| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anga Dedryck Boyata[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
| Playing position | Centre back/Right Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bolton Wanderers (on loan from Manchester City) |
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| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Brussels | ||
| 2006–2009 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009– | Manchester City | 10 | (0) |
| 2011– | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Belgium U19 | 12 | (2) |
| 2010– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010– | Belgium | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:28, 26 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Anga Dedryck Boyata (born 28 November 1990 in Brussels, Belgium), is a Belgian footballer of Congolese descent who plays for Bolton Wanderers, on loan from Manchester City, as a centre back or right back.
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Boyata started his career in the youth team at Brussels before joining Manchester City in 2006. He was part of City's 2008 FA Youth Cup winning side, starting in both legs of the final against Chelsea.[3][4] He won City's Academy Player of the Month award for April 2009.[5]
He made his first team debut against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup in January 2010, playing centre-back and helping his side to a 1–0 win.[6] His league debut was as a substitute against Blackburn Rovers replacing Martin Petrov in the 86th minute.[7] His first start in the Premier League came away against Hull City on 6 February 2010. He was named young player of the season 09–10 for his efforts during both legs of the Carling Cup semi final.
He scored the second goal in the Europa League play-off match against FC Timişoara on 26 August 2010, his first goal for the club. His form continued to improve and was chosen to start against Chelsea, who had been undefeated in the start of the season. Boyata played the match at right back and put in a good performance as City kept a clean sheet to win the match 1–0.[8] He was shown a red card just five minutes into a 3-0 home loss against Arsenal. He fouled Marouane Chamakh while being the last man before goal.[9] It took 6 months until he made his next first team appearance, filling in at right back in a 5-0 home victory over Sunderland.[10]
On 26 August 2011, Boyata joined Bolton Wanderers on a season-long loan.[11] He made his starting debut on 10 September in Bolton's 5-0 home defeat to Manchester United and on 2 October scored his first goal for Bolton against Chelsea. Boyata sustained an ankle injury in the 2-0 loss to Sunderland on 22 October and the injury, which kept him out for six weeks, meant that Boyata, as part of his loan agreement, returned to Manchester City for treatment. He returned to the Bolton starting line up in the match at Tottenham Hotspur on 3 December.
He has played 12 matches for the Belgium under-19s, scoring two goals.[12] Boyata made his Belgium under-21 debut in a 1–0 win over Malta on 3 March 2010.[13] Five months later, he received his first senior international call-up when he was named in the squad for a friendly against Finland.[14] He continued to show some impressing performances that he was promoted to a full first team player for Manchester City.
Belgium manager Georges Leekens selected Boyata for the two games against Kazakhstan and Austria in late 2010.[15]
Boyata is from Uccle, a quarter of Brussels[16] and is known to have a good relationship with fellow Manchester City and Belgium teammate Vincent Kompany.[17] His father Bienvenu Mandungu Boyata is a former Congolese footballer, who played during the 90s in Belgium for Union Sint-Gillis and Stade Leuven.[18]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2009–10 | Manchester City | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 1 | |
| Career total | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 2 | ||
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