The complete guide to Simon Mignolet
Want to know more about Liverpool signing Simon Mignolet? Read our handy guide to everything regarding our new Belgian goalkeeper – from social media to statistics to his career scrapbook.
Wiki says...
After a training ground tour, Mignolet signed a five-year contract at Sunderland on 17 June 2010. The deal was undisclosed but was widely reported to have cost Sunderland £2m. It was later confirmed that Sunderland had pipped PSV Eindhoven, FC Twente and Udinese to Mignolet's signature.
The social media...
The Belgian goalkeeper has an official, verified Twitter account - @SMignolet. At last count, Simon had only posted 113 times but had almost 40,000 followers.
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In his scrapbook...
13 international caps for Belgium; Belgian Second Division winner (2008-09).
The numbers game...
Mignolet has played 90 games in the Premier League during the past three seasons, keeping a total of 30 clean sheets in the process. In 2012-13 the 'keeper made an average of 6.16 saves per match, with 53 per cent of those caught. He has saved four out of 16 penalties including one from Luis Suarez. He also saved a huge penalty from Ba in a derby against Newcastle.
What they say...
"He comes in every morning and wants to do it, to work hard and improve. I've been lucky in my career to have played in front of two unbelievable 'keepers in Pat Jennings and Peter Shilton and he's got a similar approach to both. He's still very young and he's got a similar mentality to those two. If he ends up having half the career of those two I'll be ecstatic. He's an intelligent lad without being a smart Alec." (Martin O'Neill, former Sunderland manager)
Did you know?
Mignolet continued to study alongside his football commitments and achieved a degree in Social Science and Politics.