Tyrese Francois
Personal information
Full name Tyrese Jay Francois[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000
Place of birth Campbelltown, Australia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fulham
Number 35
Youth career
Campbelltown Uniting Church SC
Camden Tigers
2013–2019 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Fulham 4 (0)
2022–2023 → HNK Gorica (loan) 10 (1)
International career‡
2021–2023 Australia U23 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2022

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

Early life

Tyrese Jay Francois was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, located on the outskirts of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. He is of Mauritian descent through his father, and English descent through his mother.[4] At the age of 5, he joined Campbelltown Uniting Church Soccer Club, and later moved to Camden Tigers. He also trained under Andrea Icardi at the AC Milan Academy Australia.[5] In 2013, his family moved to London, England, where he and his brother Marlee Francois signed for Fulham Academy.[5][6]

Club career

On 27 August 2019, Francois made his professional debut for Fulham in an EFL Cup tie against Southampton.[7] On 1st September 2022 Francois joined Croatian team HNK Gorica on a season long loan from Fulham.[8][9] He played his first game coming off the bench on 3 September in a 2–1 defeat to NK Varaždin.[10]

International career

Francois was called up to the senior Australia squad for two friendly matches against New Zealand in September 2022.[11] He was an unused substitute for the match on 25 September 2022 in Auckland.

Career statistics

As of match played on 5 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham U21 2018–19[12] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2019–20[13] ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
2020–21[14] ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
2023–24[15] ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
Total ———6060
Fulham 2019–20[13] Championship 000010—10
2020–21[14] Premier League 100010—20
2021–22[16] Championship 201010—40
2022–23[17] Premier League 100010—20
2023–24[15] Premier League 001010—20
Total 402050—110
Gorica 2022–23[17] Prva HNL 1010000—101
Career total 141205060261
  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.
  5. 1 2 "Meet the Aussie teen brothers wanted by European clubs". The World Game. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Joey Lynch. "Australian teen linked with Valencia, Celtic and Crystal Palace". Daily Football Show. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Fulham vs. Southampton – 27 August 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Francois Heads To Croatia". Fulham. 2 September 2022.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Pruce, Geoff (5 September 2022). "Loan Round-Up: Emotional Debut For Jay". Fulham.
  11. ↑ "Graham Arnold adds fresh faces to Socceroos squad for September matches". Football Australia Media. 14 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Tyrese Francois in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.


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