Rayan Cherki
![]() Cherki playing for Lyon in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mathis Rayan Cherki | ||
Date of birth | 17 August 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | Saint-Priest | ||
2010–2019 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Lyon B | 12 | (5) |
2020– | Lyon | 35 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | France U16 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | France U19 | 3 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2021 |
Mathis Rayan Cherki (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁki]; Arabic: رايان شرقي; born 17 August 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Early life[]
Cherki was born on 17 August 2003 in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, France. His mother is of Algerian descent.[1][2][3]
Club career[]
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.[4] On 7 July 2019, Cherki signed his first professional contract with Lyon until 2022.[5] He made his professional debut in a 0–0 Ligue 1 draw against Dijon on 19 October 2019.[6]
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,[7] in which he substituted Maxwel Cornet in the 74th minute of a 2–0 loss.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] Lyon were knocked out of the competition in that match, losing by a score of 3–0 to the eventual winners.[12]
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.[13]
International career[]
Cherki played for the France national under-16 team twice in 2018, both of which were friendlies against Denmark.[14]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 12 September 2021.[15]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | ||||
Total | 11 | 5 | — | — | — | 11 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 35 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 7 | ||
Career total | 46 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 12 |
- ^ Appearances in the Coupe de la Ligue.
References[]
- ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (2020-02-24). "Calciomercato Juve, il consiglio di Matuidi: "È un giocatore di grande talento"". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ "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 2020-01-29.
- ^ "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.com. 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.
- ^ 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). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "R. Cherki". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
External links[]
- Rayan Cherki – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
- Rayan Cherki at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Rayan Cherki at the French Football Federation (archived 2020-02-23) (in French)
- Rayan Cherki at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- Footballers from Lyon
- French people of Algerian descent
- French people of Italian descent
- AS Saint-Priest players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- France youth international footballers
- Association football forwards