemouth on 21 January 2017.
At the end of the 2016-17 season, Kabasele made eighteen appearances and scoring three times in all competitions.
Having missed the opening game of the 2017-18 season due to injury, Kabasele made his first appearance of the season, starting a match and playing 81 minutes before being substituted, in a 2-0 win against AFC Bournemouth on 19 August 2017.
Kabasele then started in the remaining matches of the 2017-18 season before suffering a knee injury, resulting in his substitution in the 21st minute, as Watford lost 1-0 against Manchester United in the last game of the season.
At the start of the 2018-19 season, Kabasele started in the first seven league matches, as he helped Watford off to a winning start.
Following his return, Kabasele was placed on the substitute bench for the next four matches before returning to the starting line-up, in a 2-1 loss against Manchester City on 4 December 2018.
Kabasele made his first appearance of the 2019-20 season, coming against Coventry City in the second round of the League Cup, starting the whole game and setting up Watford's third goal of the game, in a 3-0 win.
Kabasele played a role against Manchester United on 22 December 2019, setting up the club's first goal of the game, in a 2-0 win.
Kabasele continued as a first-team regular, and by the time the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he had made 19 league appearances.
Kabasele made his only Belgium U18 appearance against Austria U18 on 8 April 2009, winning 3-1.
Kabasele then scored his first Belgium U19 goal, in a 1-0 win against France U19 on 12 October 2009.
Kabasele made his only Belgium U20 appearance, coming against Malta U20 on 31 March 2010, in a 1-0 win.
In February 2011, Kabasele was called up to Belgium U21 for the first time, making his only appearance for the U21 side, coming against Greece U21 on 27 March 2011.
Kabasele revealed that he rejected a chance to represent DR Congo after being offered a chance to play in the Africa Cup of Nations, citing his desire to prefer representing Belgium instead. Kabasele was named as part of the senior Belgium squad for UEFA Euro 2016.
Kabasele made his debut for the national team in a friendly against the Netherlands on 9 November 2016.
In October 2017, Kabasele spoke about his use of social media, saying: "I'm only Christian Kabasele, I'm not the football player so on Twitter I'm just a normal person. It's good for me and the fans to have that kind of interaction, but I'm just myself." In April 2019, he were subjected to racist comments on social media.
Kabasele spoke out against racism, where he experienced the racial abuse from his time at Bulgaria and called for tougher action.
Having spent the most of the 2009-10 season on the sidelines, Kabasele then made two appearances for Eupen, as they were promoted to Belgian Pro League.
On 27 January 2011, Mechelen confirmed Kabasele has joined on loan until the end of the season.
Kabasele made his debut on 12 February 2011 in a 3-1 home win against Westerlo, coming on as a substitute for Jonathan Wilmet.
As a result of his lack of playing time at the end of the 2010-11 season, Kabasele made four appearances and scoring once for KV Mechelen in all competitions.
Kabasele didn't make an appearance for Ludogorets Razgrad until making his debut for the club against Lokomotiv Sofia on 5 November 2011, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute, and setting up the Ludogorets Razgrad's fourth goal of the game for Stanislav Genchev, in a 4-0 win.
A month later on 11 April 2012, Kabasele scored his sixth goal for the club in the Bulgarian Cup semi-finals against Septemvri Simitli, winning 4-1.
Despite being on the sidelines on four occasions throughout the 2011-12 season, Kabasele remained in the first team for the club, as he made fourteen appearances and scoring six times in all competitions.
Kabasele made his Eupen debut, starting the whole game, in a 1-0 win against Dessel Sport in the opening game of the season.
After being absent on two occasions between September and October, Kabasele scored his first goal for Eupen, as well as, setting up the club's second goal of the game, in a 3-0 win against Westerlo on 2 November 2012.
Despite being absent later in the 2012-13 season, Kabasele made twenty-seven appearances and scoring four times for Eupen.
At the start of the 2013-14 season, Kabasele started the season well when he helped Eupen keep four clean sheets in the first five league matches of the season.
