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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 16/17

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Detailed
Competitionwettbewerb       
Total 16/17: 525614--4.467'
Chinese Super LeagueSuper League27436--2.417'
Premier LigaPremier Liga16125--1.286'
UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League6-12--540'
Chinese FA CupChinese FA Cup2--1--180'
Russian CupRussian Cup1-----44'
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group H 9/6/16 A Belgium (7.) Cyprus Cyprus  (50.) 0:3 DM 90'
Group H 10/7/16 H Belgium (1.) Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia  (27.) 4:0 DM 90'
Group H 10/10/16 A Belgium (1.) Gibraltar Gibraltar  (54.) 0:6 DM 1 90'
Group H 11/13/16 H Belgium (1.) Estonia Estonia  (41.) 8:1 DM 88'
Group H 3/25/17 H Belgium (3.) Greece Greece  (11.) 1:1 DM 72' 90'
Group H 6/9/17 A Belgium (3.) Estonia Estonia  (42.) 0:2 DM 90'
Group H 8/31/17 H Belgium (3.) Gibraltar Gibraltar  (42.) 9:0 CM 1 40' 40'
Group H 9/3/17 A Belgium Greece Greece 1:2  Red card suspension
Group H 10/7/17 A Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia 3:4  Red card suspension
Group H 10/10/17 H Belgium Cyprus Cyprus 4:0 CM 1 90'
Squad: 8, Starting eleven: 8, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 2, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group D 9/15/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg Maccabi Tel Aviv M. Tel Aviv 3:4 CM 60' 90'
Group D 9/29/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 5:0 CM 90'
Group D 10/20/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg Dundalk FC Dundalk FC 1:2 CM 1 90'
Group D 11/3/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg Dundalk FC Dundalk FC 2:1 DM 90'
Group D 11/24/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg Maccabi Tel Aviv M. Tel Aviv 2:0 CM 79' 90'
Group D 12/8/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 3:2 CM 90'
Squad: 6, Starting eleven: 6, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
2 9/1/16 H Belgium Spain Spain 0:2 DM 90'
2 11/9/16 A Belgium Netherlands Netherlands 1:1 DM 90'
7 3/28/17 A Belgium Russia Russia 3:3 DM 24'
8 6/5/17 H Belgium Czech Republic Czechia 2:1 Not in squad
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
1 7/30/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (7.) Lokomotiv Moskau Loko Moskau  (6.) 0:0 CM 31'
2 8/6/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (10.) FK Ufa Ufa  (13.) 0:0 CM 89' 90'
3 8/12/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (5.) FK Rostov Rostov  (7.) 3:2 CM 45 + 2' 90'
4 8/20/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (8.) CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow  (3.) 1:1 CM 90'
5 8/27/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (4.) Amkar Perm Amkar Perm  (5.) 3:0 CM 90'
6 9/11/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Arsenal Tula Arsenal Tula  (13.) 0:5 CM 90'
7 9/19/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Rubin Kazan Rubin Kazan  (12.) 4:1 CM 18'
8 9/25/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (3.) Anzhi Makhachkala ( -2022) Anzhi  (7.) 2:2 CM 67'
9 10/2/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow  (2.) 4:2 CM 1 90'
10 10/16/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) Ural Yekaterinburg Ural  (12.) 0:2 CM 90'
11 10/24/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) FK Orenburg Orenburg  (15.) 1:0 CM 90'
12 10/30/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) Tom Tomsk Tom Tomsk  (15.) 1:0 DM 49' 90'
13 11/6/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) Terek Grozny Terek Grozny  (3.) 2:1 DM 1 87' 90'
14 11/20/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) Krylya Sovetov Samara KS Samara  (16.) 3:1 Not in squad
15 11/27/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) FK Krasnodar Krasnodar  (3.) 2:1 CM 45' 90'
16 11/30/16 H Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) FK Ufa Ufa  (9.) 2:0 DM  1 90'
17 12/3/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (2.) FK Rostov Rostov  (7.) 0:0 DM  90'
Squad: 16, Starting eleven: 15, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Fifth Round 9/22/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (20.) FK Tambov Tambov  (54.) 0:5 Not in squad
Round of 16 10/27/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (27.) Anzhi Makhachkala ( -2022) Anzhi  (11.) 4:0 45'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
