Yannick Carrasco

Yannick Carrasco
Carrasco playing for Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Yannick Ferreira Carrasco[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993
Place of birth Vilvoorde, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Dalian Yifang
Number 10
Youth career
1999–2001 Stade Everois
2001–2005 Diegem Sport
2005–2010 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Monaco B 30 (10)
2012–2015 Monaco 81 (15)
2015–2018 Atlético Madrid 81 (17)
2018– Dalian Yifang 21 (6)
National team‡
2008 Belgium U15 1 (0)
2010 Belgium U17 2 (0)
2010–2011 Belgium U18 9 (1)
2011–2012 Belgium U19 12 (3)
2013–2014 Belgium U21 11 (1)
2015– Belgium 31 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:15, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:34, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈrasko]; born 4 September 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dalian Yifang and the Belgium national team.

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. He played at UEFA Euro 2016 and was part of their squad that came third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Carrasco was born in Vilvoorde to a Portuguese father and Spanish mother.[2] His father abandoned Yannick, leaving his mother, Carmen, to raise him and his brother Mylan.[3] He has two younger half-siblings, Hugo and Celia.[4]

In 2017 Carrasco married former Miss Belgium Noémie Happart.[5]

Club career

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.[6] 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.[7]

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;[8] 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.[9]

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.[10][11] On 18 October, he scored his first goal for Atletico in a 2–0 away victory over Real Sociedad.[12]

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.[13]

On 15 October 2016, he scored his first professional hat-trick in a 7–1 rout of Granada CF.[14][15]

Dalian Yifang

On 26 February 2018, along with teammate Nicolás Gaitán, Carrasco moved to Chinese Super League newcomers Dalian Yifang, a club owned by Atlético Madrid's partial owner Wanda Group.[16] He made his debut on 3 March in an 8–0 loss to Shanghai SIPG,[17] and scored his first goal in his fourth match for the club on 31 March, in a 1–1 away draw with Henan Jianye, ending his club's season-opening three-game losing streak.[18]

International career

Exhibition match against Russia in Sochi (2017)

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.[19] He was named in manager Marc Wilmots' squad for the final tournament.[20] 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.[21]

Carrasco was included in the Belgian squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by manager Roberto Martinez.[22] He made his debut in the opening group stage victory over Panama and was deployed as a left wing back.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 22 September 2018[24]
Club League Cup League Cup Continental Total
ClubSeasonDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco 2012–13 Ligue 1 2762022—318
2013–14 Ligue 1 1834100—224
2014–15 Ligue 1 3664021101528
Total 81151014310110520
Atlético Madrid 2015–16 La Liga 29450—91435
2016–17 La Liga 351062—1225314
2017–18 La Liga 17351—50274
Total 8117163—26312323
Dalian Yifang 2018 Chinese Super League 19510——205
Career total 181372744336424848

International

As of 7 September 2018[25]
Belgium
YearAppsGoals
201540
2016114
201771
201890
Total315

International goals

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 June 2016Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France Hungary
4–0
4–0
UEFA Euro 2016
2.6 September 2016GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus
3–0
3–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.9 November 2016Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands
1–1
1–1
Friendly
4.14 November 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Estonia
4–1
8–1
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.7 October 2017Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
4–3
4–3

Honours

Monaco

Belgium

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Op bezoek bij Ferreira Carrasco: "Graag wat meer erkenning in België"". Het Laatste Nieuws. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Carrasco's troubled path: "I owe it all to my mother" | English | AS.com". AS.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "We'll Always Have Milan: Yannick Carrasco's tantalizing, unfulfilling spell at Atlético Madrid". Into the Calderon. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Noémie Happart et Yannick Carrasco se sont mariés !
  6. ↑ "Yannick Ferreira Carrasco". AS Monaco. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Ligue 1 – Monaco promoted to top flight after late winner". Yahoo Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Sochaux 2–2 Monaco". BBC Sport. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  9. ↑ McNulty, Phil (25 February 2015). "Arsenal 1–3 Monaco". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Atletico Madrid sign Belgium international Yannick Carrasco from Monaco". FOX Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Atletico Madrid sign Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco from Monaco". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Real Sociedad 0-2 Atletico Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Spot-on Real Madrid defeat Atlético in final again". UEFA. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "Yannick Carrasco's hard work paid off with hat trick - Diego Simeone". ESPN FC. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Carrasco can have a big growth - Diego Simeone". WAY GOAL. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Yannick Carrasco to join Dalian Yifang". Atlético Madrid. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  17. ↑ "Shanghai SIPG 8-0 Dalian Yifang: Jose Fonte, Yannick Carrasco and Nicolas Gaitan suffer horror start to life in China as debuts end in drubbing". Daily Mail. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "Henan Jianye 1-1 Dalian Yifang". soccerway. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  19. ↑ Blenkinsop, Philip (28 March 2015). "Belgium 5-0 Cyprus: Marouane Fellaini at the double as Marc Wilmots' side secure easy Group B victory". Daily Mail. Reuters. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  20. ↑ Scholten, Berend (1 June 2016). "UEFA EURO reporter's view: Belgium". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Hungary 0-4 Belgium". BBC Sport. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "Fifa World Cup 2018: Chinese Super League stars on show but Ryan Giggs highlights struggles for players moving to mainland". South China Morning Post. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  23. ↑ "World Cup 2018: Five things we learned from Belgium's opening win over debutants Panama". The Independent. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  24. ↑ Soccerway profile
  25. ↑ "Yannick Ferreira Carrasco". European Football. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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