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Youri Marion A. Tielemans is a Belgian association football player born on May 7, 1997, in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. He plays as a midfielder, specifically in the central midfield position, and wears the number 8 shirt. His professional career began in 2013, and he has been educated at St. John Berchmans College. He speaks and writes in Dutch, which is also his native language.
Tielemans represents Belgium at the international level and has played for clubs including R.S.C. Anderlecht, AS Monaco FC, and Aston Villa. He has also been a member of the Belgium national under-21 football team and the Belgium men's national football team, participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. His accolades include the Belgian professional football awards and the Belgian Ebony Shoe.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 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
- 2016
- Belgium
- 2019
- → Leicester City (loan)
- 2023
- Aston Villa
- Full name
- Youri Marion A. Tielemans
- Date of birth
- ( 1997-05-07 ) 7 May 1997 (age 29)
- Place of birth
- Sint-Pieters-Leeuw , Belgium
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Current team
- Aston Villa
- 2012 2013
- Anderlecht
- Years
- Team
- 2013 2017
- Anderlecht
- 2017 2019
- Monaco
- 2019 2023
- Leicester City
- 2013 2016
- Belgium U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Aston Villa
- Position
- Central Midfield
- Nationality
- Belgium
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
- Occupation
- association football player
- Educated at
- St. John Berchmans College
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Aston Villa F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Youri Tielemans 2019.jpg
- Height
- 176
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1997-05-07
- sport number
- 8
- Commons category
- Youri Tielemans
- name in native language
- Youri Tielemans
- birth name
- Youri Marion A. Tielemans
- start of work period
- 2013-07-28
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:29, 24 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:59, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
Youri Marion A. Tielemans (born 7 May 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and captains the Belgium national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Youri Tielemans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.