Tyrese Francois
Tyrese Jay Francois (born 16 July 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Danish Superliga side Vejle Boldklub, on loan from Premier League club Fulham.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tyrese Jay Francois[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Campbelltown, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vejle (on loan from Fulham) | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Campbelltown Uniting Church SC | |||
| Camden Tigers | |||
| 2013–2019 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Fulham | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → HNK Gorica (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2024– | → Vejle (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Australia U23 | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2022 | |||
Early life edit
Tyrese Jay Francois was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, to a Mauritian father and an English mother.[4] He joined Campbelltown Uniting Church Soccer Club at the age of five, and later moved to Camden Tigers. He also trained under Andrea Icardi at the AC Milan Academy Australia.[5] In 2013, his family moved to London, England, where he and his brother Marlee Francois signed for Fulham Academy.[5][6]
Club career edit
On 27 August 2019, Francois made his professional debut for Fulham in an EFL Cup tie against Southampton.[7] On 1st September 2022 Francois joined Croatian team HNK Gorica on a season long loan from Fulham.[8][9] He played his first game coming off the bench on 3 September in a 2–1 defeat to NK Varaždin.[10]
On February 1, 2024, it was confirmed that Francois had been loaned to Danish Superliga side Vejle Boldklub until June 30, 2024.[11]
International career edit
Francois was called up to the senior Australia squad for two friendly matches against New Zealand in September 2022.[12] He was an unused substitute for the match on 25 September 2022 in Auckland.
Career statistics edit
- As of match played on 5 January 2024
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham U21 | 2018–19[13] | — | — | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20[14] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21[15] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24[16] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Fulham | 2019–20[14] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[15] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[17] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[18] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Gorica | 2022–23[18] | Prva HNL | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
| Career total | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b c d Appearances in EFL Trophy
References edit
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Fulham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 29. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Tyrese Francois". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Tyrese Francois | Fulham Football Club". fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Brotherly shove: Aussie siblings Tyrese, Marlee battling for Olympic call-ups". SBS Sport.
- ^ a b "Meet the Aussie teen brothers wanted by European clubs". The World Game. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Joey Lynch. "Australian teen linked with Valencia, Celtic and Crystal Palace". Daily Football Show. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Fulham vs. Southampton – 27 August 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Francois Heads To Croatia". Fulham. 2 September 2022.
- ^ Rutzler, Peter; Horncastle, James (2 September 2022). "Fulham's window: Reinforcements arrive but Brexit rules thwart Kluivert move". The Athletic.
...while Tyrese Francois has joined Gorica in Croatia on loan.
- ^ Pruce, Geoff (5 September 2022). "Loan Round-Up: Emotional Debut For Jay". Fulham.
- ^ Vejle Boldklub henter Tyrese Francois, vejle-boldklub.dk, 1 February 2024
- ^ "Graham Arnold adds fresh faces to Socceroos squad for September matches". Football Australia Media. 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
External links edit
- Profile at the Fulham F.C. website
- Tyrese Francois at Soccerway