Tylel Tati

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Tylel Tati
Personal information
Date of birth (2008-01-19) 19 January 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Nantes
Number 78
Youth career
2013–2023 US Roissy-en-Brie
2023–2025 Nantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Nantes B 2 (0)
2025– Nantes 1 (0)
International career
2024 France U16 2 (0)
2024 France U17 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:10, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:10, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Tylel Tati (born 19 January 2008) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Nantes.

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Club career

Tati grew up playing for US Roissy-en-Brie, later joining the INF Clairefontaine academy before his arrival at Nantes. [1] He made his debut with Nantes's reserve team at the end of the 2024–25 season before joining the club's first team ahead of the 2025–26 preseason. [2] On 17 August 2025, he made his professional debut as a starter in the first match of the Ligue 1 season against champions Paris Saint-Germain, an eventual 1–0 defeat. [3] His performance was praised by Nantes manager Luis Castro, who said that Tati had "a very good game", [4] while newspaper Ouest-France described his debut as "successful" and "promising for the future". [5] [6]

International career

Tati is a France youth international, making his debut for the France under-16s in 2024. [7]

Personal life

Born in France, Tati is of Congolese descent from the Republic of the Congo on his father's side and Senegalese descent on his mother's side. [8]

Tati’s father, Sambou "Bijou" Tati, has served as the president of US Roissy-en-Brie, the club where Tati began his youth career. [1] Sambou also coached Paul Pogba during Pogba’s final year at the club, when he was 13. [9] Born in 2008, Tati has been photographed alongside Pogba since the age of five, both at US Roissy-en-Brie and later at the INF Clairefontaine academy. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Entre Paul Pogba et Tylel Tati, la connexion à travers leur club d'enfance, Roissy". L'Équipe (in French). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. "FC Nantes. Qui est Tylel Tati, ce jeune de 17 ans, appelé dans le groupe pro pour la reprise ?" . Ouest-France (in French). 30 June 2025. Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. Travert, Florian (18 August 2025). "FC Nantes. Pour sa première avec les Canaris, à 17 ans, Tylel Tati « a été solide » face au PSG" . Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  4. Le Dorze, Franck (18 August 2025).  Il est tranquille, concentré, et à 17 ans, c'est pas mal » : les débuts remarqués du jeune Nantais Tylel Tati en Ligue 1". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  5. Launay, Hugo (18 August 2025). "FC Nantes. Tylel Tati, 17 ans, a semé des promesses contre le Paris SG" . Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. Sermaise, Florian (18 August 2025). "Nantes : Tylel Tati, une première en grande pompe face aux stars parisiennes". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  7. Tylel Tati at the French Football Federation (in French)
  8. "Congo's Soft-Power Weekend in Ligue 1". Congotimes.com. 2025-08-20. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  9. "Sambou Tati, entraîneur de l'US Roissy : « Paul Pogba est un modèle »". actu.fr (in French). 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2025-08-21.