Nicolas Raskin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolas Raskin | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2015–2017 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2017–2019 | Gent | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Standard Liège | 47 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Belgium U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Belgium U16 | 12 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Belgium U17 | 14 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Belgium U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Belgium U19 | 8 | (1) |
| 2021– | Belgium U21 | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:58, 5 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:31, 1 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Nicolas Raskin (born 23 February 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Standard Liège in the Belgian First Division A.
Club career
Raskin was born in Liège, and began playing football with Standard Liège at the age of 7.[1]
On 26 May 2017, Raskin signed his first professional contract with Gent for 3 years, joining from Anderlecht's youth academy.[2] Raskin made his professional debut for Gent in a 3-0 Belgian First Division A win over Sint-Truiden, at the age of 16 becoming the first player born in the 21st century to play in the league[3]
On 23 January 2019, Standard Liège announced that Raskin had returned to his former youth club.[4]
International career
Raskin is a youth international for Belgium, and represented the Belgium U17s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[5]
Personal life
Raskin is the son of Thierry Raskin, who was also a professional footballer in Belgium.[6]
References
- ^ "L'histoire belge continue".
- ^ "KAA Gent strikt toptalent Nicolas Raskin". KAA Gent.
- ^ "Gent vs. Sint-Truiden - 10 February 2018 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- ^ NICOLAS RASKIN TEKENT BIJ DE ROUCHES, standard.be, 23 January 2019
- ^ uefa.com. "Under-17 - Nicolas Raskin – UEFA.com". UEFA.com.
- ^ "16-jarig toptalent maakt debuut bij AA Gent". www.voetbalnieuws.be.
External links
- Soccerway Profile
- Belgian Football Profile
- Nicolas Raskin at Standard Liége
- Nicolas Raskin at KAA Gent
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