Full name Youri Tielemans Name Youri Tielemans Career start 2002 Weight 72 kg | Number 31 Height 1.76 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 18) Similar People Dennis Praet, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dele Alli, Breel Embolo, Bernardo Silva Profiles | ||
Youri tielemans brilliant talent 2014 2015
Youri Tielemans (born 7 May 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club AS Monaco and the Belgium national team.
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- Youri tielemans brilliant talent 2014 2015
- Youri tielemans incredible skills passes goals assists 2017 hd
- Anderlecht
- Monaco
- International career
- Personal life
- Club
- International
- Individual
- References
Considered one of the brightest young prospects in world football, he began his career at R.S.C. Anderlecht, where he made 185 official appearances and scored 35 goals across four seasons. He twice won the league title, and was elected Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year in 2017. He is the youngest Belgian to play in the UEFA Champions League, making his debut in the competition at the age of 16 years and 148 days.
Tielemans represented Belgium at several youth levels and gained his first cap for the full side in November 2016, aged 19.
Youri tielemans incredible skills passes goals assists 2017 hd
Anderlecht
Born in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, located just outside the Brussels-Capital Region, Tielemans is a youth product of Anderlecht and signed his first professional contract with the club at the age of 16.
On 21 July 2013, he was included in the senior squad for the first time, remaining an unused substitute in the 1–0 win over Genk in the 2013 Belgian Super Cup. A week later, he made his first-team debut in the opening round of the Belgian Pro League season against Lokeren, replacing injured Sacha Kljestan after 25 minutes of a 2–3 home loss. This made him the fourth-youngest player in the league's history.
On 2 October 2013, he became the youngest Belgian player to play in the UEFA Champions League, starting in a match against Olympiacos at the age of 16 years and 148 days. He played 29 games – of which 21 starts – as Anderlecht won the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League, scoring to open a 3–0 win over Club Brugge at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium on 6 April 2014, a game in which he also assisted Cyriac. Tielemans won the Belgian Young Player of the Year award in each of his first two seasons.
Tielemans scored 13 times in 37 Belgian First Division A matches as Anderlecht won the 2016–17 Belgian First Division A. He won the 2017 Ebony Shoe Award for best player of African origin, and was named 2016-17 Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year. He scored 5 goals in 15 2016–17 UEFA Europa League matches, with his club reaching the quarter-finals, and was selected in its Squad of the Season.
Monaco
On 24 May 2017, Tielemans joined 2016–17 Ligue 1 champions Monaco on a five-year deal for a fee of around €25 million. He made his competitive debut on 29 July in the Trophée des Champions at the Grand Stade de Tanger, playing the full 90 minutes in the 2–1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain and assisting Djibril Sidibé's opening goal. On 4 August, Tielemans made his Ligue 1 debut in the 3–2 home win over FC Toulouse, coming on as a substitute for Radamel Falcao in the 87th minute. He made his UEFA club competition debut for Monaco on 13 September in the UEFA Champions League group match away to RB Leipzig, playing the full 90 minutes and registering his first competitive goal for Monaco by equalizing in a 1–1 draw. On 16 September, Tielemans made his first Ligue 1 start and played the entire match in the 3–0 home win over RC Strasbourg Alsace, after having played a total of 56 minutes as a substitute in his first four Ligue 1 matches.
International career
In June 2015, Tielemans was called up to the senior Belgium squad for a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Wales. He finally made his senior international debut on 9 November 2016, in a 1–1 friendly away draw to rival Netherlands, replacing Steven Defour in the 82nd minute.
Personal life
Tielemans' father is Belgian and his mother has Congolese roots. He continued education until the age of 18, combining studies with his professional career.