Yannick Ferreira Carrasco

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ferreira and the second or maternal family name is Carrasco.
Yannick Carrasco

Yannick Carrasco playing for Atlético Madrid in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
Date of birth (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993
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 42 (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 27 November 2016.

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

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.

Personal life

Carrasco was born in Ixelles, Brussels, to a Portuguese father and Spanish mother.[1] He is in a relationship with Belgian model Noémie Happart.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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;[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8] On 18 October, he scored his first goal for Atletico in a 2–0 away victory over Real Sociedad.[9]

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.[10]

On 15 October 2016, he scored his first professional hat-trick in a 7–1 rout of Granada CF.[11][12]

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.[13] He was named in manager Marc Wilmots' squad for the final tournament.[14] 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.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 November 2016[16]
Club League Cup League Cup Continental Total
ClubSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco 2012–13 2762022–318
2013–14 1834100–224
2014–15 3664021101528
Total 81151014310110520
Atlético Madrid 2015–16 29450–91435
2016–17 13612–521910
Total 421062–1436215
Career total 123251634324416735

International

As of 14 November 2016[17]
Belgium
YearAppsGoals
201540
2016114
Total154

International goals

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 June 2016 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France  Hungary
4–0
4–0
 UEFA Euro 2016
2. 6 September 2016 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  Cyprus
3–0
3–0
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 9 November 2016 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–1 1–1 Friendly
4. 14 November 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Estonia4–18–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Monaco
Atletico Madrid

References

  1. ↑ "Op bezoek bij Ferreira Carrasco: "Graag wat meer erkenning in België"". Het Laatste Nieuws. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Yannick Carrasco receives kiss from former Miss Belgium model girlfriend Noemie Happart after scoring in Atletico Madrid's Champions League final defeat". Daily Mail. 29 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Yannick Ferreira Carrasco". AS Monaco. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Ligue 1 – Monaco promoted to top flight after late winner". Yahoo Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sochaux 2–2 Monaco". BBC Sport. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. ↑ McNulty, Phil (25 February 2015). "Arsenal 1–3 Monaco". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Atletico Madrid sign Belgium international Yannick Carrasco from Monaco". FOX Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Atletico Madrid sign Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco from Monaco". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  9. ↑ "Real Sociedad 0-2 Atletico Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  10. 1 2 "Spot-on Real Madrid defeat Atlético in final again". UEFA. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Yannick Carrasco's hard work paid off with hat trick - Diego Simeone". ESPN FC. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  12. ↑ "Carrasco can have a big growth - Diego Simeone". WAY GOAL. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Scholten, Berend (1 June 2016). "UEFA EURO reporter's view: Belgium". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Hungary 0-4 Belgium". BBC Sport. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  16. ↑ Soccerway profile
  17. ↑ "Yannick Ferreira Carrasco". European Football. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

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