Profile of A. Witsel

Season 2021/22

Competitive matches

41

Matches

played

2771'

Minutes

played

2

0.06 ▼

Goals/90'

0

Assists/90

5/0

0.16 ▼

Cards/90'

Performance in the last match

Bundesliga. Matchday 34. 10 days ago

B. Dortmund

2 - 1

Hertha BSC

83'

Bundesliga

Rose confirms Witsel's goodbye: "We've decided not to renew him"

12 days ago

B. Dortmund - Wolfsburg

Haaland hits brace as Dortmund thrash Wolfsburg

1 month ago

Mainz 05 - B. Dortmund

Late Witsel winner helps Dortmund cut Bayern's Bundesliga lead

2 months ago

FC St. Pauli - B. Dortmund

Holders Dortmund dumped out of German Cup by second-tier St Pauli

4 months ago

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Axel Witsel

Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel

33

years

Belgium

81

kgs

MID

position

186

cms

28

shirt number

3.7

M.€

75

ELO

Personal data

Date of birth

12 January 1989

Place of birth

Liège

Country of birth

Belgium

Continent of birth

Europe

Region of birth

Europa Occidental

Nacionalidad(es)

Belgium

Martinica

Status

Position

MID (Midfielder)

Dominant foot

Right

ELO

75

Potential

85

Career

Current club

B. Dortmund team

Main competition

Bundesliga

Previous club

Tianjin Tianhai team

Previous competition

Friendly

Most common shirt number

28

Other shirt numbers

6, 23

Teams	Season	MP					MP	GS	MS	MIN	Age	€	Pts.	ELO
B. Dortmund	2021/22	41	2	0	5	0	41	31	10	2771'		23 M.	6	77
Bundesliga		29	2	0	4	0	29	22	7	1945'	32	24.3 M.	6.2	77
Europa League		2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50'	33	19.4 M.	4.2	73
UCL		6	0	0	1	0	6	5	1	471'	32	23.4 M.	5.4	77
DFB Pokal		3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	215'	32	24.3 M.	4.9	76
German Super Cup		1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	90'	32	24.2 M.	4.6	76
B. Dortmund	2020/21	26	2	1	5	0	26	21	5	1866'		29 M.	6.5	81
B. Dortmund	2019/20	44	4	6	5	0	44	38	6	3467'		35 M.	6.8	85
B. Dortmund	2018/19	46	6	1	3	0	46	42	4	3764'		34 M.	7	84
Tianjin Tianhai	2017/18	19	2	1	2	0	19	19	0	1705'		16 M.	7.2	78
Tianjin Tianhai	2016/17	29	4	2	7	0	29	29	0	2597'		10 M.	7.7	81
Zenit	2016/17	23	1	2	7	0	23	21	2	1870'		28 M.	6.8
Zenit	2015/16	42	7	2	8	0	38	40	1	3510'		28 M.	7.2	83
Zenit	2014/15	44	8	0	7	1	31	40	2	3496'		24 M.	7	81
Zenit	2013/14	43	4	3	3	1	43	41	2	3624'		27 M.	6.9	80
Zenit	2012/13	31	5	1	7	0	27	28	3	2545'		27 M.	7	81
Benfica	2012/13	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	270'		32 M.	6.3
Benfica	2011/12	48	5	5	6	0	48	41	7	3878'		27 M.	6.8	80
Standard de Liège	2010/11	43	12	4	5	1	42	43	0	3816'		25 M.	7.4	80
Standard de Liège	2009/10	40	11	0	6	2	40	38	2	3353'		17 M.	7.2	79
Standard de Liège	2008/09	46	9	2	5	0	40	44	2	3943'		7 M.	7.6	80
Standard de Liège	2007/08	42	10	4	5	1	41	41	1	3679'		3 M.	7.6	72
Standard de Liège	2006/07	22	3	2	1	0	22	15	7	1361'			6.6	56
		632	95	36	87	6	603	575	54	51515'		-	-	-

