Charles de Ketelaere’s 2023/24 in stats

Which better way to tackle the start-of-the-week fatigue than a just-released brand new issue of our special on the four black-and-blue marksmen? After Koopmeiners and Scamacca, the centre-fold goes to Charles de Ketelaere, who has made a signature move out of the trope "scoring on his debut" this season...

Arrived on loan from AC Milan on August 16, the Belgian striker met all expectations and made points to redeem his black-and-blue visa and take up residence in Bergamo one goal and one assist after the other, namely, 14 and 11 respectively in 50 seasonal appearances in all competitions -which resulted in CDK being in the team's Top-5 in terms of aggregated caps.

"The (Red) Devil wears Atalanta": all the figures behind CDK's 2023/24.

Here's a breakdown of the Belgian striker's  2023/24 campaign:

GENERAL

• With his 14 goals (one  every 206 minutes) and  his 11 assists in 51 ga,mes across all competitions, de Ketelaere is both the fourth-best seasonal nerazzurro scorer and the best wingman;

• Out of the 15 Serie A players who have contributed to 20+ goals (nets+assists) this season in all competitions, Charles De Ketelaere is the youngest (born in 2001);

• Charles de Ketelaere scored on each and every one of his debuts for Atalanta across all competitions (Serie A, UEFA Europa League and Coppa Italia).

Check the video to rewind on all CDK's goals in the 2023/24 season!

Delve further into Charles' seasonal "whip hands" with our competition-biased insights!

SERIE A

• Charles de Ketelaere made his official debut on 20/08/2023: coming off from the bench, he embellished his maiden minutes as a black-and-blue with his first goal (both as a Nerazzurro and since landing in Italy) by giving Atalanta the temporary 1-2 lead in the 1-3 away win over Sassuolo (Serie A TIM MD1);

• De Ketelaere's first start and first home appearance at the Gewiss Stadium came in the 3-0 win over Monza on 02/09/2023 when he also delivered his first assist (Serie A TIM MD3);

• Charles de Keteleaere  scored one goal and provided an assist in the same game for the first time in his Serie A career in the Christmas Match 5-1 victory over Salernitana on 18/12/2023 (Serie A TIM MD16);

• For the first time in his Serie A stint, de Ketelaere provided 2 asissts in a single match in the 2-0 home win over Udinese on 27/01/2024 (Serie A TIM MD22). The Udinese game also marked CDK's 25th appearance for Atalanta in all competitions;

• De Ketelaere scored his first brace as a Nerazzurro in the 3-1 win over Lazio on 04/02/2024 (Serie A TIM MD23);

• Opening the scoring in the 1-4 win over Genoa on 11/02/2024, de Ketelaere also found his scoring ways in two consecutive Serie A games for the first time in his career (Serie A TIM MD24);

• De Keteleare scored his second Serie A  brace (which was also hist fastest multiple scoring career wise) in the 2-1 home win over Roma on 12/05/2024 (Serie A TIM MD36);

• By opening the scoring in the 0-2 away win over Lecce on 18/05/2024 (Serie A TIM MD37), not only did Charles De Ketelaere score in two consecutive games for the second time in Italy but he also became the second-ever Belgian midfielder to have reached double-digit scoring figures in a single Serie A season after Radja Nainggolan (11 goals with Roma back in the 2016/17 campaign).

• By providing the key pass to Lookman's goal in the Serie A MD29 rescheduled game against Fiorentina, de Ketelaere donned the "wingman" cape in two consecutive matches for the second time since landing in Italy. Additionally, the game was also Charles' 50th appearance for Atalanta in all competitions;

• With 8 assists to his name, CDK is the best assist provider in the 2023/24 campaign (on par with Ademola Lookman);

• With 10 goals scored in 31 caps (22 starts and 1 net every 173 minutes) de Ketelaere is the fourth-best Atalanta scorer in the 2023/24 Serie A season.

Per rivedere la "doppietta lampo" di CDK, dai un'occhiata agli highlights della partita!

COPPA ITALIA

• Charles de Ketelaere's debut for Atalanta in the Coppa Italia RO16 game v Sassuolo (won 3-1 by the home side) on 03/01/2024 came with a whole host of trivia: in addition to it being the Belgian's first ever feature (and start) in the Cup and his first Coppa Italia game at the Gewiss Stadium, CDK scored his first ever goal(s) and provided his first assists in the competition not just as a Nerazzurro; but ever since his arrival in Italy -additionally, for the third time this season, the Belgian forward resorted to his "goal on his debut" move;

• 2 goals in 4 Coppa Italia games (all of them as a starter) averaging one goal every 144 minute.

Relive Charles De Ketelaere's (yet another) debut+goal combo, this time in the 2023-2024 Coppa Italia, with the highlights of Atalanta 3-1 Sassuolo!

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

• For the second time this season, Charles de Ketelaere embellished his official Atalanta debut (which was also both his first UEL start and his first home European game as a Nerazzurro) with a goal as he opened the scoring in the 2-0 win over Raków Częstochowa on 05/20/2023 (Group Stage MD1);

• On 14/12/2023 Charles de Ketelaere scored his first away UEL goal with the black and blue shirt as he closed the 4-0 walkover in Poland against Raków Częstochowa (Group Stage MD6);

• By assisting Scamacca in the 0-3 away win over Liverpool on 11/04/2024 (UEL quartefinals, 1st leg), de Ketelaere provided his first key pass in the UEFA Europa League;

• 2 goals and as many assists in 11 games (7 starts), averaging one net every 306 minute.

Data provided by Stats Perform