Tyrell Malacia

Tyrell Malacia

Malacia with Feyenoord in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia [1]
Date of birth	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Manchester United
Number	12
Youth career
2008–2017	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2022	Feyenoord	98	(4)
2022–	Manchester United	25	(0)
International career‡
2014–2015	Netherlands U16	8	(0)
2015–2016	Netherlands U17	14	(0)
2016	Netherlands U18	2	(0)
2018	Netherlands U20	3	(0)
2019–2021	Netherlands U21	7	(0)
2021–	Netherlands	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:14, 26 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:51, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia (born 17 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team.

Malacia joined Feyenoord's youth system at the age of nine. He made his professional debut for the club in December 2017, and won the KNVB Cup in 2018. He was named in the UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season in 2022, after earning a runners-up medal in the competition. Later that year, he joined Manchester United.

Malacia was a youth international for the Netherlands from under-16 to under-21 level, before making his senior international debut against Montenegro in September 2021.

Club career

Feyenoord

Malacia playing for Feyenoord in 2019

Malacia was born in Rotterdam, and joined the Feyenoord youth academy at the age of nine in 2008. ^[3] He signed his first professional contract with them on 2 December 2015. ^[4] He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in a 2–1 UEFA Champions League win against Napoli on 6 December 2017, wherein he played the full 90 minutes. ^[5] Malacia made his Eredivisie debut for Feyenoord in a 1–1 tie with SC Heerenveen on 13 December 2017. ^[6] He was an unused substitute in the 2018 KNVB Cup Final, where Feyenoord beat AZ Alkmaar 3–0. ^[7] On 25 May 2022, he started in Feyenoord's 1–0 UEFA Europa Conference League Final loss against Roma in Albania. ^[8] He was later one of five Feyenoord players named in the competition's Team of the Season. ^[9]

Manchester United

On 5 July 2022, Malacia signed a four-year contract with Premier League club Manchester United, with the option of a further year. ^[10] United paid Feyenoord an initial fee of €15 million (£13 million), with an extra €2 million (£1.7 million) in add-ons, to make Malacia the club's first signing under manager Erik ten Hag. ^[11] Two days later, it was confirmed that he would wear the number 12 shirt last worn by Chris Smalling. ^[12] On 7 August, Malacia made his club debut as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss against Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League. ^[13] On 22 August 2022, Malacia started for the first time for United in a 2–1 win against Liverpool. ^[14] On 26 February 2023, he featured in the United squad to win the EFL Cup final 2–0 against Newcastle United, his first trophy with the club. ^[15] Malacia started United's final Premier League match of the 2022–23 season on 28 May 2023, ^[16] which proved to be his last appearance for over a calendar year. He was an unused substitute during the 2023 FA Cup Final, which United lost to Manchester City.

In the summer of 2023, Malacia underwent knee surgery ^[17] that kept him out of action for a year and a half. He made his long-awaited return to action on 12 November 2024 as part of United Under-21s against Huddersfield Town in the EFL Trophy. ^[18] He followed this up by making his first-team return sixteen days later, playing 45 minutes in the Europa League against Bodø/Glimt, ^[19] for which he was praised by manager Ruben Amorim. ^[20] On 2 December, Malacia also started a Premier League game for the first time in over 18 months, playing the first half of a 2-0 defeat to Arsenal. ^[21]

International career

Malacia was born in the Netherlands, to an Afro-Curaçaoan father and Afro-Surinamese mother. ^[22] Malacia was a youth international who represented the Netherlands at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-20 and under-21 levels. ^{[23] [24] [25] [26] [27]} He was called up to the preliminary squad for the Curaçao national team for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. ^[28] On 27 August 2021, Malacia received his first call-up for the Netherlands national football team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Norway, Montenegro and Turkey. ^[29] He made his debut on 4 September 2021 in the match against Montenegro. ^[30]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Feyenoord	2017–18 [31]	Eredivisie	11	0	2	0	—		1 [c]	0	0	0	14	0
	2018–19 [31]	Eredivisie	17	3	1	0	—		1 [d]	0	0	0	19	3
	2019–20 [31]	Eredivisie	12	0	4	0	—		5 [d]	0	—		21	0
	2020–21 [31]	Eredivisie	26	0	2	0	—		3 [d]	0	2 [e]	0	33	0
	2021–22 [31]	Eredivisie	32	1	1	0	—		17 [f]	0	—		50	1
	Total		98	4	10	0	—		27	0	2	0	137	4
Manchester United	2022–23 [32]	Premier League	22	0	4	0	4	0	9 [d]	0	—		39	0
	2023–24 [33]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2024–25 [34]	Premier League	3	0	1	0	0	0	3 [d]	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		25	0	5	0	4	0	12	0	0	0	46	0
Manchester United U21	2024–25 [31]	—	—		—		—		—		1 [g]	0	1	0
Career total			123	4	15	0	4	0	39	0	3	0	184	4

1. Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
7. Appearance in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 14 June 2023 ^[35]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2021	1	0
	2022	5	0
	2023	3	0
Total		9	0

Honours

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup: 2017–18 ^[36]
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2018 ^[37]
• UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2021–22 ^[38]

Manchester United

• EFL Cup: 2022–23 ^[39]
• FA Cup runner-up: 2022–23 ^[40]

Individual

• UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season: 2021–22 ^[9]
• Eredivisie Talent of the Month: April 2019 ^[41]

References

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2. "Tyrell Malacia: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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14. McNulty, Phil (22 August 2022). "Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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18. Stone, Simon (12 November 2024). "Tyrell Malacia: Manchester United defender returns after 17 months out with injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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28. "2021 Concacaf Gold Cup preliminary rosters announced". CONCACAF. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
29. "Van Gaal neemt Malacia en Rensch op in definitieve selectie" (in Dutch). 27 August 2021.
30. "Van Gaal laat Malacia debuteren in Oranje, Van Dijk begint op de bank" (in Dutch). 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
31. "T. Malacia: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
32. "Games played by Tyrell Malacia in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
33. "Games played by Tyrell Malacia in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
34. "Games played by Tyrell Malacia in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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36. Feyenoord wint KNVB-beker mede dankzij prachtgoal Van Persie - AD (in Dutch)
37. "Soccerway Match Report". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
38. Honeyman, Sam (25 May 2022). "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". UEFA. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
39. McNulty, Phil (26 February 2023). "Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
40. McNulty, Phil (3 June 2023). "Manchester City 2–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
41. "Martin degaard named as Player of the Month for April". Eredivisie. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

External links

• Profile at the Manchester United website
• Profile at the Royal Dutch Football Association website (in Dutch)
• Tyrell Malacia – UEFA competition record ( archive )