Neeskens Kebano

A French footballer Neeskens Kebano is a midfielder at a Belgian side Charleroi.

Kebano’s career at FC Paris Saint-Germain started from the club’s youth academy and specifically from the Camp des Loges. There he played for the team until he turned 14. As a member of the under-14 team a young footballer won the Championnat Fédéraux de 14 ans. The following season with the under-15 team the midfielder won the Double. The team captured the League title, the Division d’Honneur and also gained the Coupe de Paris. As the under-16 team player Neeskens won the Championnat National des 16 ans. Despite the fact that the football player is still entitled to perform at youth level on the threshold of the 2010/11 season a French footballer was advanced to the Championnat de France amateur team of the fourth division. Kebano was also in the team’s squad at the UEFA Europa League.

Neeskens’ amateur debut took place on 8 August 2010 in the match against Bourg-Péronnas. The following week he netted his fist goal at amateur football match against Monts d’Or Azergues. In December 2011 the midfielder was offered a place in the senior team to play in the final group stage match in Europa League against Ukrainian FC Karpaty Lviv. However during the whole match Kebano did not come off the bench.

After the winter break the footballer returned to the club’s reserve team and played for the team for the whole January. In February 2011 the midfielder was advanced to the senior team with another 18 players to appear in the match against amateur FC Martigues in the Coupe de France.

On 2 February for the first time Neeskens appeared on the pitch as a substitute. Kebano’s first professional goal was scored in the quarter-finals against Le Mans in the Coupe de France.

In 2013 Neeskens Kebano switched for a Belgian side Charleroi.

The footballer is the France national youth football team member and played for the U-17, U-18 and U-19 football teams. At the U-17 team he did not get much attention from Philippe Bergeroo (the team’s manager at that time) until the Elite Round of qualification for the UEFA European U-17 Football Championship started when Kebano eventually joined the main team.

On 24 March 2009 Neeskens’ youth international debut occurred in the team’s group stage match against Belarus during the first Elite Round. The footballer also participated in the next group stage match against Norway. After France qualified for the tournament Kebano was included into the team to take part in the 2009 UEFA European U-17 Football Championship. The football player featured in all 3 group stage matches until France was eliminated without any chance of winning. During the team’s final group match against Italy the midfielder netted his first professional goal.

The footballer’s debut at U-18 level happened on 27 October 2009 in a friendly match against Denmark. The player’s first goal for the team was scored on 10 December in the match against Ukraine which led to a draw. In 2010 Neeskens scored his second goal in the match against Spain. The period spent in the U-18 team resulted in 8 matches and 2 goals. In August 2010 a French midfielder received an offer to join the under-19 team to appear in the Sendai Cup in Japan. Neeskens Kebano participated in all three matches and France took the third place.