Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel ( fr. Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel ; born , ) is a Belgian footballer , the central midfielder of Dortmund Borussia and the Belgian national team .
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| Full name | Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 186 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
- "Standard"
A pupil of the standard Liege school, made his debut at the club on September 17, 2006, substituting for 89 minutes instead of Stephen Defour . He gained a foothold in the club in the 2007/08 season, forming, together with Stephen Defour and Maruan Fellaini, a bunch in the center of the club's midfield. At the end of the season, he received the prize of the best young soccer player and the prize of the soccer player of the year - the Golden Boot . In the following season, his goal from the 11-meter mark helped Standard to win the national championship. On August 30, 2009, Witsel in a match against Anderlecht inflicted a dangerous injury on Marcin Vasilevsky : an open leg fracture occurred in the Pole [2] [3] . Witsel was immediately removed from the field, he was disqualified indefinitely, and threats from the Anderlecht fans and Polish teams began to come to him [4] . Only after the proceedings at the Royal Football Association, the period of disqualification was reduced to 8 games [5] .
- Benfica
July 13, 2011 signed a contract with Benfica [6] . He entrenched at the base and became an almost indispensable player. In the Portuguese championship he played 32 matches and scored three goals.
- "Zenith"
September 3, 2012 signed a contract with Zenit until the summer of 2017 [7] . He made his debut as part of the St. Petersburg club on September 14 in a match with Terek , in which his team lost 0-2. In the match, he was injured and dropped out of the game for some time. Quite harmoniously joined the team and became the main player. On November 30, in a match against Spartak , he took a double, scoring his first goals for Zenit [8] .
On February 26, 2015, in the Europa League match against the Dutch PSV [9], Axel Witsel held his hundredth match for Zenit [10] . October 24, 2015 scored the 1000th goal of Zenit in the championships of Russia [11] . He could go to Juventus, but the transfer did not take place. Soon, Witsel announced that he would not renew the contract with Zenit and would either go to Juventus or some other club.
- Tianjin Quanjian
On January 3, 2017, Witsel was announced to join the Tianjin Quanjian Chinese club [12] .
- "Borussia Dortmund"
On August 6, 2018, Witsel transferred to Dortmund Borussia , signing a contract until 2022 [13] .
Belgium national team
In the national team under 17 years old, the football player went to the 2006 European Championship . He also performed at the European Youth Championship 2007 , where his team won a ticket to the Beijing Olympics .
On March 26, 2008, in a match with Moroccans Witsel made his debut in the main national team and scored a goal.
In the qualifying round for the 2014 World Cup, the football player spent all 10 matches on the field. Witsel is a key player in the middle of the field.
At the 2018 World Cup, Axel became the bronze medalist of the tournament with the national team.
Achievements
- "Standard"
- Champion of Belgium (2) : 2007/08 , 2008/09
- Belgian Cup Winner (1) : 2010/11
- Belgian Super Cup Winner (2) : 2008 , 2009
Total: 5 trophies
- Benfica
- Portuguese League Cup Winner (1) : 2011/12
Total: 1 trophy
- "Zenith"
- Champion of Russia (1) : 2014/15
- Russian Cup Winner (1) : 2015/16
- Winner of the Russian Super Cup (2) : 2015 , 2016
Total: 4 trophies
- "Borussia Dortmund)
- Winner of the German Super Cup : 2019
Total: 1 trophy
- Belgium national team
- World Championship bronze medalist (1) : 2018
- Personal achievements
- Soccer Player of the Year in Belgium : 2008
- Young soccer player of the year in Belgium: 2007/08
Personal life
By mother Belgian [14] . Father, Thierry Witsel, originally from the island of Martinique , overseas territory of France , he is a football player and football coach. Rafaella Szabo - Axel's girl - April 1, 2015 gave birth to a daughter Mai-Li. On June 13, 2015 in St. Petersburg, the wedding ceremony of Axel and Raffaella was held. On March 31, 2017, Axel and Raffaella had a second daughter, Evie.
The football player’s nickname is “Chalup”: “This is my nickname from the time of the Standard from Liège. One of the players called me Chalup - this is a small boat made of wood, such as a kayak. And she swims so slowly, relaxed. This is how I walk, how I behave in ordinary life ” [15] .
