Tyrell Malacia

Tyrell Malacia

Malacia with Feyenoord in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia
Date of birth	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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	22	(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 18:37, 28 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:51, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

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.

Feyenoord

 

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

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. 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. Two days later, it was confirmed that he would wear the number 12 shirt last worn by Chris Smalling. 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. On 22 August 2022, Malacia started for the first time for United in a 2–1 win against Liverpool. 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.

Malacia was born in the Netherlands, to a Afro-Curaçaoan father and Afro-Surinamese mother. Malacia was a youth international who represented the Netherlands at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-20 and under-21 levels. He was called up to the preliminary squad for the Curaçao national team for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. 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. He made his debut on 4 September 2021 in the match against Montenegro.

Club

As of match played 28 May 2023