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Axel Witsel scored his first international goal in his debut match on 26 Mar 2008
Earned his 100th cap for Belgium on 15 Nov 2018 aged 29 years 10 months 3 days

Football player Axel Witsel

Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel

Axel Witsel

Born on 12 January 1989 (age 34)

National team appearances of Axel Witsel

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Belgium	2008 - 2022	130	1	6	20	12		0.092
Total:		130	1	6	20	12		0.092

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Goals/ Caps
R Standard de Liège, Liège	26 Mar 2008 - 03 Jun 2011	19		2	6	5	0.263
SL Benfica, Lisboa	10 Aug 2011 - 15 Aug 2012	11			2
FC Zenit, Saint Petersburg	07 Sep 2012 - 13 Nov 2016	50	1	2	5	3	0.060
Tianjin Quanjian FC, Tianjin	25 Mar 2017 - 14 Jul 2018	16		1	3	1	0.063
BV Borussia, Dortmund	11 Sep 2018 - 14 Jun 2022	28		1	4	3	0.107
Club Atlético de Madrid, Madrid	22 Sep 2022 - 01 Dec 2022	6

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Goals/ Caps

European Championship final tournament (EC)

0.111

Nations League (NL)

0.118

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

0.095

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.111

World Cup final tournament (WC)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.093

Total:

130

0.092

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
26 Mar 2008	Morocco	debut; first goal	19 years 2 months 14 days
17 Jun 2014	Algeria	50th cap	25 years 5 months 5 days
29 Mar 2016	Portugal	first cap as captain	27 years 2 months 17 days
14 Jul 2018	England	World Cup 3rd place match (winner)	29 years 6 months 2 days
15 Nov 2018	Iceland	100th cap	29 years 10 months 3 days
10 Oct 2021	Italy	Nations League 3rd place match	32 years 8 months 28 days

Record of Axel Witsel's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Gibraltar	2		2	2				1.000	2	1.000
Austria	2		1		1			2.000	2	1.000
Qatar	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Australia	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Rep. of Ireland	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Morocco	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Poland	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Finland	1		1	1				1.000	4	0.250
Estonia	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
Iceland	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
(+) other teams									105
Total:	12		11	10	1	0	0	1.091	130	0.092

Record of national team matches played by Axel Witsel

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Belgium national team	130	78	23	29	268	132	68.9

Axel Witsel's international caps

as player of R Standard de Liège, Liège:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 19 years 2 months 14 days

26 Mar 2008 20:45 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

1-4

Belgium vs Morocco

Friendly International

1х

30 May 2008 20:50 (+2:00)

Florence, Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi

3-1

Italy vs Belgium

Friendly International

20 Aug 2008 21:00 (+2:00)

Nuremberg, easyCredit-Stadion

2-0

Germany vs Belgium

Friendly International

06 Sep 2008 20:45 (+2:00)

Liège, Stade Maurice Dufrasne

3-2

Belgium vs Estonia

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

10 Sep 2008 21:00 (+3:00)

Istanbul, Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu

1-1

Turkey vs Belgium

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

11 Oct 2008 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

2-0

Belgium vs Armenia

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

15 Oct 2008 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

1-2

Belgium vs Spain

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

11 Feb 2009 20:45 (+1:00)

Genk, Cristal Arena

2-0

Belgium vs Slovenia

Friendly International

01 Apr 2009 20:45 (+2:00)

Zenica, Stadion Bilino Polje

2-1

Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Belgium

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

17 Nov 2009 20:00 (+1:00)

Sedan, Stade Louis Dugauguez (Duguau)

