Dylan de Bruycker

Dylan Alain Lucienne Escalana De Bruycker[1] (born 5 December 1997) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Philippines Football League club Ceres–Negros and the Philippines national team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Escalana and the surname or paternal family name is De Bruycker.
Dylan de Bruycker
Personal information
Full name Dylan Alain Lucienne Escalana De Bruycker
Date of birth (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997
Place of birth Ghent, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Number 16
Youth career
2005–2009 Gent
2010–2016 Club Brugge
2016 Zulte Waregem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Davao Aguilas (5)
2019–2020 Ceres–Negros (1)
National team‡
2013–2014 Belgium U-15 4 (0)
2014 Belgium U-16 4 (1)
2014–2015 Belgium U-17 3 (0)
2017–2019 Philippines U-22 11 (1)
2017–2019 Philippines U-23 5 (0)
2017– Philippines 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:28, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4:51, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Youth

De Bruycker began his career in Belgium with the youth team of Gent. He later joined Club Brugge at age 13. In 2016, he played for Zulte Waregem.[2]

Davao Aguilas

In April 2017, it was announced that the 19-year-old De Bruycker had joined Davao Aguilas of the Philippines Football League (PFL).[3] He made his PFL debut for Davao on 7 May, where he scored the club's first ever league goal in a 1–1 away draw against Ilocos United.[4] He then scored a brace in Davao's second match of the season on 14 May, a 3–2 home loss against JPV Marikina.[5] On 21 June, De Bruycker scored the equaliser in a 2–2 draw against Meralco Manila, ending Meralco's five–match winning run.[6] Davao Aguilas ended the first PFL season in 7th place out of 8 teams.[7]

In the 2018 season, De Bruycker scored the fourth goal in the 5–0 thrashing of Stallion Laguna on 16 June.[8] Davao finished third in the league and were runners-up in the Copa Paulino Alcantara.[9][10] After their 2018 season, Davao Aguilas folded and released all its players.[11][12]

Ceres–Negros

De Bruycker was signed by Ceres–Negros in January 2019.[13] He scored the team's second goal in a 3–0 league win over Philippine Air Force on 17 August.[14] In the Copa Paulino Alcantara, he scored the equalising goal against Philippines U22 as Ceres eventually won 2–1 on 30 October.[15] De Bruycker was part of the Ceres–Negros squad that won the domestic league and cup double in their unbeaten 2019 season.[16]

International career

De Bruycker was born in Belgium to a Belgian father and a Filipino mother, making him eligible to play for Belgium or the Philippines. He initially chose Belgium as he was a U-15, U-16 & U-17 national team member playing a total of 11 games.[2]

Philippines U-22 & U-23

In July 2017, De Bruycker received a call-up for Philippines U-23 to compete at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification that was held in Cambodia.[17] On 19 July 2017, he earned his first cap for the Philippines U-23 team in an 8-0 defeat against Japan U-23.[18]

De Bruycker was part of the Philippines U-22 squad that competed in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games held in Malaysia.[19] Philippines finished fourth out of six in the group stage and failed to advance to the knockout rounds.[20]

In February 2019, he was part of the Philippines' squad for the AFF U-22 Youth Championship held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.[21] Philippines lost all of their three group matches in the tournament.[22] In March, he participated in the qualifications for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.[23] Philippines failed to win a single match in the qualifiers.[22]

Philippines

De Bruycker was called up to the Philippines senior team in August 2017, ahead of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers against Yemen.[24][25] In October 2017, he was again called up for the Philippines senior team for their away game against Yemen in Doha, Qatar.[26]

In December 2017, he took part at the 2017 CTFA International Tournament though the squad that played in the friendly tournament in Taiwan was mentored by Marlon Maro in lieu of regular head coach Thomas Dooley.[27][28] He later featured in a friendly against Fiji with a Dooley-mentored squad after he was substituted in at the start of the second half of the match which ended in a 3-2 win.[29]

Honours

Club

Davao Aguilas

Ceres–Negros

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References
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  20. Leongson, Randolph (25 August 2017). "PH football teams finish fourth in SEA Games". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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  22. Rajan, Adwaidh (27 March 2019). "AFC U-23 Championship 2020 Qualifiers: 5 talking points as Malaysia impress, Philippines falter in Group J". FOX Sports Asia. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  23. Sharma, Sarthak (20 March 2019). "Sunderland star among Philippines 23-man squad for AFC U23 Championship 2020 Qualifiers". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  24. "Azkals Squad For Yemen Clash". Philippine Football Federation. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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