Rayan Cherki
 Cherki playing for Lyon in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mathis Rayan Cherki[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 August 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Saint-Priest | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2019 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Lyon B | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Lyon | 127 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | France U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | France U19 | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | France U21 | 20 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | France Olympic | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:33, 9 August 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Mathis Rayan Cherki (born 17 August 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Early life
[edit]Mathis Rayan Cherki was born on 17 August 2003 in Lyon, Lyon Metropolis.[3] Both of Cherki's parents are of Algerian descent; his father, Fabrice, is also of Italian descent.[4][5][6]
Club career
[edit]Lyon
[edit]Cherki is a product of the youth academy of Lyon, and is considered one of their best-ever prospects. He began playing with their reserve side in the Championnat National 2 at the age of 15.[7] On 7 July 2019, Cherki signed his first professional contract with Lyon until 2022.[8] He made his professional debut in a 0–0 Ligue 1 draw against Dijon on 19 October 2019.[9]
After scoring four goals in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League, he made his senior European debut on 27 November 2019 in a Champions League group stage game against Zenit, aged 16 years and 102 days,[10] in which he substituted Maxwel Cornet in the 74th minute of a 2–0 loss.[11]
On 4 January 2020, Cherki scored his first senior goal as a substitute in a 7–0 win over Bourg-en-Bresse in the Coupe de France, becoming the youngest-ever player to score a senior goal for Lyon, aged 16 years and 140 days.[12] On 18 January, he was involved in all four of Lyon's goals in a 4–3 win over Nantes in another Coupe de France match; he scored a brace, and assisted the other two goals.[13]
On 19 August 2020, Cherki was subbed on in a UEFA Champions League match against Bayern Munich. In doing so, he became the youngest-ever player to feature in a UEFA Champions League semi-final.[14] Lyon were knocked out of the competition in that match, losing by a score of 3–0 to the eventual winners.[15]
Cherki scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a 3–2 win over Monaco on 2 May 2021. His goal secured the victory for Lyon in the final minutes of the match.[16]
International career
[edit]Cherki is eligible to play for either France, Italy or Algeria, the latter due to his parents' origin. Cherki played for the France national under-16 team twice in 2018, both of which were friendlies against Denmark.[17]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 15 December 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon B | 2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 5 | — | — | — | 13 | 5 | |||||
| Lyon | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 2 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 5 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 39 | 3 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 2 | 17 | 5 | ||
| Total | 127 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 158 | 22 | ||
| Career total | 140 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 170 | 26 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Lyon
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2023–24[18]
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20[19]
France U23
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024[20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Rayan Cherki". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b "R. Cherki: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (24 February 2020). "Calciomercato Juve, il consiglio di Matuidi: "È un giocatore di grande talento"". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Cherki, un joyau que la fédération doit viser: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com". Liberte Algerie.
- ^ "Rayan Cherki (OL), une entreprise familiale façon Kylian Mbappé - Foot - L1 - OL". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Qui est Rayan Cherki, le grand espoir du football français ?". www.cnews.fr (in French). 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Rayan Cherki signs first professional contract with OL". www.OL.fr. Olympique Lyonnais. 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Olympique Lyonnais vs. Dijon - 19 October 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- ^ "The UEFA Champions League's youngest players". UEFA. 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Zenit v Lyon game report". UEFA. 27 November 2019.
- ^ "After Bourg – OL (CDF) : Rayan Cherki, the youngest scorer in the history of OL". www.OL.fr. Olympique Lyonnais. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Cherki praised as teenage sensation stars in Lyon win". www.ligue1.com. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ May, Sam (5 September 2020). "Rayan Cherki: All you need to know about Lyon's 17-year-old wonderkid". The Football Faithful. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Dawkes, Phil (19 August 2020). "Bayern breeze past Lyon to set up PSG showdown". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Rayan Cherki late goal earns Lyon win at Monaco to keep Champions League qualification push alive". Eurosport. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Joueur - Rayan CHERKI - FFF". FFF.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "PSG beat Lyon 2-1 to win French Cup final in Mbappe's farewell appearance". Reuters. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final for another treble". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
[edit]
- Profile at the Olympique Lyonnais website
- Rayan Cherki – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Rayan Cherki at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Rayan Cherki – UEFA competition record (archive)
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lyon
- French men's footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- French sportspeople of Italian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- AS Saint-Priest players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Olympic footballers for France
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century French sportsmen