Belgian international goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has signed a new five-year contract at Real Madrid, extending his stay at the Bernabeu until June He has now targeted more silverware with Real after committing his future. Personally, I hope to maintain and surpass the level I reached last season. Courtois, who played his th La Liga game for Real in Saturday's win over Alaves, added: "This extension is a reward for my efforts over the past year.
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With Madrid under the hammer in the first half at Los Blancos' Valdebebas training ground, the big Belgian proved an immovable object, with a massive save early on to deny Timo Werner what looked a surefire goal. Having initially struggled with some battles with form and competition from former stalwart Keylor Navas upon his arrival at the club, the year-old admits that he's playing in his "happy place. Read More. Coming through the ranks of Genk, he had a strong rivalry with Koen Casteels who was the same age, but was considered a better talent and had been called up for the youth national side.
He was first called up for the senior Belgian side in October , for a friendly match against Slovenia. He made his debut a month later on 15th November , in a friendly match against France. He had a great debut as he kept a clean sheet, but Belgium drew the match Since then, he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper of Belgium and has never looked back.
Considered an exciting prospect from a very young age, he was always under the spotlight since his breakthrough season with Genk. He became a world-class goalkeeper during his time with Atletico Madrid winning major silverware and was very highly-rated. At Chelsea, he has been keeping up his level of performances but every mistake is studied with a magnifying glass in the Premier League, and has a mixed review from the supporters and pundits alike. Courtois won the Belgian Pro League with Genk.
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