0-2

Qatar vs Belgium

Friendly International

1х

03 Mar 2010 20:45 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

0-1

Belgium vs Croatia

Friendly International

11 Aug 2010 18:00 (+2:00)

Turku, Veritas Stadion

1-0

Finland vs Belgium

Friendly International

07 Sep 2010 21:00 (+3:00)

Istanbul, Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu

3-2

Turkey vs Belgium

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

08 Oct 2010 22:00 (+6:00)

Astana, Astana Arena

0-2

Kazakhstan vs Belgium

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

12 Oct 2010 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

4-4

Belgium vs Austria

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

09 Feb 2011 20:30 (+1:00)

Ghent, Jules Ottenstadion

1-1

Belgium vs Finland

Friendly International

1х

25 Mar 2011 20:30 (+1:00)

Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadion

0-2

Austria vs Belgium

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

2х

29 Mar 2011 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

4-1

Belgium vs Azerbaijan

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

03 Jun 2011 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

1-1

Belgium vs Turkey

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

as player of SL Benfica, Lisboa:

10 Aug 2011 20:45 (+2:00)

Ljubljana, Stadion Stožice

0-0

Slovenia vs Belgium

Friendly International

02 Sep 2011 21:00 (+5:00)

Baku, Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu

1-1

Azerbaijan vs Belgium

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

06 Sep 2011 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

1-0

Belgium vs United States

Friendly International

07 Oct 2011 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

4-1

Belgium vs Kazakhstan

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

11 Oct 2011 19:00 (+2:00)

Dusseldorf, Esprit Arena

3-1

Germany vs Belgium

UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying, Group A

11 Nov 2011 20:45 (+1:00)

Liège, Stade Maurice Dufrasne

2-1

Belgium vs Romania

Friendly International

15 Nov 2011 21:00 (+1:00)

Saint-Denis, Stade de France

0-0

France vs Belgium

Friendly International

29 Feb 2012 21:30 (+2:00)

Heraklion, Pankritio Stadium

1-1

Greece vs Belgium

Friendly International

25 May 2012 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

2-2

Belgium vs Montenegro

Friendly International

02 Jun 2012 17:15 (+1:00)

London, Wembley Stadium

1-0

England vs Belgium

Friendly International

15 Aug 2012 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

4-2

Belgium vs Netherlands

Friendly International

as player of FC Zenit, Saint Petersburg:

07 Sep 2012 19:45 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Cardiff City Stadium

0-2

Wales vs Belgium

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group A

11 Sep 2012 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

1-1

Belgium vs Croatia

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group A

12 Oct 2012 20:30 (+2:00)

Belgrade, Stadion Crvene Zvezde

0-3

Serbia vs Belgium

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group A

16 Oct 2012 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

2-0

Belgium vs Scotland

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group A

14 Nov 2012 21:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Arena Națională

2-1

Romania vs Belgium

Friendly International

06 Feb 2013 20:45 (+1:00)

Bruges, Jan Breydelstadion

2-1

Belgium vs Slovakia

Friendly International

22 Mar 2013 20:45 (+1:00)

Skopje, National Arena Philip II of Macedon

0-2

Macedonia vs Belgium

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group A

26 Mar 2013 20:45 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

1-0

Belgium vs Macedonia

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group A

07 Jun 2013 20:45 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

2-1

Belgium vs Serbia

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group A

14 Aug 2013 21:00 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin

0-0

Belgium vs France

Friendly International

complete list

Comments

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted on 15 May 2013 at 14:46:06

Full name:
Axel Tomas (Thomas) Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel (...)

kirdus Poland - Error report posted on 17 June 2022 at 15:33:57

According to official sources, his full name is: Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel.

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Belgium upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

England vs Belgium

London, Tuesday 26 March 2024

Belgium fixtures

Axel Witsel's most often teammates

Jan Vertonghen (2008 - 2022) - 109 games
Eden Hazard (2009 - 2022) - 103 games
Toby Alderweireld (2010 - 2022) - 100 games
Dries Mertens (2011 - 2022) - 88 games
Romelu Lukaku (2010 - 2022) - 86 games

Belgium players born on 29 November

Bob Paverick (1912) - 41 caps
Philippe Desmet (1958) - 14 caps, 1 goal