Sébastien Pocognoli

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Sébastien Pocognoli

Full name	Sébastien Pocognoli
Date of birth	August 1, 1987 (1987-08-01) (age 20)
Place of birth	Seraing, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Left Back / Left Winger
Club information
Current club	AZ Alkmaar
Number	5
Youth clubs
2002 2002-2003	Standard Liège KRC Genk
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2007 2007-present	KRC Genk AZ Alkmaar	46 (1)
National team
	Belgium U-19s Belgium U-21s
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Sébastien Pocognoli (born August 1, 1987 in Seraing) is a Belgian football player of Italian origin ^[1] who currently plays for AZ Alkmaar. His nickname is "Poco".

1 Career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Pocognoli began his career with Standard Liège, but left at the age of fifteen to join KRC Genk. In April 2004, he made his first-team debut aged just sixteen, and broke into the first-team in 2006 due to the injuries faced in Genk that season. He is known for his attacks from the wing, in the style of a left wing back, and also has a powerful shot

On 22 June 2007 he signed a five-year deal with Dutch side AZ Alkmaar ^[2].

[edit] International career

Pocognoli was a member of the Belgium under-21 team, and was part of the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Pocognoli helped them finish 2nd in their group, ahead of Portugal after scoring a crucial equalizer against the Netherlands, to book their place in the semi-final against Serbia, which they lost 2-0. Nevertheless Belgium is through to the Olympic football in Beijing in 2008.