Statistics
Club
- As of January 26, 2019
| Performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continent | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Standard | League Jupe | 2006/07 | sixteen | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | one | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2007/08 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | one | 36 | eight | |||
| 2008/09 | 35 | eight | 0 | 0 | - | ten | one | 45 | 9 | |||
| 2009/10 | 27 | five | one | one | - | 12 | four | 40 | ten | |||
| 2010/11 | 37 | ten | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 43 | 12 | |||
| Total | 148 | 32 | 7 | 3 | - | 26 | 6 | 181 | 41 | |||
| Benfica | League Sagrish | 2011/12 | 29th | one | four | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 49 | five |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 32 | one | four | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 52 | five | ||
| Zenith | RFPL | 2012/13 | nineteen | four | 3 | 0 | - | 9 | one | 31 | five | |
| 2013/14 | thirty | four | one | 0 | one | 0 | eleven | 0 | 43 | four | ||
| 2014/15 | 28 | four | one | 0 | - | 13 | 2 | 42 | 6 | |||
| 2015/16 | 29th | 3 | four | 2 | one | 0 | 7 | one | 41 | 6 | ||
| 2016/17 | sixteen | one | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | one | ||
| Total | 122 | sixteen | eight | 2 | 2 | 0 | 46 | four | 178 | 22 | ||
| Tianjin Quanjian | Super League | 2017 | 27 | four | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 29th | four | |
| 2018 | 9 | one | one | one | - | eight | 0 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Total | 36 | five | 3 | one | - | eight | 0 | 47 | 6 | |||
| Borussia D | Bundesliga | 2018/19 | nineteen | 3 | 2 | one | - | five | one | 26 | five | |
| Total | nineteen | 3 | 2 | one | - | five | one | 26 | five | |||
| Total career | 357 | 57 | 24 | 9 | four | 0 | 99 | 13 | 484 | 79 | ||
Team
- As of September 11, 2018
| Belgium | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Games | Goals |
| 2008 | 7 | one |
| 2009 | 3 | one |
| 2010 | five | 0 |
| 2011 | eleven | 3 |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 |
| 2013 | ten | 0 |
| 2014 | eleven | one |
| 2015 | 9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 15 | 2 |
| 2017 | 7 | one |
| 2018 | ten | 0 |
| Total | 97 | 9 |
| Witsel's matches and goals for Belgium | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | date | Opponent | Score | Witsel Goals | Competition |
| one | March 26, 2008 | Morocco | 1: 4 | one | Friendly match |
| 2 | May 30, 2008 | Italy | 1: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 3 | August 20, 2008 | Germany | 0: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| four | September 6, 2008 | Estonia | 3: 2 | - | 2010 World Cup Qualifiers |
| five | September 10, 2008 | Turkey | 1: 1 | - | 2010 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 6 | October 11, 2008 | Armenia | 2-0 | - | 2010 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 7 | October 15, 2008 | Spain | 1: 2 | - | 2010 World Cup Qualifiers |
| eight | February 11, 2009 | Slovenia | 2-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 9 | April 1, 2009 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1: 2 | - | 2010 World Cup Qualifiers |
| ten | November 17, 2009 | Qatar | 2-0 | one | Friendly match |
| eleven | March 3, 2010 | Croatia | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 12 | August 11, 2010 | Finland | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 13 | September 7, 2010 | Turkey | 2: 3 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| 14 | October 8, 2010 | Kazakhstan | 2-0 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| 15 | October 12, 2010 | Austria | 4: 4 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| sixteen | February 9, 2011 | Finland | 1: 1 | one | Friendly match |
| 17 | March 25, 2011 | Austria | 2-0 | 2 | European Championship Qualifiers |
| 18 | March 29, 2011 | Azerbaijan | 4: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| nineteen | June 3, 2011 | Turkey | 1: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| 20 | August 10, 2011 | Slovenia | 0: 0 | - | Friendly match |
| 21 | September 2, 2011 | Azerbaijan | 1: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| 22 | September 6, 2011 | USA | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 23 | October 7, 2011 | Kazakhstan | 4: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| 24 | October 11, 2011 | Germany | 1: 3 | - | European Championship Qualifiers |
| 25 | November 11, 2011 | Romania | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 26 | November 16, 2011 | France | 0: 0 | - | Friendly match |
| 27 | February 29, 2012 | Greece | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 28 | May 25, 2012 | Montenegro | 2: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 29th | June 2, 2012 | England | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| thirty | August 15, 2012 | Netherlands | 4: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 31 | September 7, 2012 | Wales | 2-0 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 32 | September 11, 2012 | Croatia | 1: 1 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 33 | October 12, 2012 | Serbia | 3-0 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 34 | October 16, 2012 | Scotland | 2-0 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 35 | November 14, 2012 | Romania | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 36 | February 6, 2013 | Slovakia | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 37 | March 22, 2013 | Macedonia | 2-0 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 38 | March 26, 2013 | Macedonia | 1-0 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 39 | June 7, 2013 | Serbia | 2: 1 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 40 | August 14, 2013 | France | 0: 0 | - | Friendly match |
