Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet (born 6 March 1988) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Mignolet started his career with

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side

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in 2004, and spent six years with the club, making 100 senior league appearances and scoring a goal. He moved to Premier League side

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in June 2010 for £2 million, spending three years with them and making 101 appearances across all competitions before moving to Liverpool in June 2013 for £9 million. Mignolet represented the Belgium national team at every level from under-16 upwards. He made his senior debut in 2011, and went on to earn over 30 caps. He was also named to Belgium's squad for the

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and

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, and

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and

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Club career

Sint-Truiden

Mignolet was born in

. He first joined his local football team,

side

, in 2004, eventually rising through their youth system to become their first-choice goalkeeper in 2006 at age 18 after the departure of

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. In 2009, he made 29 appearances and scored a penalty in the league during a 5–1 away win against K.S.K. Ronse, as he helped Sint-Truiden to win the

, and was named Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year the following year after he helped Sint-Truiden avoid relegation.

Sunderland

After being invited for a training ground tour, Mignolet signed a five-year contract with English

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club

on 17 June 2010 in a deal worth £2 million. It was later confirmed by Sint-Truiden that Sunderland had beaten PSV,

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and

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

to secure Mignolet's signature. Mignolet made his Sunderland debut in a 2–2 draw against

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on 15 August 2010, and was named man of the match for his performance. In the next home match, a 1–0 victory against

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, Mignolet kept his first clean sheet for Sunderland, following an excellent reaction save to deny

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a goal. Mignolet put in another fine performance against

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, as Sunderland drew 1–1 after

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equalised in the 95th minute. However,

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would replace Mignolet in goal several weeks later, and remained first-choice thereafter. Mignolet did not feature again until 8 January 2011, when Sunderland suffered a loss at home to

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in the third round of the

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. Mignolet would become first-choice goalkeeper again after a knee injury to Gordon in February, and earned a string of rave reviews for his performances. Following the draw, Sunderland manager

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hailed the young goalkeeper's fine start to life in English football. Mignolet cemented his position as first-choice goalkeeper the following season, being preferred to new signing

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. On 29 October 2011, Mignolet was injured during a 2–2 draw with

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, suffering a broken nose following a collision with

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. Mignolet played every single match of the following season, keeping a large number of clean sheets and producing several man of the match performances. His form prompted Manchester City and

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goalkeeper

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to praise Mignolet in December 2012 as being the best goalkeeper in the league so far that season. On 21 June 2013, it was reported

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had agreed a deal to sign the player for around £9 million.

Liverpool

2013–14 season

Simon Mignolet - Gerrard testimonial 2013

On 25 June 2013, Mignolet signed with Liverpool for a reported fee of £9 million on a five-year contract. Liverpool manager

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hailed Mignolet as being "one of the top goalkeepers in the Premier League". On 13 July 2013, he made his unofficial debut for Liverpool in a 4–0 win in a pre-season friendly over

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. On 17 August 2013, Mignolet made his official debut in the 1–0 home win against

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. In the 89th minute of the match, he saved a

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penalty, as well as

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' follow-up shot, to preserve Liverpool's lead and effectively win the match. He then recorded two more clean sheets against Aston Villa and

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, with both matches ending 1–0 in favour of Liverpool. Two weeks later, he conceded his first goals for Liverpool in the Premier League in a 2–2 draw with

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, though he was still named man of the match for the fixture. Mignolet was also named man of the match in the 3–3 draw with Everton, making nine saves throughout the match.

2014–15 season

On 14 December 2014, Mignolet's run of 53 consecutive Premier League starts came to an end as he was replaced by Brad Jones in the starting 11 against Manchester United, with Brendan Rodgers saying Mignolet would be dropped for an "indefinite period". However, 12 days later, Jones went off injured after 16 minutes away at

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, and despite some errors, Mignolet kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory. After this match, Mignolet kept four consecutive clean sheets against Sunderland, Aston Villa,

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and Everton respectively. On 10 February, Mignolet made some outstanding saves against

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in a 3–2 win. On 16 March, Mignolet continued his resurgence in a 1–0 victory against Swansea City, keeping a clean sheet as part of a strong performance. On 22 March, he saved a penalty taken by

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in a 2–1 defeat against Manchester United.

