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Matz Sels
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Belgian association football player (born 1992)
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Matz Sels, born Matz Willy Els Sels on 26 February 1992 in Lint, is a Belgian association football player who holds citizenship of Belgium and plays as a goalkeeper, wearing squad number 28. He has played for KAA Gent, Lierse S.K., Nottingham Forest, and the Belgium national under-17 and under-19 football teams. His career in the sport began in 2010, and he speaks Dutch, his native language.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony's link graph records 182 inbound references to Matz Sels, and connects out to Belgium men's national football team, EFL Championship and KAA Gent.
It sits within the topics 1992 births, 21st-century Belgian sportsmen and Belgian expatriate men's footballers.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 2009
- Belgium U17
- 2021
- Belgium
- 2024
- Nottingham Forest
- Full name
- Matz Willy Els Sels
- Date of birth
- ( 1992-02-26 ) 26 February 1992 (age 34)
- Place of birth
- Lint , Belgium
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Current team
- Nottingham Forest
- Years
- Team
- 2010 2014
- Lierse
- 2014 2016
- Gent
- 2016 2018
- Newcastle United
- 2017 2018
- → Anderlecht (loan)
- 2018 2024
- Strasbourg
- 2009 2010
- Belgium U18
- 2010 2011
- Belgium U19
- 2012 2014
- Belgium U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Nottingham Forest
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Nationality
- Belgium
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Els
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Lint
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Newcastle United F.C.
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Gent-Zenit (15).jpg
- Height
- 188
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1992-02-26
- Commons category
- Matz Sels
- sport number
- 28
- birth name
- Matz Willy Els Sels
- name in native language
- Matz Sels
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Matz Willy Els Sels (born 26 February 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Belgium national team.
Club career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matz Sels” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.