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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 09/10

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Competitionwettbewerb       
Total 09/10: 411136-23.443'
Jupiler Pro LeagueJupiler Pro League225-1-21.870'
UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League6-11--534'
UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League63-1--540'
Jupiler Pro League Europe Play-OffsJupiler Pro League Europe Play-Offs5121--319'
Pro League SupercupPro League Supercup11-1--90'
Croky CupCroky Cup11-1--90'
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group H 9/16/09 H Standard Liège Arsenal FC Arsenal 2:3 DM 67' 84'
Group H 9/29/09 A Standard Liège AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 1:1 DM 1 90'
Group H 10/20/09 A Standard Liège Olympiacos Piraeus Olympiacos 2:1 CM 90'
Group H 11/4/09 H Standard Liège Olympiacos Piraeus Olympiacos 2:0 DM 90'
Group H 11/24/09 A Standard Liège Arsenal FC Arsenal 2:0 CM 90'
Group H 12/9/09 H Standard Liège AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 1:1 DM 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.            
Second Round 1st leg 2/18/10 H Standard Liège Red Bull Salzburg RB Salzburg 3:2 CM 2 90'
Second Round 2nd leg 2/25/10 A Standard Liège Red Bull Salzburg RB Salzburg 0:0 CM 19' 90'
last 16 1st leg 3/11/10 A Standard Liège Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos 1:3 CM 1 90'
last 16 2nd leg 3/18/10 H Standard Liège Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos 1:0 DM 90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg 4/1/10 A Standard Liège Hamburger SV Hamburger SV 2:1 CM 90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg 4/8/10 H Standard Liège Hamburger SV Hamburger SV 1:3 DM 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.            
1 8/12/09 H Belgium U21 Finland U21 Finland U21 0:0 Not in squad
1 8/12/09 A Belgium Czech Republic Czechia 3:1 Not in squad
3 11/14/09 H Belgium Hungary Hungary 3:0 Not in squad
6 11/17/09 H Belgium Qatar Qatar 2:0 1 62'
11 3/3/10 H Belgium Croatia Croatia 0:1 CM 90'
5 5/19/10 H Belgium Bulgaria Bulgaria 2:1 Not in squad
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.            
1 7/31/09 H Standard Liège (6.) Sint-Truidense VV Sint-Truiden  (5.) 2:2 90'
2 8/7/09 A Standard Liège (5.) Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen Germ. Beerschot  (8.) 1:1 90'
3 8/15/09 A Standard Liège (5.) KSV Roeselare (- 2020) KSV Roeselare  (14.) 1:5 23' 90'
4 8/21/09 H Standard Liège (6.) R Charleroi SC R Charleroi SC  (8.) 1:1 90'
5 8/30/09 A Standard Liège (7.) RSC Anderlecht RSC Anderlecht  (1.) 1:1 27' 27'
6 9/12/09 H Standard Liège (5.) KV Mechelen KV Mechelen  (6.) 3:0  Red card suspension
7 9/19/09 A Standard Liège (5.) KSC Lokeren (- 2020) KSC Lokeren  (14.) 1:3  Red card suspension
8 9/23/09 H Standard Liège (4.) Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge  (13.) 1:1  Red card suspension
9 9/26/09 A Standard Liège (1.) KV Kortrijk KV Kortrijk  (13.) 0:2  Red card suspension
10 10/4/09 H Standard Liège (1.) KRC Genk KRC Genk  (10.) 1:0  Red card suspension
11 10/17/09 A Standard Liège (3.) KVC Westerlo KVC Westerlo  (9.) 2:0  Red card suspension
12 10/24/09 H Standard Liège (3.) SV Zulte Waregem Zulte Waregem  (7.) 1:1  Red card suspension
13 10/30/09 A Standard Liège (3.) Excelsior Mouscron (-2009) Exc. Mouscron  (16.) -:- 90'
