This week, club football around the world takes a pause as the international break kicks off. No fewer than 11 Genk players have been called up to represent their countries, proudly wearing their national colors.

The list of called-up players:

Junya Ito

  • Sunday, September 7: Mexico – Japan

  • Wednesday, September 10: USA – Japan

Matte Smets & Noah Adedeji-Sternberg

  • Thursday, September 4: Belarus U21 – Belgium U21

Lucca Brughmans

  • Wednesday, September 3: Croatia U18 – Belgium U18

  • Saturday, September 6: Belgium U18 – South Korea U18

  • Tuesday, September 9: Belgium U18 – Qatar U18

Yaimar Medina

  • Friday, September 5: Paraguay – Ecuador

  • Wednesday, September 10: Ecuador – Argentina

Tobias Lawal

  • Saturday, September 6: Austria – Cyprus

  • Tuesday, September 9: Bosnia & Herzegovina – Austria

Konstantinos Karetsas

  • Friday, September 5: Greece – Belarus

  • Monday, September 8: Greece – Denmark

Patrik Hrošovský

  • Thursday, September 4: Slovakia – Germany

  • Sunday, September 7: Luxembourg – Slovakia

Hyeon-gyu Oh

  • Saturday, September 6: USA – South Korea

  • Wednesday, September 10: Mexico – South Korea

Nikolas Sattlberger

  • Monday, September 8: Belarus U21 – Austria U21

Joris Kayembe

  • Monday, September 1: South Sudan – Congo

  • Tuesday, September 9: Congo – Senegal