Tyrese Jay Francois (born 16 July 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Croatian Football League club HNK Gorica, on loan from English Premier League club Fulham.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tyrese Jay Francois[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Campbelltown, Australia | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
HNK Gorica (on loan from Fulham) | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Campbelltown Uniting Church SC | |||
Camden Tigers | |||
2013–2019 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Fulham | 4 | (0) |
2022– | → HNK Gorica (loan) | 10 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Australia U23 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2022 |
Tyrese was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, located on the outskirts of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. He is of British and Mauritian heritage. At the age of 5, he joined Campbelltown Uniting Church Soccer Club and later moved to Camden Tigers.[4] In 2013, Tyrese and his family moved to London, England, where he joined the Fulham F.C. Academy system.[4][5]
On 27 August 2019, he made his professional debut for Fulham in an EFL Cup tie against Southampton.[6] On 1st September 2022 Francois joined Croatian team HNK Gorica on a season long loan from Fulham.[7][8] He played his first game coming off the bench on 3 September in a 2–1 defeat to NK Varaždin.[9]
Francois was called up to the senior Australia squad for two friendly matches against New Zealand in September 2022.[10]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fulham U21 | 2018–19[11] | — | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
2019–20[12] | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2020–21[13] | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Fulham | 2019–20[12] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2020–21[13] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2021–22[14] | EFL Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Gorica | 2022–23 | Prva HNL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
...while Tyrese Francois has joined Gorica in Croatia on loan.
Fulham F.C. – current squad | |
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