PLAYER PROFILE

Axel Witsel.

OGC Nice · Belgium

Matrix 31520

At a glance

Full name: Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel
Born: 12 Jan 1989
Age today: 37
Nationality: Belgium

Career by season

291 recorded appearances

Axel Witsel appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
26/27	Ligue 1	OGC Nice	7	7	0	0	571	0
25/26	La Liga	Girona FC	32	30	1	2	2,533	0 / 1 red
25/26	International Friendly Games	Belgium	4	1	0	0	110	0
2026	FIFA World Cup	Belgium	2	0	0	0	31	1
2025	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Belgium	2	0	0	0	39	0
24/25	UEFA Champions League	Atlético de Madrid	4	3	0	0	271	1
24/25	La Liga	Atlético de Madrid	14	9	0	1	849	1
2025	FIFA Club World Cup	Atlético de Madrid	1	0	1	0	44	0
24/25	Copa del Rey	Atlético de Madrid	3	3	0	0	270	0
23/24	UEFA Champions League	Atlético de Madrid	10	10	0	0	888	0
23/24	Supercopa de España	Atlético de Madrid	1	0	0	0	30	0
23/24	La Liga	Atlético de Madrid	35	30	2	0	2,781	5
23/24	International Friendly Games	Belgium	2	1	0	0	90	0
23/24	Copa del Rey	Atlético de Madrid	5	5	0	0	480	1
22/23	UEFA Nations League	Belgium	6	6	1	0	467	1
22/23	UEFA Champions League	Atlético de Madrid	6	5	0	1	461	0
22/23	La Liga	Atlético de Madrid	33	25	0	0	2,303	2 / 1 red
22/23	International Friendly Games	Belgium	1	1	0	0	90	0
22/23	Copa del Rey	Atlético de Madrid	4	3	0	0	327	1
21/22	UEFA Europa League	Borussia Dortmund	2	1	0	0	49	0
21/22	UEFA Champions League	Borussia Dortmund	6	5	0	0	472	1
2022	FIFA World Cup	Belgium	3	3	0	0	270	0
21/22	DFL-Supercup	Borussia Dortmund	1	1	0	0	90	0
21/22	DFB-Pokal	Borussia Dortmund	3	2	0	0	215	0
21/22	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	29	22	2	0	1,976	4
2021	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Belgium	4	4	1	0	360	1
20/21	UEFA Nations League	Belgium	7	7	1	0	630	3
20/21	UEFA Champions League	Borussia Dortmund	5	4	1	0	362	0
2021	EURO	Belgium	4	3	0	0	301	0
20/21	DFB-Pokal	Borussia Dortmund	2	1	0	0	104	1
20/21	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	15	13	0	0	1,130	4
19/20	UEFA Champions League	Borussia Dortmund	7	7	0	0	611	1
19/20	DFB-Pokal	Borussia Dortmund	3	3	0	0	270	0
19/20	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	28	25	4	5	2,274	4

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Axel Witsel match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
21 Jan 2023	La Liga	Atlético de Madrid v Real Valladolid CF	3 – 0	90
15 Jan 2023	La Liga	UD Almería v Atlético de Madrid	1 – 1	90
04 Jan 2023	Copa del Rey	Real Oviedo v Atlético de Madrid	0 – 2	90
22 Dec 2022	Copa del Rey	CD Arenteiro v Atlético de Madrid	1 – 3	90
01 Dec 2022	FIFA World Cup	Croatia v Belgium	0 – 0	90
27 Nov 2022	FIFA World Cup	Belgium v Morocco	0 – 2	90
23 Nov 2022	FIFA World Cup	Belgium v Canada	1 – 0	90
18 Nov 2022	International Friendly Games	Belgium v Egypt	1 – 2	90
12 Nov 2022	Copa del Rey	SD Almazán v Atlético de Madrid	0 – 2	90
09 Nov 2022	La Liga	RCD Mallorca v Atlético de Madrid	1 – 0	90
06 Nov 2022	La Liga	Atlético de Madrid v RCD Espanyol BarcelonaSubstitute, on 66′	1 – 1	24
01 Nov 2022	UEFA Champions League	FC Porto v Atlético de Madrid	2 – 1	90
29 Oct 2022	La Liga	Cádiz CF v Atlético de Madrid	3 – 2	90
26 Oct 2022	UEFA Champions League	Atlético de Madrid v Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2 – 2	90
23 Oct 2022	La Liga	Real Betis Balompié v Atlético de Madrid	1 – 2	90
18 Oct 2022	La Liga	Atlético de Madrid v Rayo Vallecano	1 – 1	90
15 Oct 2022	La Liga	Athletic Bilbao v Atlético de MadridSubstitute, on 82′	0 – 1	8
12 Oct 2022	UEFA Champions League	Atlético de Madrid v Club Brugge KVSubstitute, on 79′	0 – 0	11
08 Oct 2022	La Liga	Atlético de Madrid v Girona FC	2 – 1	74
04 Oct 2022	UEFA Champions League	Club Brugge KV v Atlético de Madrid	2 – 0	90

Career transfers

10 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Axel Witsel career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
18 Aug 2026	Girona FC	OGC Nice	Transfer	Free
12 Aug 2025	Atlético de Madrid	Girona FC	Transfer	Free
06 Jul 2022	Borussia Dortmund	Atlético de Madrid	Transfer	Free
06 Aug 2018	Tianjin Tianhai (-2019)	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	€20m
03 Jan 2017	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tianjin Tianhai (-2019)	Transfer	€20m
03 Sep 2012	SL Benfica	Zenit St. Petersburg	Transfer	€40m
13 Jul 2011	Standard Liège	SL Benfica	Transfer	€9m
01 Jul 2006	Standard Liège U19	Standard Liège	Internal move	—
01 Jul 2005	Standard Liège U17	Standard Liège U19	Internal move	—
01 Jul 2004	Standard Liège Youth	Standard Liège U17	Internal move	—

Contracts and market values are not available yet.