Thomas Kaminski

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Thomas Kaminski
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Kaminski with Gent in 2020
Personal information
Full name Thomas Kaminski[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 28)
Place of birth Dendermonde, Belgium
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 1
Youth career
2000–2002 Zellik Sport
2002–2004 Asse-Zellik
2004–2005 Tubize
2005–2008 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Germinal Beerschot 38 (0)
2011–2012 OH Leuven 25 (0)
2012–2016 Anderlecht 13 (0)
2014–2015 → Anorthosis (loan) 30 (0)
2015–2016 → Copenhagen (loan) 32 (0)
2016–2018 Kortrijk 84 (0)
2019–2020 Gent 49 (0)
2020– Blackburn Rovers 48 (0)
National team
2005 Belgium U15 1 (0)
2007–2008 Belgium U16 6 (0)
2008–2009 Belgium U17 9 (0)
2009–2011 Belgium U19 12 (0)
2011–2013 Belgium U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:43, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Thomas Kaminski (born 23 October 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.

Club career[]

Germinal Beerschot[]

Kaminski debuted in the Belgian top league for Germinal Beerschot in May 2009. He became the starting goalkeeper in the 2010–11 season.

OH Leuven[]

In August 2011, Kaminski signed a one-year contract with Oud-Heverlee Leuven.[3]

Anderlecht[]

He also signed an agreement which tied him to Anderlecht at the end of that season.[4] He played his first match for Anderlecht on 25 August 2012 against Oud-Heverlee Leuven. In summer 2015 Kaminski was loaned by F.C. Copenhagen.[5]

Blackburn Rovers[]

On 26 August 2020, Kaminski joined Blackburn Rovers on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12 months, for an undisclosed fee.[6]

International career[]

Due to his Polish origin and having grown up mostly in Belgium, Kaminski is available to play for Belgium or Poland.

Shortly before the 2014 FIFA World Cup Kaminski was called up to the senior Belgium team as cover to Sammy Bossut after Thibaut Courtois was rested and Koen Casteels, Silvio Proto and Simon Mignolet had picked up injuries.[7] Kaminski was on the bench as Belgium beat Luxembourg 5–1 in a friendly,[8] but the match was scrapped from the record books as manager Marc Wilmots used seven substitutes rather than the allowed six.[9] Kaminski was not part of the final squad after Courtois and Mignolet returned to the side. He was then called up into his first major tournament, the UEFA Euro 2020 as a replacement for Simon Mignolet, but didn't feature in any matches as Belgium crashed out in the quarter-finals, thus remains available for Poland.

Personal life[]

Kaminski is of Belgian descent through his mother and Polish descent through his father.[10]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 15 September 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germinal Beerschot 2008–09 Belgian Pro League 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2009–10 Belgian Pro League 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2010–11 Belgian Pro League 30 0 4 0 — — 34 0
2011–12 Belgian Pro League 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 38 0 4 0 — — 42 0
OH Leuven 2011–12 Belgian Pro League 25 0 1 0 — — 26 0
Anderlecht 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 1 0 2 0 — 0 0 3 0
2013–14 Belgian Pro League 10 0 2 0 — 3[a] 0 15 0
2014–15 Belgian Pro League 2 0 0 0 — 1[b] 0 3 0
2015–16 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 13 0 4 0 — 4 0 21 0
Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) 2014–15 Cypriot First Division 30 0 2 0 — — 32 0
FC Copenhagen (loan) 2015–16 Danish Superliga 2 0 5 0 — — 7 0
Kortrijk 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 32 0 0 0 — — 32 0
2017–18 Belgian First Division A 34 0 4 0 — — 38 0
2018–19 Belgian First Division A 18 0 1 0 — — 19 0
Total 84 0 5 0 — — 89 0
Gent 2018–19 Belgian First Division A 19 0 3 0 — — 22 0
2019–20 Belgian First Division A 29 0 1 0 — 14[c] 0 33 0
2020–21 Belgian First Division A 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 49 0 4 0 — 14 0 67 0
Blackburn Rovers 2020–21 EFL Championship 3 0 0 0 1 0 — 4 0
Career total 244 0 25 0 1 0 18 0 288 0
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours[]

Anderlecht

Copenhagen

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackburn Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Thomas Kaminski". rovers.co.uk. Blackburn Rovers F.C. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Kaminski signe un an à OH Louvain" [Kaminski signs a one-year contract with OH Louvain] (in French).
  4. ^ "Kaminski a signé au Sporting d'Anderlecht" [Akbar Kaminski has signed for Anderlecht] (in French).
  5. ^ "Thomas Kaminski prêté un an à Copenhague par Anderlecht". 1 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Welkom Thomas!". Blackburn Rovers Official Site. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Belgium call up yet another keeper after Mignolet injury". uk.reuters.com. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Belgium 5-1 Luxembourg". BBC Sport. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Adnan Januzaj's Belgium debut wiped from record books". BBC Sport. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Kiest Kaminski voor Polen?" [Will Kaminski choose Poland?]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 22 November 2012.
  11. ^ Thomas Kaminski at Soccerway

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