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#20 Axel Witsel

Footballer of the Year 1 German cup winner 1 German Super Cup winner 1 Portuguese league cup winner 1 Russian champion 1
Atlético de Madrid
Atlético Madrid
LaLigaLaLiga League level: SpainFirst Tier Joined: Jul 6, 2022 Contract expires: Jun 30, 2024
  • Date of birth/Age: Jan 12, 1989 (35)
  • Place of birth: Belgium Liège
  • Citizenship: Belgium Belgium
  • Height: 1,86 m
  • Position: Centre-Back
€4.00m

Last update: Mar 21, 2024
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Stats of Axel Witsel

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Stats 15/16

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Competitionwettbewerb       
Total 15/16: 41657--3.600'
Premier LigaPremier Liga29324--2.470'
UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League7113--630'
Russian CupRussian Cup421---380'
Russian Super CupRussian Super Cup1-1---120'
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group H 9/16/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg Valencia CF Valencia 2:3 LM 1 61' 90'
Group H 9/29/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg KAA Gent KAA Gent 2:1 CM 90'
Group H 10/20/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg Olympique Lyon Olympique Lyon 3:1 DM 1 90'
Group H 11/4/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg Olympique Lyon Olympique Lyon 0:2 DM 90'
Group H 11/24/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg Valencia CF Valencia 2:0 DM 78' 90'
Group H 12/9/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg KAA Gent KAA Gent 2:1  Yellow card suspension
last 16 1st leg 2/16/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg SL Benfica Benfica 1:0 CM 32' 90'
last 16 2nd leg 3/9/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg SL Benfica Benfica 1:2 CM 90'
Squad: 7, Starting eleven: 7, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 1, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
12 11/13/15 H Belgium Italy Italy 3:1 CM 90'
2 3/29/16 A Belgium Portugal Portugal 2:1 DM  90'
3 5/28/16 A Belgium Switzerland Switzerland 1:2 RB 90'
4 6/1/16 H Belgium Finland Finland 1:1 CM 90'
11 6/5/16 H Belgium Norway Norway 3:2 DM 57'
Squad: 5, Starting eleven: 5, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
1 7/19/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) Dinamo Moscow Dinamo Moscow  (11.) 2:1 DM 90'
2 7/26/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) Ural Yekaterinburg Ural  (8.) 1:4 DM 90'
3 8/1/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) Terek Grozny Terek Grozny  (14.) 3:0 DM 74'
4 8/9/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) FK Ufa Ufa  (14.) 0:1 DM 90'
5 8/15/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) FK Krasnodar Krasnodar  (6.) 0:2 CM 90'
6 8/24/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) Rubin Kazan Rubin Kazan  (15.) 1:3 DM 1 79'
7 8/29/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Krylya Sovetov Samara KS Samara  (7.) 1:3 DM 61'
8 9/12/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow  (1.) 2:2 CM 79' 90'
9 9/20/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Amkar Perm Amkar Perm  (11.) 1:1 DM 90'
10 9/26/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow  (5.) 2:2 CM 90'
11 10/3/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) FK Rostov Rostov  (5.) 3:0 CM 90'
12 10/17/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Kuban Krasnodar (-2018) Kuban Krasnodar  (13.) 2:2 DM 90'
13 10/24/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Anzhi Makhachkala ( -2022) Anzhi  (16.) 5:1 DM 1 90'
14 10/31/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Mordovia Saransk (-2020) Mordovia  (15.) 0:0 RM 90'
15 11/8/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Lokomotiv Moskau Loko Moskau  (2.) 2:0 26'
16 11/21/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Ural Yekaterinburg Ural  (8.) 3:0 CM 90'
17 11/28/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Terek Grozny Terek Grozny  (6.) 4:1 CM 90'
18 12/3/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) FK Ufa Ufa  (13.) 1:1 RM 90'
19 3/5/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) FK Krasnodar Krasnodar  (5.) 0:0 AM 90'
20 3/13/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Rubin Kazan Rubin Kazan  (9.) 4:2 DM 90'
21 3/20/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Krylya Sovetov Samara KS Samara  (12.) 0:2 DM 90'
22 4/3/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow  (2.) 2:0 DM 81' 90'
23 4/9/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Amkar Perm Amkar Perm  (10.) 0:2 DM 85'
24 4/16/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow  (7.) 5:2 DM 1 1 90'
25 4/24/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) FK Rostov Rostov  (1.) 3:0 CM 70' 90'
26 4/28/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Kuban Krasnodar (-2018) Kuban Krasnodar  (15.) 4:1 DM 75'
27 5/7/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Anzhi Makhachkala ( -2022) Anzhi  (16.) 0:1 DM 90'
28 5/11/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Mordovia Saransk (-2020) Mordovia  (13.) 0:3 DM 1 90'
29 5/15/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Lokomotiv Moskau Loko Moskau  (6.) 1:1 DM 90 + 1' 90'
30 5/21/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Dinamo Moscow Dinamo Moscow  (15.) 0:3 Not in squad
Squad: 29, Starting eleven: 28, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Fifth Round 9/23/15 A Zenit St. Petersburg (22.) Volga Tver Volga Tver  (3.) 0:3 AET Not in squad
Round of 16 10/28/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg (9.) FC Tosno (-2018) Tosno  (27.) 5:0 AM 2 1 58'
Quarter-Finals 2/28/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Kuban Krasnodar (-2018) Kuban Krasnodar  (23.) 1:0 AET AM 120'
Semi-Finals 4/20/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) Amkar Perm Amkar Perm  (7.) 4:5 on pens DM 120'
Final 5/2/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow  (5.) 1:4 DM 82'
Squad: 4, Starting eleven: 4, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Final 7/12/15 H Zenit St. Petersburg Lokomotiv Moskau Loko Moskau 5:3 on pens AM 1 120'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Detailed
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group E 6/13/16 H Belgium Italy Italy 0:2 CM 90'
Group E 6/18/16 H Belgium Republic of Ireland Ireland 3:0 DM 1 90'
Group E 6/22/16 A Belgium Sweden Sweden 0:1 DM 45 + 1' 90'
Round of 16 6/26/16 A Belgium Hungary Hungary 0:4 DM 90'
Quarter-Finals 7/1/16 A Belgium Wales Wales 3:1 CM 90'
Squad: 5, Starting eleven: 5, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

1 2 4 10 23

Positions played

1
LM
LM
1
2
RM
RM
2
4
AM
AM
4
10
CM
CM
10
23
DM
DM
23
Played as...      
Defensive Midfield 23 3 3
Central Midfield 10 - -
Attacking Midfield 4 2 2
Right Midfield 2 - -
Left Midfield 1 1 -

National team career

# National team Debut  
Belgium Belgium
6 Belgium Belgium Mar 26, 2008 130 12
Belgium Belgium U21
10 Belgium Belgium U21 Jun 16, 2007 10 -
Belgium Belgium U19
15 Belgium Belgium U19 Oct 4, 2006 3 -
Belgium Belgium U18
6 Belgium Belgium U18 Aug 22, 2006 5 -
Belgium Belgium U17
6 Belgium Belgium U17 Aug 22, 2005 19 -
Belgium Belgium U16
6 Belgium Belgium U16 May 9, 2005 2 -
Belgium Belgium U15
3 Belgium Belgium U15 Mar 24, 2004 1 -
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