Hello my name is Kevin Meert and I am 19 years old. I live in Sint-Kwintens-Lennik, it is a little village next to the capital of Belgium, Brussels. I study marketing at the Arteveldehogeschool in Gent.
For our course of English we have to make a blog about something that interest us. Since I was a little boy I liked football a lot. When I was 6 years old I started playing football by a local team. I have played for that team till I was 16 years old. At that age I started working in a local store so I couldn't play any matches on Saturday anymore.
I wanted to have some money so I stopped playing football. For my blog I have chosen to talk about The Red Devils because i like football a lot and almost everybody who lives in Belgium is a big fan of them.
But not only the football side of the Red Devils excites me, also the marketing side behind it. For example when the Red Devils went to the European Championship Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike produced a song. So when people were listening to the radio and they hear this song they should automatically think about The Red Devils. The purpose of this is to make sure that a maximum of people were supporting our national team.
The Belgium national football team is a team of footballers representing Belgium since 1904 in international competitions. The Belgian Team is nicknamed the Red Devils which was invented by Pierre Walckiers in 1906. Our northern neighbors are our biggest rival, they are called the Dutch team. The majority of home games are played at the Koning Boudewijn Stadium in Brussels.
The coach is Roberto Martinez and the captain Eden Hazard. Vincent Kompany was the captain of the team since 2011 till 2015, but he is injured now so Eden Hazard is replacing him.
The greatest achievements of the Belgian team so far has been a gold medal at the Olympics in 1920, a second place at the European Championship in 1980, fourth place at the 1986 World Championships and six consecutive participations in world championships between 1982 and 2002.
Other significant achievements are four wins against then reigning world champions: 2-0 against West Germany in 1954, 5-1 against Brazil in 1963, 1-0 against Argentina in 1982 and 2-1 against France in 2002.
Jan Ceulemans has 96 caps which is the Belgian international record. The top scorer title is shared by Bernard Voorhoof and Paul Van Himst, they both have made 30 goals for the national team. Adidas is the clothing sponsor of our national team.
Hello my name is Kevin Meert and I am 19 years old. I live in Sint-Kwintens-Lennik, it is a little village next to the capital of Belgium, Brussels. I study marketing at the Arteveldehogeschool in Gent.