Career with national team

Performance
Participation
Condition

Teams	Year	MP					MP	GS	MS	MIN	€	Pts.	ELO
Belgium	2021	10	1	0	2	0	10	9	1	841'	25 M.	6.1	77
UEFA Nations League		2	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	180'	22.8 M.	4.9	77
WC Qual. Europe		4	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	360'	23.5 M.	6.4	76
EURO		3	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	301'	29.6 M.	5.5	77
Belgium	2020	5	1	0	2	0	5	5	0	450'	29 M.	6.6	80
Belgium	2019	4	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	360'	40 M.	6.3	84
Belgium	2018	14	0	0	1	0	14	14	0	1216'	24 M.	6.8	83
Belgium	2017	7	1	1	1	1	7	6	1	509'	29 M.	6	81
Belgium	2016	15	2	0	1	0	15	15	0	1314'	31 M.	7.3	81
Belgium	2015	9	0	2	1	0	9	8	1	735'	29 M.	6.4	82
Belgium	2014	11	1	1	2	0	11	10	1	856'	25 M.	6.4	79
Belgium	2013	10	0	1	0	0	10	10	0	896'	33 M.	6.2	80
Belgium	2012	9	0	0	2	0	9	9	0	778'	31 M.	6.3	80
Belgium	2011	11	3	0	1	0	11	11	0	959'	24 M.	7	80
Belgium	2010	5	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	357'	13 M.	5.2	72
Belgium U-21	2009	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	247'	5 M.	5.3	75
Belgium	2009	3	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	200'	13 M.	6.1	76
Belgium	2008	7	1	0	0	0	7	6	1	525'	4 M.	5.5	72
Belgium U-21	2008	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	44'	4 M.	4.3
Belgium U-21	2007	6	0	0	1	0	6	5	1	437'	1 M.	5.2	62
Belgium U-19	2006	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	140'		4.4	32
Belgium U-18	2006	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	314'		5.6
Belgium U-17	2006	10	0	0	3	0	10	10	0	851'		5.7
Belgium U-17	2005	10	0	0	2	0	10	10	0	900'		5.8	31
Belgium U-16	2005	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	245'		5.1
Belgium U-15	2004	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	90'		5.9	25
		161	11	5	20	2	161	150	11	13264'	-	-	-

Career summary

Teams	MP
B. Dortmund	157	14	8	18	0
Tianjin Tianhai	48	6	3	9	0
Zenit	183	25	8	32	2
Benfica	51	5	5	6	0
Belgium	120	11	5	14	2
Standard de Liège	193	45	12	22	4
Belgium U-21	10	0	0	1	0
Belgium U-19	3	0	0	0	0
Belgium U-18	4	0	0	0	0
Belgium U-17	20	0	0	5	0
Belgium U-16	3	0	0	0	0
Belgium U-15	1	0	0	0	0
	793	106	41	107	8

Last matches

2022			Pts.
14 May	BVB 2-1 HER	83'	6.2
07 May	SGF 1-3 BVB	90'	6.7
30 Apr	BVB 3-4 RTV	87'	5.3
16 Apr	BVB 6-1 WOL	77'	8.3
08 Apr	STU 0-2 BVB	54'	5.7

Competitions played in

Participation and performances

2021/22

Bundesliga

FT

2
Goals

22 W

3 D

8 L

66.67% wins

2021/22

UCL

FT

0
Goals

3 W

0 D

3 L

50% wins

2021/22

Europa League

FT

0
Goals

0 W

1 D

1 L

0% wins

2021/22

DFB Pokal

FT

0
Goals

2 W

0 D

1 L

66.67% wins

Team's position in the competition

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Matchday 34		PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bayern München	77	34	24	5	5	97	37	+60
2	B. Dortmund	69	34	22	3	9	85	52	+33
3	B. Leverkusen	64	34	19	7	8	80	47	+33
4	RB Leipzig	58	34	17	7	10	72	37	+35
5	Union Berlin	57	34	16	9	9	50	44	+6

