Place of birth Ixelles, Belgium Name Yannick Carrasco Playing position Role Footballer | Number 21 Height 1.80 m 2009–2010 Genk Weight 71 kg | |
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Full name Yannick Ferreira Carrasco Date of birth (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 22) Current teams Atletico Madrid (#21 / Midfielder), Belgium national football team (Forward) Similar People Layvin Kurzawa, Luciano Vietto, Michy Batshuayi, Jackson Martinez, Anthony Martial Profiles | ||
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Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (born 4 September 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Belgium national team.
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- Yannick Carrasco 2018 Dribbling Skills Goals Assists HD
- Personal life
- Monaco
- Atltico Madrid
- International career
- Club
- International
- International goals
- Honours
- References
He began his career with Monaco, where he scored 20 goals in 105 professional games, winning Ligue 2 in his first season and finishing runner-up in Ligue 1 in the second. In 2015, he joined Atlético Madrid for a reported €20 million, scoring in the final as they were runners-up in the UEFA Champions League.
Carrasco made his international debut in March 2015, and was selected for UEFA Euro 2016.
Personal life
Carrasco was born in Vilvoorde to a Portuguese father and Spanish mother.
Monaco
Carrasco joined Monaco from Belgian club Genk in 2010. He made his professional debut on 30 July 2012 in the opening game of the Ligue 2 season against Tours, opening a 4–0 victory at the Stade Louis II via a free kick. On 13 April 2013, he scored both goals of a 2–0 league victory over Auxerre. In his debut campaign with the club, he appeared in 27 games and scored 6 goals as Monaco won promotion back to Ligue 1.
His first top-flight goal came on 5 October 2013 against Saint-Étienne, converting a James Rodríguez cross and helping Monaco to a 2–1 victory. He scored twice in the opening 10 minutes fifteen days later as Monaco drew 2–2 away to Sochaux; the team finished their first season back at the top as runners up to Paris Saint-Germain.
On 25 February 2015, he scored the last goal of Monaco's 3–1 away win at Arsenal in the last 16 first leg of the UEFA Champions League, after replacing Dimitar Berbatov in the 75th minute.
Atlético Madrid
On 10 July 2015, Atlético Madrid announced the signing of Carrasco on a five-year deal for a reported fee of €20 million. On 18 October, he scored his first goal for Atletico in a 2–0 away victory over Real Sociedad.
On 28 May 2016, as a half-time replacement for Augusto Fernández in the Champions League Final at the San Siro, Carrasco scored Atlético's 79th-minute equaliser against Real Madrid in the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final; his team lost in a penalty shoot-out. He was the first Belgian to score in a European Cup final.
On 15 October 2016, he scored his first professional hat-trick in a 7–1 rout of Granada CF.
International career
Carrasco made his senior international debut on 28 March 2015, as a 69th-minute substitute for Marouane Fellaini in a 5–0 win over Cyprus in UEFA Euro 2016 qualification. He was named in manager Marc Wilmots' squad for the final tournament. On 26 June, in the last 16 in Toulouse, he scored his first international goal to conclude a 4–0 win over Hungary, after replacing Dries Mertens in the second half.