Tyrell Malacia
Malacia with Feyenoord in 2019
Personal information
Full name Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-17) 17 August 1999[2]
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 12
Youth career
2008–2017 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Feyenoord 98 (4)
2022– Manchester United 22 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Netherlands U16 8 (0)
2015–2016 Netherlands U17 14 (0)
2016 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2018 Netherlands U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Netherlands U21 7 (0)
2021– Netherlands 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:37, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:51, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia (born 17 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team.

Malacia joined Feyenoord's youth system at the age of nine. He made his professional debut for the club in December 2017, and won the KNVB Cup in 2018. He was named in the UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season in 2022, after earning a runners-up medal in the competition. Later that year, he joined Manchester United.

Malacia was a youth international for the Netherlands from under-16 to under-21 level, before making his senior international debut against Montenegro in September 2021.

Club career

Feyenoord

Malacia playing for Feyenoord in 2019

Malacia was born in Rotterdam, and joined the Feyenoord youth academy at the age of nine in 2008.[3] He signed his first professional contract with them on 2 December 2015.[4] He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in a 2–1 UEFA Champions League win against Napoli on 6 December 2017, wherein he played the full 90 minutes.[5] Malacia made his Eredivisie debut for Feyenoord in a 1–1 tie with SC Heerenveen on 13 December 2017.[6] He was an unused substitute in the 2018 KNVB Cup Final, where Feyenoord beat AZ Alkmaar 3–0.[7] On 25 May 2022, he started in Feyenoord's 1–0 UEFA Europa Conference League Final loss against Roma in Albania.[8] He was later one of five Feyenoord players named in the competition's Team of the Season.[9]

Manchester United

On 5 July 2022, Malacia signed a four-year contract with Premier League club Manchester United, with the option of a further year.[10] United paid Feyenoord an initial fee of €15 million (£13 million), with an extra €2 million (£1.7 million) in add-ons, to make Malacia the club's first signing under manager Erik ten Hag.[11] Two days later, it was confirmed that he would wear the number 12 shirt last worn by Chris Smalling.[12] On 7 August, Malacia made his club debut as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss against Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.[13] On 22 August 2022, Malacia started for the first time for United in a 2–1 win against Liverpool.[14] On 26 February 2023, he featured in the United squad to win the EFL Cup final 2–0 against Newcastle United, his first trophy with the club.[15]

International career

Malacia was born in the Netherlands, to a Afro-Curaçaoan father and Afro-Surinamese mother.[16] Malacia was a youth international who represented the Netherlands at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-20 and under-21 levels.[17][18][19][20][21] He was called up to the preliminary squad for the Curaçao national team for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[22] On 27 August 2021, Malacia received his first call-up for the Netherlands national football team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Norway, Montenegro and Turkey.[23] He made his debut on 4 September 2021 in the match against Montenegro.[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Feyenoord 2017–18[25] Eredivisie 11020—1[lower-alpha 3]000140
2018–19[25] Eredivisie 17310—1[lower-alpha 4]000193
2019–20[25] Eredivisie 12040—5[lower-alpha 4]0—210
2020–21[25] Eredivisie 26020—3[lower-alpha 4]02[lower-alpha 5]0330
2021–22[25] Eredivisie 32110—17[lower-alpha 6]0—501
Total 984100—270201374
Manchester United 2022–23[26] Premier League 22040409[lower-alpha 4]0—390
Career total 120414040360201764
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 14 June 2023[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202110
202250
202330
Total90

Honours

Feyenoord

Manchester United

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Tyrell Malacia: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tyrell Malacia verlengt tot 2023 bij Feyenoord". Feyenoord.
  4. ↑ "Tyrell Malacia tekent eerste profcontract". Feyenoord.
  5. ↑ "UEFA Champions League - Feyenoord-Napoli". UEFA.
  6. ↑ "Feyenoord Rotterdam vs. Heerenveen - Football Match Summary - December 13, 2017". ESPN.
  7. ↑ "AZ Alkmaar 0–3 Feyenoord". ESPN. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Europa Conference League final: Roma 1–0 Feyenoord". BBC Sport. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. 1 2 "2021/22 Europa Conference League Team of the Season". UEFA. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Malacia signs for United". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Manchester United: Tyrell Malacia signs four-year deal from Feyenoord". BBC Sport. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ↑ Marshall, Adam (7 July 2022). "Fernandes changes shirt number". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Stone, Simon (7 August 2022). "Manchester United 1-2 Brighton: Erik ten Hag suffers defeat in first Premier League game". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  14. ↑ McNulty, Phil (22 August 2022). "Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Man Utd 2–0 Newcastle: Erik ten Hag's side win Carabao Cup to end six-year trophy drought". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Curaçaose Feyenoorder valt op in Eredivisie". 25 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Tyrell Malacia - Jeugd mannen onder 16". Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "Tyrell Malacia - Jeugd mannen onder 17". Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Tyrell Malacia - Jeugd mannen onder 18". Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Tyrell Malacia - Jeugd mannen beloftenelftal". Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Tyrell Malacia - Jong Oranje". Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "2021 Concacaf Gold Cup preliminary rosters announced". CONCACAF. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  23. ↑ "Van Gaal neemt Malacia en Rensch op in definitieve selectie" (in Dutch). 27 August 2021.
  24. ↑ "Van Gaal laat Malacia debuteren in Oranje, Van Dijk begint op de bank" (in Dutch). 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 "T. Malacia: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Tyrell Malacia in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  27. ↑ "National football team player Tyrell Malacia". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  28. ↑ Feyenoord wint KNVB-beker mede dankzij prachtgoal Van Persie - AD (in Dutch)
  29. ↑ "Soccerway Match Report". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  30. ↑ Honeyman, Sam (25 May 2022). "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". UEFA. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  31. ↑ McNulty, Phil (26 February 2023). "Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  32. ↑ McNulty, Phil (3 June 2023). "Manchester City 2–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  33. ↑ "Martin degaard named as Player of the Month for April". Eredivisie. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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