Eliot Matazo

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Eliot Matazo
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hull City
Number 36
Youth career
–2018 Anderlecht
2018–2019 Monaco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Monaco II 14 (0)
2020–2025 Monaco 60 (2)
2024Royal Antwerp (loan) 19 (0)
2025– Hull City 1 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Belgium U16 12 (0)
2019 Belgium U18 2 (0)
2021– Belgium U21 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:04, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:35, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Eliot Matazo (born 15 February 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Hull City. [2]

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Club career

Monaco

Matazo made his professional debut for AS Monaco on 27 September 2020 in a Ligue 1 game against RC Strasbourg. [3] On 9 May 2021, he scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a 1–0 away win over Reims. [4]

Royal Antwerp (loan)

On 1 February 2024, Matazo was loaned by Royal Antwerp until the end of the season. [5]

Hull City

On 24 January 2025, Matazo joined EFL Championship club Hull City for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-and-a-half year deal with the option for a further year. [6] He made his debut the same day coming on as a 55th-minute substitue for Matt Crooks in the 3–0 away win against Sheffield United. [7]

International career

Matazo was born in Belgium to a Congolese Malagasy father and Kenyan mother. He is a youth international for Belgium, having played up to the Belgium U21s. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 January 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco 2020–21 Ligue 1 10140141
2021–22 Ligue 11804060280
2022–23 Ligue 12311050291
2023–24 Ligue 1600060
2024–25 Ligue 130103070
Total602100140842
Royal Antwerp (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 10100101
Hull City 2024–25 EFL Championship 100010
Career total71310014000953

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References

  1. "Eliot Matazo". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  2. Eliot Matazo at Soccerway
  3. "Résultat et résumé Monaco - Strasbourg, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 5e journée, Dimanche 27 Septembre 2020". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  4. "Monaco Grind Out Win In Reims To Move Third". beIN SPORTS. 9 May 2021.
  5. "RAFC HUURT ELIOT MATAZO" [RAFC LOANS ELIOT MATAZO] (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. "Matazo moves to Hull City". Hull City A.F.C. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  7. "Sheffield United 0–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  8. "Kenyan midfielder nominated for prestigious Golden Boy award | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsport.co.ke.
  9. Eliot Matazo at Soccerway