Vincent Thill

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Vincent Thill
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vorskla Poltava
Youth career
CS Fola Esch
2012 Niederkorn
2012–2016 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Metz II 27 (1)
2016–2020 Metz 2 (0)
2018–2019 → Pau (loan) 28 (12)
2019–2020 → Orléans (loan) 19 (1)
2019–2020 → Orléans II (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 Nacional 17 (0)
2021– Vorskla Poltava 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Luxembourg U17 2 (2)
2017 Luxembourg U19 2 (1)
2016– Luxembourg 38 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:57, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Vincent Thill (born 4 February 2000) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vorskla Poltava and the Luxembourg national team. He is the younger brother of fellow Luxembourg internationals Sébastien Thill and Olivier Thill.[1]

He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2017".[2]

Club career[]

Vincent Thill in New Orleans Warm Up Shirt

Thill started his career with Luxembourgish side CS Fola before transferring to Niederkorn, where he spent 6 months.

He joined Metz in 2012, and signed his first professional contract on 26 May 2016, despite interest from Bayern Munich.[3] On 21 September 2016, Thill made his debut for Metz in a 0–3 defeat against Bordeaux, coming on in the 82nd minute. In doing so, Thill became the first player born in the 2000s to appear in Ligue 1 and in any of Europe's top five leagues.[4]

In August 2018, Thill joined Pau on loan for the 2018–19 season.[5] In the following season, he was loaned out to US Orléans.[6]

International career[]

Thill became the youngest player to represent the Luxembourg national football team when he made his debut on 25 March 2016, in a 3–0 defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7] Upon scoring a 90th-minute goal against Nigeria in a 3–1 defeat on 31 May 2016, he became his nation's youngest ever goalscorer and the first player born in the new millennium to score an international goal.

Personal life[]

Vincent is the brother of Sébastien Thill, who plays for Niederkorn, and of Olivier Thill, who is a member of FC Ufa. He is also the son of former international footballer Serge Thill.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 30 July 2020[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz 2016–17 1 0 1 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2017–18 1 0 1 0 2 0 — — 4 0
Total 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Pau (loan) 2018–19 28 12 1 0 — — — 29 12
Orléans (loan) 2019–20 19 1 1 0 1 0 — — 21 1
Career total 49 13 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 46 13

International[]

As of 30 March 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Luxembourg 2016 7 1
2017 6 0
2018 5 1
2019 11 1
2020 7 0
2021 2 0
Total 38 3

International goals[]

As of match played 30 July 2020. Luxembourg score listed first, score column indicates score after each Thill goal.[10]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 May 2016 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 2  Nigeria 1–2 1–3 Friendly
2 15 October 2018 18  San Marino 3–0 3–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3 2 June 2019 21  Madagascar 1–0 3–3 Friendly

References[]

  1. ^ Pécot, Matthieu. "weekly wonderkid: Vincent Thill". UEFA. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Vincent Thill agrees Metz deal despite Bayern Munich interest". ESPN. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ "FC Metz : Vincent Thill est le premier joueur né après 2000 à débuter en Ligue 1... et même ailleurs". BFM TV (in French). 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Vincent Thill (Metz) file en prêt à Pau". L'Équipe (in German). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  6. ^ Transferts : Vincent Thill (Metz) à Orléans (officiel), lequipe.fr, 1 July 2019
  7. ^ "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Vincent Thill". UEFA. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  8. ^ Vincent Thill at Soccerway
  9. ^ Vincent Thill at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ "Vincent Thill - national football team player". EU-Football.info. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

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