Kabasele made his Genk debut, starting the whole game, in a 1-1 draw against Cercle Brugge on 2 August 2014.
Kabasele then helped Genk three out of the four clean sheets between 23 November 2014 and 13 December 2014, during which, he was suspended for picking up five yellow cards and scored on his return, in a 3-0 win against K.V. Kortrijk.
Since returning from suspension, Kabasele continued to regain his team place in the starting eleven for the side, playing in the centre-back position, for the rest of the 2014-15 season.
At the start of the 2015-16 season, Kabasele established himself in the starting eleven for the side, playing in the centre-back position.
In a follow-up match against Standard Liège, Kabasele scored his second goal of the season and celebrated his goal in response to the racism incident in a previous match, winning 3-0.
Amid the transfer speculation, Kabasele then scored two goals in two matches between 23 January 2016 and 30 January 2016 against K.V. Mechelen and K.V. Kortrijk.
Kabasele helped Genk finish fourth place in the league to qualify for the Testmatches Europa League against Charleroi.
Despite minor injury setbacks throughout the 2015-16 season, Kabasele went on to make forty-six appearances and scoring five times in all competitions.
Four days later on 27 August 2016, Kabasele made his league debut for Watford, starting a match and playing 52 minutes before being substituted, in a 3-1 loss against Arsenal.
Following the injury of Nordin Amrabat, Kabasele started in the right midfield position and played the whole game, in a 2-0 loss against Stoke City on 3 January 2017.
Kabasele started in the next two matches, playing in the right-midfield position, including scoring against Bournemouth on 21 January 2017.
At the end of the 2016-17 season, Kabasele made eighteen appearances and scoring three times in all competitions.
Having missed the opening game of the 2017-18 season due to injury, Kabasele made his first appearance of the season, starting a match and playing 81 minutes before being substituted, in a 2-0 win against AFC Bournemouth on 19 August 2017.
Kabasele then started in the remaining matches of the 2017-18 season before suffering a knee injury, resulting in his substitution in the 21st minute, as Watford lost 1-0 against Manchester United in the last game of the season.
At the start of the 2018-19 season, Kabasele started in the first seven league matches, as he helped Watford off to a winning start.
Following his return, Kabasele was placed on the substitute bench for the next four matches before returning to the starting line-up, in a 2-1 loss against Manchester City on 4 December 2018.
Kabasele made his first appearance of the 2019-20 season, coming against Coventry City in the second round of the League Cup, starting the whole game and setting up Watford's third goal of the game, in a 3-0 win.
Kabasele played a role against Manchester United on 22 December 2019, setting up the club's first goal of the game, in a 2-0 win.
Kabasele continued as a first-team regular, and by the time the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he had made 19 league appearances.
Kabasele made his only Belgium U18 appearance against Austria U18 on 8 April 2009, winning 3-1.
Kabasele then scored his first Belgium U19 goal, in a 1-0 win against France U19 on 12 October 2009.
Kabasele made his only Belgium U20 appearance, coming against Malta U20 on 31 March 2010, in a 1-0 win.
In February 2011, Kabasele was called up to Belgium U21 for the first time, making his only appearance for the U21 side, coming against Greece U21 on 27 March 2011.
Kabasele revealed that he rejected a chance to represent DR Congo after being offered a chance to play in the Africa Cup of Nations, citing his desire to prefer representing Belgium instead. Kabasele was named as part of the senior Belgium squad for UEFA Euro 2016.
Kabasele made his debut for the national team in a friendly against the Netherlands on 9 November 2016.
In October 2017, Kabasele spoke about his use of social media, saying: "I'm only Christian Kabasele, I'm not the football player so on Twitter I'm just a normal person. It's good for me and the fans to have that kind of interaction, but I'm just myself." In April 2019, he were subjected to racist comments on social media.
Kabasele spoke out against racism, where he experienced the racial abuse from his time at Bulgaria and called for tougher action.
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