1 3/4/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (14.) Guangzhou R&F GZ R&F  (4.) 2:0 AM 90'
2 3/11/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (12.) Shanghai Greenland Shenhua SH Shenhua  (4.) 1:1 CM 1 80' 90'
3 4/1/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (10.) Henan Jianye HN Jianye  (12.) 1:0 CM 90'
4 4/9/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (7.) Yanbian Funde YB Funde  (14.) 1:0 CM 90'
5 4/15/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (7.) Shanghai SIPG SH SIPG  (3.) 1:1 AM 90'
6 4/21/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (8.) Beijing Guoan BJ Guoan  (9.) 1:1 AM 90'
7 4/29/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (9.) Jiangsu Suning JS Suning  (16.) 2:2 AM 55' 90'
8 5/6/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (9.) Changchun Yatai CC Yatai  (12.) 1:3 CM 1 90'
9 5/13/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (10.) Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng GZ H. Zhicheng  (11.) 2:1 AM 1 90'
10 5/20/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (7.) Chongqing Dangdai Lifan CQ Dangdai Lif.  (10.) 0:1 CM 90'
11 5/27/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (6.) Tianjin Teda TJ Teda  (12.) 3:0 CM 90'
12 6/3/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (6.) Shandong Luneng Taishan SD Luneng  (4.) 1:2 CM 1 90'
13 6/17/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (6.) Hebei China Fortune HB CFFC  (3.) 1:0 CM 70' 90'
14 6/24/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (6.) Liaoning FC Liaoning FC  (12.) 1:2 DM 90'
15 7/2/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (5.) Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao GZ Evergrande  (1.) 4:3 DM 90'
16 7/7/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (5.) Guangzhou R&F GZ R&F  (6.) 2:1 1 90'
17 7/16/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (3.) Shanghai Greenland Shenhua SH Shenhua  (10.) 3:0 90'
18 7/23/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Henan Jianye HN Jianye  (12.) 1:1 90'
19 7/29/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Yanbian Funde YB Funde  (16.) 0:2 Not in squad
20 8/6/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Shanghai SIPG SH SIPG  (2.) 0:0 90'
21 8/10/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (3.) Beijing Guoan BJ Guoan  (7.) 2:2 58' 90'
23 8/20/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (5.) Changchun Yatai CC Yatai  (10.) 1:1 Not in squad
24 9/10/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (5.) Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng GZ H. Zhicheng  (9.) 3:1 Not in squad
25 9/16/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Chongqing Dangdai Lifan CQ Dangdai Lif.  (9.) 2:1 CM 1 90'
26 9/23/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Tianjin Teda TJ Teda  (14.) 4:1 1 90'
22 9/28/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Jiangsu Suning JS Suning  (12.) 1:0 90'
27 10/14/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Shandong Luneng Taishan SD Luneng  (5.) 0:0 90'
28 10/21/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Hebei China Fortune HB CFFC  (3.) 2:1 66' 90'
29 10/29/17 H Tianjin Quanjian (4.) Liaoning FC Liaoning FC  (16.) 4:1 90'
30 11/4/17 A Tianjin Quanjian (3.) Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao GZ Evergrande  (1.) 1:2 CM 48' 77'
Squad: 27, Starting eleven: 27, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Third Round 5/3/17 A Tianjin Quanjian Dalian Yifang DL Yifang 0:2 Not in squad
Round of 16 6/21/17 A Tianjin Quanjian Heilongjiang Lava Spring HLJ Lava Spring 1:2 Information not yet available
Quarter-Finals 1st leg 7/19/17 H Tianjin Quanjian Shanghai SIPG SH SIPG 3:0 CM 90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg 8/3/17 A Tianjin Quanjian Shanghai SIPG SH SIPG 4:0 45' 90'
Squad: 2, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Final 7/23/16 A Zenit St. Petersburg (1.) CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow  (2.) 0:1 Not in squad
Squad: 0, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

5 7 28

Positions played

5
AM
AM
5
7
DM
DM
7
28
CM
CM
28
Played as...      
Central Midfield 28 4 2
Defensive Midfield 7 - 2
Attacking Midfield 5 - 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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