Champions League

Europa League

Europa Conference League

Relegation playoffs

Relegation

Position on the pitch

Main position

Central defensive midfielder 78%

Other positions

Central midfielder 22%

CDM

CM

Attributes

61

Tempo

72

Shot

78

Pass

74

Dribble

64

Defender

80

Physical

Líderazgo

Injuries/Suspensions

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Cause: Illness

From 21 April until 27 April

Rating progression

75

Highest value in career

85 (2019)

Rankings

General

1208º

Age

51º

By country

26º

By position

328º MID

By position

248º MC

Evolution of market value

19.41 M € ▼ -3.696

Highest value in career

19.41M (2022)

Rankings

General

477º

Age

14º

By country

17º

By position

147º MF

By position

108º MC

Contract information

Provider

Puma

Start of contract

06-08-2018

Market value

3.7M€

Transfers

transfer

TM value

4M€

Salary

5.6M€ annual

Latest transfers

Season. Date	Origin	Destination	Cost
2018/19 06-08-2018	Tianjin Tianhai	B. Dortmund	20 M € Transfer
2016/17 03-01-2017	Zenit	Tianjin Tianhai	20 M € Transfer
2012/13 03-09-2012	Benfica	Zenit	40 M € Transfer

Professional performance


Current season	41	2 ▼	0.05 ▼	75 ▼
Calendar year	17	2 ▼	0.12 ▼	74 ▼
Last 6 months	21	2 ▼	0.1 ▼	74 ▼
Last 365 days	51	3 ▼	0.06 ▼	75 ▼
Last 3 years	121	9 ▼	0.07 ▼	80 ▲
Last 5 years	220	20 ▼	0.09 ▼	80 ▲
Career	756	102	0.13	77

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Historical performance in clubs

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By teams	Season.	MP	GS	Min.
Benfica	2	51	44	4148'	5	6
B. Dortmund	4	145	125	11196'	13	18
Standard de Liège	5	193	181	16152'	45	26
Zenit	5	180	170	15045'	22	34
Belgium	14	120	114	9996'	11	16
Belgium U-19	1	3	1	140'	0	0
Tianjin Tianhai	2	47	47	4212'	6	9
Belgium U-21	3	9	8	684'	0	1
Belgium U-17	1	8	8	720'	0	2

By competition	Season.	MP	GS	Min.
Bundesliga	4	105	92	8193'	10	14
Belgian Pro League	5	133	125	11053'	29	19
Primeira Liga	2	32	27	2558'	1	5
Russian Premier League	5	122	114	10101'	16	22
Chinese Super League	2	36	36	3222'	5	6
UCL	10	65	63	5605'	4	10
Europa League	8	35	33	2908'	6	6
WC Qual. Europe	4	27	27	2335'	3	5
World Cup	2	10	10	900'	0	2
DFB Pokal	4	11	7	699'	1	2
EC Qualifying	3	21	19	1748'	2	2
UEFA EC U21	1	1	0	0'	0	0
German Super Cup	2	2	2	180'	0	0
EURO	2	9	8	751'	1	1
AFC Champions	1	8	8	720'	0	2
International Friendly	12	42	39	3272'	4	3
Taça de Portugal	1	1	1	90'	0	0
Pro League Playoffs	2	14	12	1127'	4	1
Taça da Liga	1	2	2	180'	0	1
Russian Cup	5	10	8	753'	2	0
Cup Belgium	4	18	17	1549'	5	2
UCL Qualifying	4	12	11	962'	2	1
Q. Europa League	1	1	1	90'	2	0
Super Cup Belgium	2	2	2	179'	1	1
Super Cup Russia	2	2	2	180'	0	0
U21 EC Qualifying	2	8	8	684'	0	1
Prev. Taça da Liga	1	2	1	134'	2	0
FA Cup China	2	3	3	270'	1	1
UEFA EC U17	1	3	3	270'	0	0
European U19 Championship qualifying	1	3	1	140'	0	0
U-17 Euro Qualification	1	5	5	450'	0	2
UEFA Nations League	2	11	11	990'	1	3