Eliot Matazo

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

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
0000–2018	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	6	(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 00:27, 26 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:35, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Monaco

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)

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

Hull City

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

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

Club

As of 25 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	6	1	—		—		—		—		6	1
Career total			76	4	10	0	—		14	0	0	0	100	4

1. Includes Coupe de France

References

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

External links

• Profile at the AS Monaco FC website
• Eliot Matazo at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Eliot Matazo – UEFA competition record (archive)