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Yannick Ferreira Carrasco

Yannick Carrasco
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Yannick Carrasco playing for Atlético Madrid in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
Date of birth (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 23)
Place of birth Ixelles, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Atlético Madrid
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 (8)
2012–2015 Monaco 82 (15)
2015– Atlético Madrid 46 (10)
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 15 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2017.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2016

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2017.

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.

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.

Carrasco was born in Ixelles, Brussels, to a Portuguese father and Spanish mother. He is in a relationship with Belgian model Noémie Happart.

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.


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