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 3 (0)
International career‡
2024 France U16 2 (0)
2024 France U17 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:10, 30 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:11, 24 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]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nantes B 2024–25 National 3 20———20
Nantes 2025–26 Ligue 1 3000——30
Career total5000000050

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.
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