Youri Tielemans

Youri Tielemans

Tielemans with Belgium in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Youri Marion A. Tielemans[1]
Date of birth	(1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aston Villa
Number	8
Youth career
2002–2013	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Anderlecht	139	(26)
2017–2019	Monaco	47	(5)
2019	→ Leicester City (loan)	13	(3)
2019–2023	Leicester City	138	(18)
2023–	Aston Villa	43	(2)
International career‡
2012–2013	Belgium U15	4	(2)
2012–2013	Belgium U16	10	(8)
2013–2016	Belgium U21	14	(6)
2016–	Belgium	74	(9)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Belgium FIFA World Cup 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 9 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Youri Marion A. Tielemans (born 7 May 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Belgium national team.

Tielemans began his career at Anderlecht, where he made 185 official appearances and scored 35 goals across four seasons. He won the league title twice and in 2017 was chosen as the Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year. 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. After two years at Monaco in Ligue 1, he joined Leicester City in 2019, initially on loan and then for an estimated fee of £32 million. He played 195 total games and scored 28 goals, including the only goal of the 2021 FA Cup final. In 2023, when his contract expired, he joined Aston Villa.

Tielemans represented Belgium at several youth levels and before gaining his first cap for the national team in November 2016, aged 19. He was part of the squad that came third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, also featuring at UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024.