Cherki playing for Lyon in 2019
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mathis Rayan Cherki | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Saint-Priest | ||
| 2010–2019 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Lyon B | 12 | (5) |
| 2019– | Lyon | 116 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | France U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | France U19 | 3 | (2) |
| 2021– | France U21 | 19 | (11) |
| 2024– | France Olympic | 5 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:21, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 17 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Mathis Rayan Cherki (born 17 August 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as attacking midfielderorleft winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Mathis Rayan Cherki was born on 17 August 2003 in Lyon, Lyon Metropolis.[2] Both of Cherki's parents are of Algerian descent; his father, Fabrice, is also of Italian descent.[3][4][5]
Cherki is a product of the youth academy of Lyon, and is considered one of their best-ever prospects. He began playing with their reserve side in the Championnat National 2 at the age of 15.[6] On 7 July 2019, Cherki signed his first professional contract with Lyon until 2022.[7] He made his professional debut in a 0–0 Ligue 1 draw against Dijon on 19 October 2019.[8]
After scoring four goals in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League, he made his senior European debut on 27 November 2019 in a Champions League group stage game against Zenit, aged 16 years and 102 days,[9] in which he substituted Maxwel Cornet in the 74th minute of a 2–0 loss.[10]
On 4 January 2020, Cherki scored his first senior goal as a substitute in a 7–0 win over Bourg-en-Bresse in the Coupe de France, becoming the youngest-ever player to score a senior goal for Lyon, aged 16 years and 140 days.[11] On 18 January, he was involved in all four of Lyon's goals in a 4–3 win over Nantes in another Coupe de France match; he scored a brace, and assisted the other two goals.[12]
On 19 August 2020, Cherki was subbed on in a UEFA Champions League match against Bayern Munich. In doing so, he became the youngest-ever player to feature in a UEFA Champions League semi-final.[13] Lyon were knocked out of the competition in that match, losing by a score of 3–0 to the eventual winners.[14]
Cherki scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a 3–2 win over Monaco on 2 May 2021. His goal secured the victory for Lyon in the final minutes of the match.[15]
Cherki is eligible to play for either France, Italy or Algeria, the latter due to his parents' origin. Cherki played for the France national under-16 team twice in 2018, both of which were friendlies against Denmark.[16]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon B | 2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 5 | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | |||||
| Lyon | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 2 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 5 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 39 | 3 | |||
| Total | 116 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 141 | 17 | ||
| Career total | 128 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 153 | 22 | ||
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