Nicolas Raskin

Nicolas Raskin
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Raskin
Date of birth (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001
Place of birth Waregem, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Gent
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2015 Standard Liège
2015–2017 Anderlecht
2017–2018 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Gent 1 (0)
National team‡
2016 Belgium U15 4 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U16 12 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U17 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 May 2018

Nicolas Raskin (born 23 February 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gent in the Belgian First Division A.

Club career

Raskin was born in Waregem, and began playing football with Standard Liège at the age of 7.[1]

On 26 May 2017, Raskin signed his first professional contract with Gent for 3 years, joining from Anderlecht's youth academy.[2] Raskin made his professional debut for Gent in a 3-0 Belgian First Division A win over Sint-Truiden, at the age of 16 becoming the first player born in the 21st century to play in the league[3]

International career

Rankin is a youth international for Belgium, and represented the Belgium U17s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[4]

Personal life

Rankin is the son of Thierry Raskin, who was also a professional footballer in Belgium.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "L'histoire belge continue".
  2. ↑ "KAA Gent strikt toptalent Nicolas Raskin". KAA Gent.
  3. ↑ "Gent vs. Sint-Truiden - 10 February 2018 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ uefa.com. "Under-17 - Nicolas Raskin – UEFA.com". UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "16-jarig toptalent maakt debuut bij AA Gent". www.voetbalnieuws.be.
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