Youth Academy
Genk is well known for its outstanding youth academy. In 2003 they built their youth center next to their stadium and set up a youth program with Ronny Vangeneugden. There are further plans to build a boarding school and some synthetic pitches. In the past and now, many young players have found their way trough the youth system. Some examples are: Logan Bailly, David Hubert (current captain), Jelle Vossen ( KRC Genk ), Faris Haroun ( Middlesbrough FC ), Steven Defour ( FC Porto ), Sébastien Pocognoli and Sinan Bolat ( Standard Liège ), Marvin Ogunjimi ( RCD Mallorca ), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea FC) and Kevin De Bruyne ( Chelsea FC )
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“In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
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—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)