{{Short description|Belgian footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Amando Lapage | image = Amando Lapage (cropped).png | caption = Lapage with Anderlecht U23 in 2023 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|11|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Belgium | height = 1.87 m | position = [[Centre-back]] | currentclub = [[K.V.C. Westerlo|Westerlo]] | clubnumber = 4 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2022 | youthclubs1 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] | years1 = 2022–2025 | clubs1 = [[RSCA Futures]] | caps1 = 49 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2024–2025 | clubs2 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = [[K.V.C. Westerlo|Westerlo]] | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2025– | nationalteam1 = [[Belgium national under-21 football team|Belgium U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 10 February 2026 | ntupdate = 10:21, 1 September 2025 (UTC) }}
'''Amando Lapage''' (born 8 November 2004) is a Belgian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[centre-back]] for [[Belgian Pro League]] club [[K.V.C. Westerlo|Westerlo]].
Lapage is the grandson of [[Paul Van Himst]], club icon of Anderlecht and the [[Belgium national football team|Belgian National team]].<ref>{{cite web |date=1 November 2024 |orig-date=1 November 2024 |title=Amando Lapage, kleinzoon van Paul Van Himst, na Anderlecht-debuut: "Straks ga ik papi zeker bellen" |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2024/10/31/amando-lapage-kleinzoon-van-paul-van-himst-na-anderlecht-debuut-straks-ga-ik-papi-zeker-bellen~1730413250558/ |url-status= |access-date= |work=sporza |language=nl}}</ref>
==Career== Lapage is a youth exponent of [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], signing his first contract in May 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neerpede.rsca.be/en/lapage2024|title=Amando Lapage signs his first professional contract - RSCA Youth|website=rsca.be}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsca.be/en/teams/rsca-futures/amando-lapage-0|title=Amando Lapage - RSC Anderlecht|website=rsca.be}}</ref> Featuring in the [[RSCA Futures]] squad in the [[Challenger Pro League]], Lapage made his professional first-team debut as a substitute on 31 October 2024 in a 4-0 [[Belgian Cup]] win at Tubize-Braine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sporza.be/nl/matches/voetbal/croky-cup/2024-2025/1-16-finale/01/tubize-braine-anderlecht-invaller-dolberg-schiet-een-anderlecht-zonder-veel-franje-met-hattrick-voorbij-tubize-braine~1726228399481/|title=Invaller Dolberg schiet een Anderlecht zonder veel franje met hattrick voorbij Tubize-Braine|trans-title=Substitute Dolberg fires a no-frills Anderlecht hat-trick past Tubize-Braine |work=Sporza|date=31 October 2024|access-date=9 November 2024|language=Dutch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/10/31/belgium/beker-van-belgie/afc-tubize/royal-sporting-club-anderlecht/4533052/|title=Tubize-Braine vs. Anderlecht - 31 October 2024 - Soccerway|website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
The following weekend, he was handed a league debut as substitute in a 4–0 [[Belgian Pro League]] home win against [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]] on 3 November 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sporza.be/nl/matches/voetbal/jupiler-pro-league/2024-2025/regulier/13/anderlecht-kv-kortrijk-anderlecht-spoelt-woelige-week-door-met-ruime-zege-tegen-kv-kortrijk~1718274785539/|title=Anderlecht spoelt woelige week door met ruime zege tegen KV Kortrijk|trans-title=Anderlecht rinses turbulent week with big win against KV Kortrijk|work=Sporza|date=3 November 2024|access-date=9 November 2024|language=Dutch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/11/03/belgium/pro-league/royal-sporting-club-anderlecht/kv-kortrijk/4364096/|title=Anderlecht vs. Kortrijk - 3 November 2024 - Soccerway|website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
On 4 February 2025, Lapage signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with [[K.V.C. Westerlo|Westerlo]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Westerlo|url=https://kvcwesterlo.be/2025/02/04/welcome-amando/|title=Welcome, Amando!|date=4 February 2025|access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|847735}}
{{K.V.C. Westerlo squad}}
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