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Eliot Matazo

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Eliot Matazo
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hull City
Number 36
Youth career
–2018 Anderlecht
2018–2019 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Monaco II 14 (0)
2020–2025 Monaco 60 (2)
2024 → Royal Antwerp (loan) 19 (0)
2025– Hull City 4 (1)
International career‡
2017–2018 Belgium U16 12 (0)
2019 Belgium U18 2 (0)
2021– Belgium U21 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:30, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:35, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Eliot Matazo (born 15 February 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Hull City.[2]

Club career

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Monaco

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Matazo made his professional debut for AS Monaco on 27 September 2020 in a Ligue 1 game against RC Strasbourg.[3] On 9 May 2021, he scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a 1–0 away win over Reims.[4]

Royal Antwerp (loan)

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On 1 February 2024, Matazo was loaned by Royal Antwerp until the end of the season.[5]

Hull City

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On 24 January 2025, Matazo joined EFL Championship club Hull City for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-and-a-half year deal with the option for a further year.[6] He made his debut the same day coming on as a 55th-minute substitue for Matt Crooks in the 3–0 away win against Sheffield United.[7] He scored his first goal for the club on 1 February 2025 in the 1–2 home loss to Stoke City.[8]

International career

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Matazo was born in Belgium to a Congolese Malagasy father and Kenyan mother. He is a youth international for Belgium, having played up to the Belgium U21s.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 15 February 2025[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco 2020–21 Ligue 1 10 1 4 0 — — — 14 1
2021–22 Ligue 1 18 0 4 0 — 6 0 — 28 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 23 1 1 0 — 5 0 — 29 1
2023–24 Ligue 1 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
2024–25 Ligue 1 3 0 1 0 — 3 0 — 7 0
Total 60 2 10 0 — 14 0 — 84 2
Royal Antwerp (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 10 1 0 0 — — — 10 1
Hull City 2024–25 EFL Championship 4 1 — — — — 4 1
Career total 74 4 10 0 — 14 0 0 0 98 4
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France

References

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  1. ^ "Eliot Matazo". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  2. ^ Eliot Matazo at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Résultat et résumé Monaco - Strasbourg, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 5e journée, Dimanche 27 Septembre 2020". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Monaco Grind Out Win In Reims To Move Third". beIN SPORTS. 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ "RAFC HUURT ELIOT MATAZO" [RAFC LOANS ELIOT MATAZO] (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Matazo moves to Hull City". Hull City A.F.C. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Sheffield United 0–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Hull City 1–2 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Kenyan midfielder nominated for prestigious Golden Boy award | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsport.co.ke.
  10. ^ Eliot Matazo at Soccerway
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