"Yannick Ferreira" redirects here. For the Belgian footballer born in 1989, see Yannick Ferrera.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ferreira and the second or maternal family name is Carrasco.
Yannick Carrasco
Carrasco playing for Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco[1]
Date of birth
(1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)
Left midfielder, left winger, left wing-back, left-back
Team information
Current team
Al-Shabab
Number
23
Youth career
1999–2001
Stade Everois
2001–2005
Diegem Sport
2005–2010
Genk
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2010–2012
Monaco B
30
(8)
2012–2015
Monaco
81
(15)
2015–2018
Atlético Madrid
81
(17)
2018–2020
Dalian Yifang
50
(24)
2020
→ Atlético Madrid (loan)
15
(1)
2020–2023
Atlético Madrid
102
(19)
2023–
Al-Shabab
24
(7)
International career‡
2008
Belgium U15
1
(0)
2010
Belgium U17
2
(0)
2010–2011
Belgium U18
9
(1)
2011–2012
Belgium U19
12
(3)
2013–2014
Belgium U21
11
(1)
2015–
Belgium
75
(11)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Belgium
FIFA World Cup
2018 Russia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2024 (UTC)
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (born 4 September 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab and the Belgium national team. A versatile player, Carrasco can be deployed as a left midfielder, left wing-back,left winger or left-back.
Carrasco began his career with Monaco, where he scored 20 goals in 105 professional games, winning Ligue 2 in his first season and finishing runner-up in Ligue 1 in the second. In 2015, he joined La Liga side Atlético Madrid for a reported €20 million, scoring the equaliser as Atlético lost the 2016 UEFA Champions League final. After a two-year spell with Dalian Professional in the Chinese Super League, Carrasco returned to Atlético in 2020, winning a La Liga title, before departing again for Al-Shabab in 2023.
Carrasco made his international debut for Belgium in April 2015. He played at the UEFA European Championship in 2016, 2020 and 2024, and was part of their squad that came third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
^"Acta del Partido celebrado el 06 de enero de 2018, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 6 January 2018, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^"FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^"Yannick Carrasco". Saudi Pro League. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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