Yannick Ferreira Carrasco was born on 4 September 1993 and is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger and wing-back for La Liga club Atletico Madrid and the Belgium national team.
12 Facts About Yannick Carrasco
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Yannick 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.
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Yannick Carrasco made his international debut for Belgium in April 2015.
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Yannick Carrasco played at the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, and was part of their squad that came third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Yannick Carrasco was born in Vilvoorde to a Portuguese father and Spanish mother.
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Yannick Carrasco's father left the family when Yannick was still a child, leaving his mother, Carmen, to raise him and his brother Mylan.
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On 28 May 2016, as a half-time replacement for Augusto Fernandez in the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final at the San Siro, Yannick Carrasco scored Atletico's 79th-minute equaliser against Real Madrid; his team lost in a penalty shoot-out.
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Yannick Carrasco was the first Belgian to score in a European Cup final.
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On 26 February 2018, along with teammate Nicolas Gaitan, Yannick Carrasco moved to Chinese Super League newcomers Dalian Yifang, a club owned by Atleti's partial owner Dalian Wanda Group.
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On 31 January 2020, Yannick Carrasco returned to Atletico Madrid on loan until the end of the season.
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Yannick Carrasco was named in manager Marc Wilmots' squad for the final tournament.
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Yannick Carrasco was included in the Belgian squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by manager Roberto Martinez.