Nicolas Raskin

Nicolas Raskin

Raskin playing for Rangers in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Raskin
Date of birth	(2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Rangers
Number	43
Youth career
	Royal Stade Waremmien FC
2008–2015	Standard Liège
2015–2017	Anderlecht
2017–2018	Gent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Gent	1	(0)
2019–2023	Standard Liège	80	(4)
2023–	Rangers	42	(1)
International career^‡
2016	Belgium U15	4	(0)
2016–2017	Belgium U16	12	(0)
2017–2018	Belgium U17	14	(0)
2018–2019	Belgium U18	6	(0)
2019–2020	Belgium U19	8	(1)
2021–2023	Belgium U21	10	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:00, 9 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:19, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Nicolas Raskin (born 23 February 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

Raskin had spells in the youth academies of Standard Liège and Anderlecht, before joining Gent in 2017. He made his competitive debut for Gent in February 2018, becoming the first player born in the 21st century to play in the Belgian Pro League. He re-joined Standard Liège in January 2019 and signed for Rangers four years later.

Raskin earned more than 50 caps for Belgium's youth national teams. He represented the country from under-15 to under-21 level.

Club career

Early career

Raskin's first club as a child was Royal Stade Waremmien FC,^[2] before playing youth football for Standard Liège from 2008 to 2015.^[3] He then spent two years in Anderlecht's youth academy.^[4] In May 2017, Raskin left Anderlecht to join Gent, signing a three-year contract.^[5] Raskin made his professional debut for Gent at the age of 16 in a 3–0 Belgian Pro League win over Sint-Truiden in February 2018, becoming the first player born in the 21st century to play in the league.^[6]

Standard Liège

On 23 January 2019, Raskin returned to his former youth club Standard Liège.^[7]

Rangers

On 31 January 2023, Raskin joined Scottish club Rangers on a long-term contract for an undisclosed transfer fee.^[8] It was reported that the fee paid was £1.32m (€1.5m) plus additional bonuses and Raskin signed a four-and-a-half-year contract.^[9] He made his debut four days later, in a 2–1 victory over Ross County in the Scottish Premiership.^[10] A few weeks later on 26 February, Raskin saw his opportunity to win the first trophy of his Rangers career end in disappointment, as he was a 65th-minute substitute during a 2–1 defeat in the Scottish League Cup final.^[11]

International career

Raskin has played youth international football for Belgium at under-15, under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels.^[12]

He represented the Belgium under-17 team at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.^[13] In June 2023, he scored both goals for the Belgium under-21 team in a 2–0 win over Israel.^[14] The same summer he was named in the Belgian squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Personal life

Raskin was born in Liège.^[15] He is the son of Thierry Raskin, who was also a professional footballer in Belgium.^[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2024^[17]

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
Gent	2017–18	Belgian Pro League	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2018–19	Belgian Pro League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Standard Liège	2018–19	Belgian Pro League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2019–20	Belgian Pro League	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	3	0
	2020–21	Belgian Pro League	32	2	5	0	—		6[a]	1	43	3
	2021–22	Belgian Pro League	29	1	2	0	—		—		31	1
	2022–23	Belgian Pro League	17	1	1	0	—		—		18	1
	Total		80	4	9	0	—		6	1	95	5
Rangers	2022–23	Scottish Premiership	12	0	3	0	1	0	—		16	0
	2023–24	Scottish Premiership	18	1	5	0	0	0	8[b]	0	31	1
	2024–25	Scottish Premiership	12	0	0	0	2	0	6[a]	0	20	0
	Total		42	1	8	0	3	0	14	0	67	1
Career total			123	5	17	0	3	0	20	1	163	6

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Standard Liège

• Belgian Cup runner-up: 2020–21^[18]

Rangers

• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2022–23^[11]

References

1. "Nicolas Raskin". standard.be. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
2. "Officiel : Indésirable au Standard, Nicolas Raskin s'engage avec les Glasgow Rangers". rtbf.be. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
3. "C'est officiel: Nicolas Raskin est un joueur du Standard". lesoir.be. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
4. "Nicolas Raskin revient sur ses départs à Anderlecht et à La Gantoise : "J'aurais déjà pu revenir au Standard"". walfoot.be. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
5. "KAA Gent strikt toptalent Nicolas Raskin". kaagent.be. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
6. "Avec Nicolas Raskin (Gand), l'élite belge est entrée dans le 21e siècle". lesoir.be. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
7. "Nicolas Raskin tekent bij de Rouches". standard.be. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
8. "Rangers transfers: Nicolas Raskin signs from Standard Liege". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
9. "As reminder, Nicolas #Raskin to #RangersFC". Sacha Tavolieri. Twitter, Inc. 31 January 2023.
10. "Rangers 2–1 Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
11. Moffat, Colin (26 February 2023). "Kyogo strikes twice as Celtic beat Rangers in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
12. "Nicolas Raskin". rbfa.be. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
13. uefa.com. "Under-17 - Nicolas Raskin – UEFA.com". UEFA.com.
14. "Raskin nets double for Euros-bound Belgium U21s". BBC Sport. 16 June 2023.
15. "Raskin vu par son coach en Belgique U17 : "Un très jeune talent qui a besoin d'un nouveau challenge"". walfoot.be. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
16. "16-jarig toptalent maakt debuut bij AA Gent". www.voetbalnieuws.be. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
17. Nicolas Raskin at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
18. "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

External links

• Nicolas Raskin at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Profile at the Rangers F.C. website