Tyrese Francois

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Tyrese Francois
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Tyrese Francois in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Tyrese Jay Francois [1]
Date of birth (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Campbelltown, Australia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Number 35
Youth career
Campbelltown Uniting Church SC
Camden Tigers
2013–2019 Fulham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2024 Fulham 4 (0)
2022–2023 → HNK Gorica (loan) 10 (1)
2024 → Vejle (loan) 15 (0)
2024– Wigan Athletic 17 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Australia U23 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2026

Tyrese Jay Francois (born 16 July 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for EFL League One club Wigan Athletic. [3]

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Early life

Tyrese Jay Francois was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, to a Mauritian father and an English Mauritian mother. [4] He joined Campbelltown Uniting Church Soccer Club at the age of five, and later moved to Camden Tigers. Alongside football, he also played rugby league at junior level, playing at fullback. [5] While in Australia, Francois trained under Andrea Icardi at the AC Milan Academy Australia. [6] In 2013, his family moved to London, England, where he and his brother Marlee Francois signed for Fulham Academy. [6] [7]

Club career

On 27 August 2019, Francois made his professional debut for Fulham in an EFL Cup tie against Southampton. [8] On 1 September 2022 Francois joined Croatian team HNK Gorica on a season long loan from Fulham. [9] [10] He played his first game coming off the bench on 3 September in a 2–1 defeat to NK Varaždin. [11]

On 1 February 2024, it was confirmed that Francois had been loaned to Danish Superliga side Vejle Boldklub until 30 June 2024. [12] After completing his loan, Francois departed Fulham at the end of his contract. [13] On 19 July 2024, Francois signed for Wigan Athletic, penning a two-year contract.

International career

Francois was called up to the senior Australia squad for two friendly matches against New Zealand in September 2022. [14] He was an unused substitute for the match on 25 September 2022 in Auckland.

Personal life

Francois supports Wests Tigers. [5]

Career statistics

As of match played on 25 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham U21 2018–19 [15] ————3 [a] 030
2019–20 [16] ————1 [a] 010
2020–21 [17] ————1 [a] 010
2023–24 [18] ————1 [a] 010
Total———6060
Fulham 2019–20 [16] Championship 000010—10
2020–21 [17] Premier League 100010—20
2021–22 [19] Championship201010—40
2022–23 [20] Premier League100010—20
2023–24 [18] Premier League001010—20
Total402050—110
Gorica 2022–23 [20] Prva HNL 1012000—121
Vejle 2023–24 Danish Superliga 1400000—140
Career total281405060431
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Fulham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 29. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Tyrese Francois". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tyrese Francois | Fulham Football Club". fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Brotherly shove: Aussie siblings Tyrese, Marlee battling for Olympic call-ups". SBS Sport. 10 March 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Wigan Athletic star opens up on rugby league background - 'That was it'". 19 November 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Meet the Aussie teen brothers wanted by European clubs". The World Game. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Joey Lynch. "Australian teen linked with Valencia, Celtic and Crystal Palace". Daily Football Show. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Fulham vs. Southampton – 27 August 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Francois Heads To Croatia". Fulham . 2 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Rutzler, Peter; Horncastle, James (2 September 2022). "Fulham's window: Reinforcements arrive but Brexit rules thwart Kluivert move". The Athletic . ...while Tyrese Francois has joined Gorica in Croatia on loan.
  11. ↑ Pruce, Geoff (5 September 2022). "Loan Round-Up: Emotional Debut For Jay". Fulham .
  12. ↑ Vejle Boldklub henter Tyrese Francois, vejle-boldklub.dk, 1 February 2024
  13. ↑ PLAYER DEPARTURES, fulhamfc.com, 5 June 2024
  14. ↑ "Graham Arnold adds fresh faces to Socceroos squad for September matches". Football Australia Media. 14 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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