| 41 | September 6, 2013 | Scotland | 2-0 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 42 | October 11, 2013 | Croatia | 2: 1 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 43 | October 15, 2013 | Wales | 1: 1 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 44 | November 15, 2013 | Colombia | 2-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 45 | November 20, 2013 | Japan | 2: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 46 | March 5, 2014 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 47 | May 26, 2014 | Luxembourg | 5: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 48 | June 1, 2014 | Sweden | 2-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 49 | June 7, 2014 | Tunisia | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 50 | June 17, 2014 | Algeria | 2: 1 | - | Final matches of the 2014 World Cup |
| 51 | June 22, 2014 | Russia | 1-0 | - | Final matches of the 2014 World Cup |
| 52 | July 2, 2014 | USA | 2: 1 | - | Final matches of the 2014 World Cup |
| 53 | July 5, 2014 | Argentina | 0: 1 | - | Final matches of the 2014 World Cup |
| 54 | September 4, 2014 | Australia | 2-0 | one | Friendly match |
| 55 | November 12, 2014 | Iceland | 3: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 56 | November 16, 2014 | Wales | 0: 0 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 57 | June 7, 2015 | France | 4: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 58 | March 28, 2015 | Cyprus | 5: 0 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 59 | March 31, 2015 | Israel | 0: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 60 | June 12, 2015 | Wales | 1-0 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 61 | September 3, 2015 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 62 | September 6, 2015 | Cyprus | 0: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 63 | October 10, 2015 | Andorra | 1: 4 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 64 | October 13, 2015 | Israel | 3: 1 | - | European Championship Qualifiers 2016 |
| 65 | November 13, 2015 | Italy | 3: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 66 | March 30, 2016 | Portugal | 1: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 67 | May 28, 2016 | Switzerland | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 68 | June 1, 2016 | Finland | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 69 | June 5, 2016 | Norway | 3: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 70 | June 13, 2016 | Italy | 0: 2 | - | Final matches of Euro 2016 (group) |
| 71 | June 18, 2016 | Ireland | 3-0 | one | Final matches of Euro 2016 (group) |
| 72 | June 22, 2016 | Sweden | 1-0 | - | Final matches of Euro 2016 (group) |
| 73 | June 26, 2016 | Hungary | 4-0 | - | Final matches of the 2016 European Championship ( 1/8 ) |
| 74 | July 1, 2016 | Wales | 1: 3 | - | Final matches of the 2016 European Championship ( 1/4 ) |
| 75 | September 1, 2016 | Spain | 0: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 76 | September 6, 2016 | Cyprus | 0: 3 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 77 | October 7, 2016 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4-0 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 78 | October 10, 2016 | Gibraltar | 6: 0 | one | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 79 | November 9, 2016 | Netherlands | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 80 | November 13, 2016 | Estonia | 8: 1 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 81 | March 25, 2017 | Greece | 1: 1 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 82 | March 28, 2017 | Russia | 3: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 83 | June 9, 2017 | Estonia | 2-0 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 84 | August 31, 2017 | Gibraltar | 9: 0 | one | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 85 | October 10, 2017 | Cyprus | 4-0 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 86 | November 10, 2017 | Mexico | 3: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 87 | November 14, 2017 | Japan | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 88 | March 27, 2018 | Saudi Arabia | 4-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 89 | June 6, 2018 | Egypt | 3-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 90 | June 11, 2018 | Costa Rica | 4: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 91 | June 18, 2018 | Panama | 3-0 | - | 2018 World Cup. Group G |
| 92 | June 23, 2018 | Tunisia | 5: 2 | - | 2018 World Cup. Group G |
| 93 | July 2, 2018 | Japan | 3: 2 | - | 2018 World Cup. 1/8 finals |
| 94 | July 6, 2018 | Brazil | 2: 1 | - | 2018 World Cup. 1/4 finals |
| 95 | July 10, 2018 | France | 0: 1 | - | 2018 World Cup. 1/2 finals |
| 96 | July 14, 2018 | England | 2-0 | - | 2018 World Cup. for 3rd place |
| 97 | September 11, 2018 | Iceland | 3-0 | - | The League of nations |
Total: 97 matches / 9 goals; 60 wins, 18 draws, 19 losses.
Notes
- ↑ Profile at UEFA.com
- ↑ Le choc sous haute tension
- ↑ Marcin Wasilewski a été opéré une première fois dimanche soir
- ↑ Standard Liege Star Witsel Receives Death Threats
- ↑ Witsel horror tackle ban reduced
- ↑ Axel Witzel joined the ranks of Benfica (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 4, 2011. Archived July 15, 2011.
- ↑ Witsel goes to Petersburg!
- ↑ Spartak - Zenit. Witsel made a double . sports.ru (November 30, 2012). Date of treatment December 1, 2012. Archived December 17, 2012.
- ↑ Minutes of the match “Zenith” - PSV .
- ↑ 100th match of Axel Witsel for Zenit .
- ↑ Witsel's goal - the 1000th for Zenit in the championships of Russia .
- ↑ Axel Witsel will continue his career in China
- ↑ Ex-footballer Zenith Axel Witsel officially became a player in Dortmund Borussia
- ↑ Axel Witzel: “I spoke in French with a judge in Saransk”
- ↑ Witsel spoke of his nickname at Zenith