Yannick Ferreira Carrasco

Yannick Carrasco

Personal information
Full name	Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
Date of birth	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	21
Youth career
	Stade Everois
	Diegem Sport
	Germinal Beerschot
2005–2010	Genk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–2012	Monaco B	30	(8)
2012–2015	Monaco	82	(15)
2015–	Atlético Madrid	28	(5)
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	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2015

Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, known as Yannick 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.

Career

Monaco

Born in Ixelles, Belgium, to Portuguese and Spanish parents,^[1] Carrasco joined French club Monaco from Belgian club Genk in 2010. He made his professional debut for Monaco on 30 July 2012 in a Ligue 2 match against Tours. In the match, he opened the scoring with a well taken free-kick to send Monaco to a 4–0 victory.^[2] On 13 April 2013, he scored both goals for Monaco in their 2–0 league victory over Auxerre. In his debut campaign with the club, Carrasco appeared in 27 games and scored 6 goals as Monaco won promotion back to Ligue 1.^[3]

His first Ligue 1 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 on 20 October as Monaco drew 2–2 with Sochaux.

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.^[4]

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.^[5][6] On 18 October 2015, he scored his first goal for Atletico in a 2–0 victory over Real Sociedad.^[7]

Club statistics

As of 24 March 2016^[8]

Club		League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Club		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
2012–13	Monaco	27	6	2	0	2	2	–		31	8
2013–14		18	3	4	1	0	0	–		22	4
2014–15		36	6	4	0	2	1	10	1	52	8
Monaco total		81	15	10	1	4	3	10	1	105	20
Club		La Liga		Copa del Rey		–		Europe		Total
2015–16	Atletico Madrid	23	4	5	0	–		5	0	33	4
Career total		104	19	15	1	4	3	15	1	138	24

Honours

Club

Monaco

• Ligue 2: 2012–13

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 Ferreira Carrasco". AS Monaco. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
3. "Ligue 1 – Monaco promoted to top flight after late winner". Yahoo Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
4. McNulty, Phil (25 February 2015). "Arsenal 1–3 Monaco". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
5. "Atletico Madrid sign Belgium international Yannick Carrasco from Monaco". FOX Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
6. "Atletico Madrid sign Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco from Monaco". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
7. "Real Sociedad 0-2 Atletico Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
8. Soccerway profile

External links

• Player Profile at AS Monaco
• Yannick Ferreira Carrasco profile at Soccerway
• Yannick Ferreira Carrasco at Topforward
• Belgium Stats at Belgian FA