Youri Tielemans
Tielemans playing for Anderlecht in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Youri Tielemans | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Monaco | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2013 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Anderlecht | 139 | (26) |
| 2017– | Monaco | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Belgium U15 | 4 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Belgium U16 | 10 | (8) |
| 2013– | Belgium U21 | 14 | (6) |
| 2016– | Belgium | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
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Youri Tielemans (born 7 May 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Monaco and the Belgium national team.
Considered one of the brightest young prospects in world football, he made over 135 league appearances for Anderlecht and 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.
Tielemans represented Belgium at several youth levels and gained his first cap for the full side in November 2016, aged 19.
Born in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, located just outside the Brussels-Capital Region, Tielemans is a youth product of Anderlecht and signed his first professional contract with the club at the age of 16.
On 21 July 2013, he was included in the senior squad for the first time, remaining an unused substitute in the 1–0 win over Genk in the 2013 Belgian Super Cup. A week later, he made his first-team debut in the opening round of the Belgian Pro League season against Lokeren, replacing injured Sacha Kljestan after 25 minutes of a 2–3 home loss. This made him the fourth-youngest player in the league's history.
On 2 October, he became the youngest Belgian player to play in the UEFA Champions League, starting in a match against Olympiacos at the age of 16 years and 148 days. He played 29 games – of which 21 starts – as Anderlecht won the national title, scoring to open a 3–0 win over Club Brugge at the on 6 April 2014, a game in which he also assisted Cyriac. Tielemans won the Belgian Young Player of the Year award in each of his first two seasons.
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