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Matz Sels
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Belgian association football player (born 1992)
OverviewAI-generated
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.
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.