Willem Davnis Louis Didier Geubbels (born 16 August 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as forward for Swiss club St. Gallen.[3]
Geubbels with Lyon B in 2017
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willem Davnis Louis Didier Geubbels[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Villeurbanne, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St. Gallen | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2010 | ASVEL | ||
| 2010–2017 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Lyon II | 12 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | Lyon | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Monaco II | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Monaco | 15 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Nantes (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2023– | St. Gallen | 49 | (10) |
| International career | |||
| 2016–2017 | France U16 | 6 | (6) |
| 2017 | France U17 | 8 | (4) |
| 2017 | France U18 | 7 | (2) |
| 2020 | France U19 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 | |||
Geubbels started his playing career at Lyon's academy. He made his first team debut on 23 September 2017 in a 3–3 home draw against DijoninLigue 1. He entered the field after 84 minutes, replacing Lucas Tousart.[4] In doing so, Geubbels became the first player born in the 21st century to appear in Ligue 1, as well as the 5th youngest player ever to make a Ligue 1 debut at 16 years, one month and seven days old.[5][6][7] On 7 December, Geubbels came on for an injured Maxwel Cornet in the 45+1' minute of a 1–0 away loss to Atalanta in the Europa League.[8] In doing so, Geubbels once again became the first player born in the 21st century to appear in the UEFA Europa League as well as the youngest player ever to make a Europa League debut at 16 years and 113 days old.[9][10]
On 19 June 2018, Geubbels signed with Monaco for €20 million.[11]
On 31 August 2021, he joined Nantes on loan for the 2021–22 season with an option to buy.[12] He scored his first goal for the club on 2 January 2022 in the Coupe de France against Vitré.[13] Three weeks later, he scored again in a 4–2 league victory over Lorient.[14] At the end of the season, marked by ups and downs, he returned to Monaco. During his loan spell, Nantes managed to win the Coupe de France.[15]
On 23 January 2023, Geubbels signed a 2.5-year contract with St. Gallen in Switzerland.[16]
Geubbels was born in France to a Dutch father, and a Central African Republic mother.[17] His uncles, Amos Youga and Kelly Youga, are both footballers who represented the Central African Republic national team.[18]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Monaco | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Nantes (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 39 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | ||
Nantes
