Kevin Mirallas (born October 5, 1987 in Liège) is a Belgian of Greek origin football striker.

He played for his home town side Standard Liège at youth level, and has played for Lille OSC since the opening of the 2004-05 season. Mirallas participated in the UEFA Cup in his first season at the club. He has represented Belgium at Under-17, Under-19 levels and Under-21 levels and was one of the leading figures in guiding 2007 Belgium to the semi-finals during the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Mirallas can play on either side of midfield or down the centre of the pitch.

He scored twice in the 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament, once against China (2-0 victory) and once against Italy (3-2 victory).^[1]

Mirallas recently signed for AS Saint-Etienne for €4m, scoring against Lyon on his debut in the Rhone-Loire derby.

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v • d • e Belgium squad – 2008 Summer Olympics Fourth Place 1 Bailly • 2 De Roover • 3 Kompany • 4 Vermaelen • 5 Pocognoli • 6 Fellaini • 7 De Mul • 8 Haroun • 9 Mirallas • 10 Vertonghen • 11 Martens • 12 Makabu-Makalambay • 13 Ciman • 14 Mulemo • 15 Simaeys • 16 Vanden Borre • 17 De Smet • 18 Dembélé • 19 Odjidja-Ofoe • Coach: De Sart

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