14 11/8/09 H Standard Liège (3.) Club Brugge KV Club Brugge  (2.) 3:1 1 90'
15 11/21/09 A Standard Liège (3.) KAA Gent KAA Gent  (5.) 2:1 90'
16 11/29/09 A Standard Liège (5.) Sint-Truidense VV Sint-Truiden  (7.) 2:0 90'
17 12/5/09 H Standard Liège (5.) Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen Germ. Beerschot  (4.) 2:2 90'
18 12/12/09 H Standard Liège (7.) KSV Roeselare (- 2020) KSV Roeselare  (14.) 0:1 90'
20 12/26/09 H Standard Liège (5.) KSC Lokeren (- 2020) KSC Lokeren  (15.) 2:0 1 90'
21 12/29/09 A Standard Liège (5.) Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge  (13.) 2:0 90'
22 1/17/10 H Standard Liège (6.) RSC Anderlecht RSC Anderlecht  (1.) 0:4 43' 43'
23 1/24/10 A Standard Liège (5.) KV Mechelen KV Mechelen  (8.) 0:0 90'
24 1/31/10 H Standard Liège (5.) KV Kortrijk KV Kortrijk  (9.) 3:1 1 90'
19 2/4/10 A Standard Liège (5.) R Charleroi SC R Charleroi SC  (12.) 2:3 1 90'
25 2/7/10 A Standard Liège (5.) KRC Genk KRC Genk  (10.) 1:0 90'
26 2/14/10 H Standard Liège (5.) KVC Westerlo KVC Westerlo  (12.) 1:0 90'
27 2/21/10 A Standard Liège (6.) Club Brugge KV Club Brugge  (2.) 2:1 90'
29 3/14/10 A Standard Liège (7.) SV Zulte Waregem Zulte Waregem  (6.) 1:1 1 90'
30 3/21/10 H Standard Liège (7.) KAA Gent KAA Gent  (3.) 0:2 90'
Squad: 22, Starting eleven: 22, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 7, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Final 7/25/09 H Standard Liège (1.) KRC Genk KRC Genk  (2.) 2:0 AM 1 27' 90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Sixth Round 10/27/09 H Standard Liège (13.) Lierse SK (- 2018) Lierse SK  (18.) 2:1 AET Not in squad
Round of 16 12/23/09 H Standard Liège (12.) KV Kortrijk KV Kortrijk  (8.) 1:2 1 63' 90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group B 3/27/10 H Standard Liège (4.) R Charleroi SC R Charleroi SC  (7.) 2:0 26'
Group B 4/4/10 A Standard Liège (3.) KRC Genk KRC Genk  (2.) 1:0 23'
Group B 4/11/10 H Standard Liège (3.) Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen Germ. Beerschot  (6.) 3:0 1 2 90'
Group B 4/15/10 A Standard Liège (3.) Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen Germ. Beerschot  (7.) 2:2 81' 90'
Group B 4/18/10 H Standard Liège (3.) KRC Genk KRC Genk  (1.) 1:1 90'
Group B 4/25/10 A Standard Liège (4.) R Charleroi SC R Charleroi SC  (8.) 1:0 Not in squad
Squad: 5, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 2, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
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Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group 8 9/4/09 A Belgium U21 (15.) Malta U21 Malta U21  (49.) 0:1 Not in squad
Group 8 9/8/09 H Belgium U21 (6.) Slovenia U21 Slovenia U21  (27.) 2:0 Not in squad
Group 8 10/9/09 A Belgium U21 (19.) Ukraine U21 Ukraine U21  (28.) 1:1 CM 90'
Group 8 10/13/09 H Belgium U21 (11.) France U21 France U21  (9.) 0:0 CM 90'
Group 8 11/13/09 H Belgium U21 (25.) Ukraine U21 Ukraine U21  (15.) 0:2 CM 67'
Group 8 3/3/10 H Belgium U21 (20.) Malta U21 Malta U21  (49.) 1:0 Not in squad
Group 8 8/11/10 A Belgium U21 (13.) France U21 France U21  (22.) 0:1 Not in squad
Group 8 9/3/10 A Belgium U21 (19.) Slovenia U21 Slovenia U21  (35.) 2:2 Not in squad
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

1 6 6

Positions played

1
AM
AM
1
6
CM
CM
6
6
DM
DM
6
Played as...      
Defensive Midfield 6 - 1
Central Midfield 6 3 -
Attacking 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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