Vincent Thill

Vincent Thill
Thill in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sabah
Number 12
Youth career
–2012 Fola Esch
2012 Progrès Niederkorn
2012–2016 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Metz II 27 (1)
2016–2020 Metz 2 (0)
2018–2019 → Pau (loan) 28 (12)
2019–2020 → Orléans (loan) 19 (1)
2019–2020 → Orléans II (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 Nacional 17 (0)
2021–2023 Vorskla Poltava 0 (0)
2022 → Örebro (loan) 8 (2)
2022–2023 → AIK (loan) 19 (1)
2023– Sabah 16 (1)
International career‡
2015 Luxembourg U17 2 (2)
2017 Luxembourg U19 2 (1)
2016– Luxembourg 53 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Vincent Thill (born 4 February 2000) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Sabah in the Azerbaijan Premier League and Luxembourg national team. He is the younger brother of fellow Luxembourg internationals Sébastien Thill and Olivier Thill.[1]

He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2017".[2]

Club career

Thill started his career with Luxembourgish side Fola Esch before transferring to Progrès Niederkorn, where he spent six months.

He joined Metz in 2012, and signed his first professional contract on 26 May 2016, despite interest from Bayern Munich.[3] On 21 September 2016, Thill made his debut for Metz in a 0–3 defeat against Bordeaux, coming on in the 82nd minute. In doing so, Thill became the first player born in the 2000s to appear in Ligue 1 and in any of Europe's top five leagues.[4]

In August 2018, Thill joined Pau on loan for the 2018–19 season.[5] In the following season, he was loaned out to US Orléans.[6]

On 1 April 2022, Thill joined Örebro in Sweden on a three-months loan.[7]

On 5 August 2022, Thill joined Allsvenskan club AIK on a one-year loan.[8]

On 8 July 2023, Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabah announced the signing of Thill on a two-year contract.[9]

International career

Thill became the youngest player to represent the Luxembourg national team when he made his debut on 25 March 2016, in a 3–0 defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[10] Upon scoring a 90th-minute goal against Nigeria in a 3–1 defeat on 31 May 2016, he became his nation's youngest ever goalscorer and the first player born in the new millennium to score an international goal.

Personal life

Vincent is the brother of Sébastien Thill, who plays for Stal Rzeszów, and of Olivier Thill, who plays for Şanlıurfaspor. He is also the son of former international footballer Serge Thill.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 July 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz 2016–17 Ligue 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
2017–18 Ligue 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 — 4 0
Total 2 0 2 0 2 0 — 6 0
Pau (loan) 2018–19 Championnat National 28 12 1 0 — — 29 12
Orléans 2 (loan) 2019–20 Championnat National 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Orléans (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 2 19 1 1 0 1 0 — 21 1
Nacional 2020–21 Primeira Liga 17 0 2 0 0 0 — 19 0
Vorskla Poltava 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 68 13 6 0 3 0 0 0 77 13

International

As of 19 November 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Luxembourg 2016 7 1
2017 6 0
2018 5 1
2019 11 1
2020 7 0
2021 2 0
2022 7 0
2023 8 0
Total 53 3
As of match played 11 June 2022[14]
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thill goal.
List of international goals scored by Vincent Thill
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 May 2016 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 2  Nigeria 1–2 1–3 Friendly
2 15 October 2018 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 18  San Marino 3–0 3–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3 2 June 2019 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 21  Madagascar 1–0 3–3 Friendly

References

  1. ^ Pécot, Matthieu. "weekly wonderkid: Vincent Thill". UEFA. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Vincent Thill agrees Metz deal despite Bayern Munich interest". ESPN. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ "FC Metz : Vincent Thill est le premier joueur né après 2000 à débuter en Ligue 1... et même ailleurs". BFM TV (in French). 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Vincent Thill (Metz) file en prêt à Pau". L'Équipe (in German). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  6. ^ Transferts : Vincent Thill (Metz) à Orléans (officiel), lequipe.fr, 1 July 2019
  7. ^ "VINCENT THILL ANSLUTER PÅ LÅN" (Press release) (in Swedish). Örebro. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. ^ "AIK Fotboll lånar Vincent Thill" [AIK Fotboll loans Vincent Thill]. AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  9. ^ "VİNSENT TİLL "SABAH"DA!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ^ "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Vincent Thill". UEFA. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Vincent Thill, l'avenir lui appartient" (in French). Le Quotidien. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  12. ^ Vincent Thill at Soccerway
  13. ^ Vincent Thill at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. ^ "Vincent Thill - national football team player". EU-Football.info. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.