Mike Trésor

Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye (born 28 May 1999), commonly known as Mike Tresor, is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for EFL Championship club Burnley, and the Belgium national team.^[1]

Mike Trésor

Trésor in 2018 with NEC Nijmegen
Personal information
Full name	Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye
Date of birth	(1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Lembeek, Belgium
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, left winger
Team information
Current team	Burnley
Number	31
Youth career
	KFC Avenir Lembeek
	Tubize
0000–2018	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	NEC Nijmegen	25	(6)
2019–2020	→ Willem II (loan)	20	(5)
2020–2021	Willem II	34	(4)
2021–2024	Genk	71	(8)
2023–2024	→ Burnley (loan)	16	(0)
2024–	Burnley	0	(0)
International career‡
2015–2016	Belgium U17	11	(1)
2016–2017	Belgium U18	4	(1)
2017–2018	Belgium U19	10	(6)
2019–2020	Belgium U21	6	(3)
2023–	Belgium	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:22, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

The 2022–23 Belgian Pro League Footballer of the Year, Trésor amassed the most assists in a single season ever in the Belgian top flight (24), prompting his Belgian national team debut.

Club career

Having been a youth team player at Anderlecht, Trésor made his Eerste Divisie debut for NEC on 21 September 2018 in a game against Helmond Sport, as a 78th-minute substitute for Jonathan Okita.^[2]

On 2 September 2019, he joined Willem II in the top-tier Eredivisie on loan for the 2019–20 season.^[3] On 30 October, Ndayishimiye scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Quick in the first round of the KNVB Cup.^[4]

Genk

Trésor moved to Belgian Cup holders Racing Genk in July 2021.^[5] After a disappointing campaign where defensive frailty saw Cup-winning coach John van den Brom dismissed mid-season, and Bernd Storck only able to guide Genk to the 2022 Belgian Pro League's European play-offs, Trésor's form surged under the tenureship of new coach Wouter Vrancken.

Genk lost their opening league game of the 2022–23 season to champions Club Brugge, before going on to win 15 of their next 16 league games - drawing the other one for an unbeaten run of 16 - to go ten points clear of second-placed Union Saint-Gilloise by Christmas 2022,^[6] still top of the table by Easter 2023.

Trésor had hit double-figures in assists for the 2022–23 season by mid-October as part of Genk's impressive winning run, making him the highest-assist maker in the top-10 ranked European leagues.^[7]

Despite this, Trésor was not named by Belgium national team coach Roberto Martinez in the preliminary Belgian squad of 55 ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and did not make the plane for Qatar.^[8] A continuation in strong form saw big calls for Trésor and team-mate Bryan Heynen to be capped by new national team coach Domenico Tedesco for his first games in charge against Sweden and Germany in March 2023,^[9] but neither player was chosen.^{[10][11][12][13]} Tresor did make the next squad in June, however, for his international debut for Belgium.

With Genk being pipped for the 2022–23 Belgian Pro League due to a stoppage-time equaliser against them by Royal Antwerp's Toby Alderweireld, Tresor produced 24 assists across the 2022–23 season, a new Belgian Pro League record, breaking the previous mark of 22 from Branko Strupar set in 1999. Tresor was voted Belgian Footballer of the Year at the Pro League Awards, and also won the 2023 Ebony Shoe for best player of African extraction in the league, holding off Gent's Gift Orban, Victor Boniface of Union Saint-Gilloise and Tresor's own Genk team-mates Joseph Paintsil and Bilal El Khannouss to both awards.

Burnley

On 1 September 2023, Burnley signed Trésor on a season-long loan deal.^[14] On 21 May 2024, Burnley said the loan had been made permanent.^[15]

International career

In June 2023 he was called up to the senior Belgium squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Austria and Estonia on 17 and 20 June 2023 respectively.^[16]

Personal life

Trésor was born in Belgium to a Burundian father and a Rwandan mother. His father, Freddy Ndayishimiye, was also a footballer who played for the Burundi national team. He grew up in the Belgian capital, Brussels. ^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
NEC Nijmegen	2018–19	Eerste Divisie	23	6	2	0	—		—		2[c]	1	27	7
	2019–20	Eerste Divisie	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
	Total		25	6	2	0	—		—		2	1	29	7
Willem II (loan)	2019–20	Eredivisie	20	5	3	4	—		—		—		23	9
Willem II	2020–21	Eredivisie	34	4	1	0	—		2[d]	1	—		37	5
	Total		54	9	4	4	—		2	1	—		60	14
Genk	2021–22	Belgian Pro League	30	0	1	0	—		5[e]	0	1[f]	0	37	0
	2022–23	Belgian Pro League	39	8	3	0	—		—		—		42	8
	2023–24	Belgian Pro League	2	0	—		—		3[g]	1	—		5	1
	Total		71	8	4	0	—		8	1	1	0	84	9
Burnley (loan)	2023–24	Premier League	16	0	1	0	2	0	—		—		19	0
Burnley	2024–25	Championship	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		16	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		20	0
Career total			166	23	12	4	2	0	10	2	3	1	193	30

1. Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearances in Eerste Divisie promotion/relegation play-offs
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
7. Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 20 June 2023^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium
	2023	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Individual

• Belgian Pro League top assist provider: 2022–23^[19]

References

1. Mike Trésor at WorldFootball.net
2. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 21 September 2018.
3. "WILLEM II HUURT MIKE TRÉSOR NDAYISHIMIYE" (Press release) (in Dutch). Willem II. 2 September 2019.
4. "QUICK VS. WILLEM II 0 - 4". Soccerway. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
5. "Trésor leaves Willem II for Genk". Football Oranje (in Dutch). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
6. "Belgium 2022/23, First Division A, First Stage after day 17". wildstat.com. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
7. "MIKE TRESOR THE LEADING ASSIST MAKER IN EUROPE, AHEAD OF LIONEL MESSI AND KEVIN DE BRUYNE". OneFootball. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
8. "Mike Trésor speaks strong words about Red Devils and lashes out at Anderlecht". Archysport. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
9. Jackson, Ben (9 February 2023). "Domenico Tedesco must send the right message by calling up Mike Tresor". Get Football News. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
10. "Tedesco about missing Heynen/Trésor:"Close Call"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
11. "Genk-OHL:Heynen et Tresor répondent à Tedesco". footnews.be (in French). 2 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
12. ""If you select 20 players, is it a huge shame that Trésor is not there?"". Sporza (in Dutch). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
13. "Après la non-sélection de Heynen et Trésor chez les Diables, Genk dézingue l'Union belge : "Un manque de respect"". L'Avenir (in French). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
14. "Instagram".
15. "CLUB CONFIRM RETAINED LIST". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
16. "Tedesco verrast: Al Dakhil, Deman, Trésor en Bodart debuteren bij Rode Duivels, weer geen Mertens" [Tedesco verrast: Al Dakhil, Deman, Trésor and Bodart to make debut at Red Devils, again no Mertens]. sporza.be. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
17. "Interview Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye: "Mijn rugnummer bij NEC koos ik voor mijn mama"". elfvoetbal (in Dutch). 2 November 2018.
18. "Mike Trésor". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
19. "Pro League 2023 top assists table". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

External links

• Mike Trésor at Soccerway
• Mike Trésor at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Mike Trésor – UEFA competition record (archive)