Axel Witsel

Axel Witsel is a 37-year-old football player who plays as a defensive midfielder, born on January 12, 1989, who is right-footed. Follow Axel Witsel on FotMob for live match updates, detailed statistics, career history, transfer news, FotMob ratings, and comprehensive performance analytics.

In the 2025/2026 LaLiga season, Axel Witsel has recorded 1 goal, 2 assists, 2,533 minutes, an average FotMob rating of 6.96, 1 yellow card, 1 red card.

Axel Witsel's 10 most recent matches are shown below. Visit each match page for full details including lineups, match events, and advanced statistics:

• July 10, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Spain (30 minutes, 1 yellow card, 5.9 FotMob rating)
• July 7, 2026: 4-1 win away at USA (1 minutes)
• July 1, 2026: 3-2 win at home vs Senegal (unused substitute)
• June 27, 2026: 5-1 win away at New Zealand (unused substitute)
• June 21, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs Iran (unused substitute)
• June 15, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Egypt (unused substitute)
• June 6, 2026: 5-0 win at home vs Tunisia (16 minutes, 6.4 FotMob rating)
• June 2, 2026: 2-0 win away at Croatia (11 minutes, 5.9 FotMob rating)
• May 23, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Elche (58 minutes, 6.7 FotMob rating)
• May 17, 2026: 0-1 loss away at Atletico Madrid (56 minutes, 7.0 FotMob rating)

Explore Axel Witsel's playing style with FotMob's interactive trait graph, which visualizes key attributes like attacking threat, defensive work rate, and passing ability based on performance data.

Axel Witsel's career has also included time at Girona, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tianjin Tianhai, Zenit St. Petersburg, Benfica, and Standard Liege.

On the international stage, Axel Witsel has represented Belgium and Belgium U21.

Axel Witsel is from Belgium, and the national team includes Thibaut Courtois, Zeno Debast, Arthur Theate, Brandon Mechele, Maxim De Cuyper, Kevin De Bruyne, Youri Tielemans, Romelu Lukaku, Leandro Trossard, Jérémy Doku, Senne Lammens, Mike Penders, Dodi Lukébakio, Thomas Meunier, Koni De Winter, Charles De Ketelaere, Joaquin Seys, Diego Moreira, Hans Vanaken, Timothy Castagne, Alexis Saelemaekers, Nicolas Raskin, Amadou Onana, Nathan Ngoy, and Matias Fernandez-Pardo. Explore each player's page on FotMob for comprehensive statistics, match history, and international career data.

Throughout their career, Axel Witsel has won 13 titles: DFB Pokal (2020/2021) and Super Cup (2019/2020) with Borussia Dortmund, Premier League (2014/2015), Super Cup (2016/2017, 2015/2016), The Atlantic Cup (2016), and Russian Cup (2015/2016) with Zenit St. Petersburg, League Cup (2011/2012) with Benfica, and Belgian Cup (2010/2011), First Division A (2008/2009, 2007/2008), and Super Cup (2009/2010, 2008/2009) with Standard Liege.

Axel Witsel has competed in World Cup, LaLiga, World Cup UEFA qualification, FIFA Club World Cup, Copa del Rey, Champions League, Super Cup, UEFA Nations League A, Bundesliga, DFB Pokal, Europa League, Super Cup, EURO, EURO Qualification qualification, Super League, Premier League, and Liga ZON Sagres. Each league page on FotMob provides comprehensive coverage including standings, fixtures, top scorers, and detailed team statistics.

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