2015–2019

On 18 January 2016, Mignolet signed a new five-year deal with the club. Eight days later, he saved a penalty from

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and

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in a penalty shoot-out to send Liverpool to the 2016 Football League Cup final at

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. Although he started the first five matches of the season, Liverpool manager

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dropped Mignolet in favour of new signing

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on 24 September 2016 for the match against

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. On 24 October 2016, Klopp confirmed Mignolet was no longer Liverpool's first-choice goalkeeper and that he would be given cup matches instead. However, Mignolet returned to the starting lineup for the team in Premier League in December 2016. On 23 September 2017, Mignolet saved his club-record 8th penalty, preserving a 3–2 victory over

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. On 4 November, Mignolet captained Liverpool for the first time in a 4–1 win against

. On 26 December, Mignolet and teammate

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both made their 200th appearances for Liverpool in a 5–0 Premier League win over

. Liverpool signed

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as their first choice goalkeeper which led to Mignolet playing domestic cup games only. He started the 2–1 defeat to Chelsea in the

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on 26 September 2018. Mignolet also started in the 2–1 defeat to

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in the

on 7 January 2019. Mignolet was an unused substitute in the

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, which Liverpool won 2–0.

Club Brugge

On 4 August 2019, following the 2019 FA Community Shield, Mignolet signed a five-year contract with Belgian side

, for a reported fee of £6.4 million.

International career

Vincent Kompany Simon Mignolet Kevin De Bruyne vs USA

Mignolet first represented the Belgian under-21 side in 2008, and went on to make ten appearances for the side. On 1 September 2010, he won his first call up to the Belgian senior squad after a good run of form for Sunderland. He made his full international debut in a 2–0 victory over

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on 25 March 2011 in a

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match. He remained in the starting line-up for each of the four remaining qualifying matches, in addition to playing in three friendly matches during the qualifying campaign. However, he was unable to help Belgium qualify for the Euro 2012 finals, as a 3–1 defeat against

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saw them finish third in their qualifying group. Mignolet played in two further friendly internationals during the 2011–12 season, starting against

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and

. However, following the match against England, he did not play an international match for four months, with

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being preferred instead. He returned to the starting lineup on 14 November 2012 in a 1–2 friendly loss over

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. His next international match came over six months later in a 4–2 friendly victory over the

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on 29 May 2013. Mignolet served as back-up goalkeeper during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, with Courtois playing every minute as Belgium qualified for its first major tournament since the

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. On 10 October 2015, Mignolet started for an injured Courtois in Belgium's last two Euro 2016 qualifying matches: a 4–1 win over

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and a 3–1 victory over

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, helping seal Belgium's qualification for the first time since co-hosting

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. In May 2018, Mignolet was named in Belgium's preliminary squad for the

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, and later appeared on their final 23-man squad as a goalkeeper together with

and

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. He would go on to be named in the final squads for

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and the

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, but again did not make an appearance at either tournament. On 14 March 2023, Mignolet officially announced his retirement from international football at the age of 35.

Personal life

Mignolet can speak

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and

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. He has a degree in

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from the

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. On 20 June 2015, Mignolet married his girlfriend Jasmien Claes in his hometown. Their son, Lex, was born in October 2019. Their second son, Vin, was born in March 2022.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sint-Truiden *

: 2008–09 Liverpool *

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: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18 *

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runner-up: 2015–16 *

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runner-up: 2015–16 Club Brugge *

: 2019–20,

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, 2021–22, 2023–24 *

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: 2024–25; runner-up: 2019–20 *

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Belgium *

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third place:

Individual * Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2009–10, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

Player of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10 * North-East FWA Player of the Year: 2012 *

Player of the Year:

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* MOTD Keeper of the Year: 2013 *

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Goalkeeper of the Year: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 *

Player of the Year: 2022 *

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: 2022 *Honorary Citizen of

, Belgium: 2024

References

External links

Profile
at the Club Brugge KV website
Profile
at the Liverpool F.C. website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mignolet, Simon 1988 births Living people Footballers from Sint-Truiden Belgian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Sint-Truidense V.V. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Club Brugge KV players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Premier League players UEFA Champions League–winning players Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgium men's international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England KU Leuven alumni 21st-century Belgian sportsmen