Memphis Depay

Memphis Depay (nl; born 13 February 1994), also known Memphis,^[4] is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians and the Netherlands national team.

Memphis Depay

Memphis with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Memphis Depay[1]
Date of birth	(1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Moordrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Corinthians
Number	94
Youth career
2000–2003	Moordrecht
2003–2006	Sparta Rotterdam
2006–2011	PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	PSV Eindhoven	90	(39)
2015–2017	Manchester United	33	(2)
2017–2021	Lyon	139	(63)
2021–2023	Barcelona	30	(13)
2023–2024	Atlético Madrid	31	(9)
2024–	Corinthians	0	(0)
National team‡
2008	Netherlands U15	4	(2)
2009	Netherlands U16	6	(2)
2010–2011	Netherlands U17	17	(8)
2011–2013	Netherlands U19	8	(7)
2013	Netherlands U21	7	(0)
2013–	Netherlands	98	(46)
Honours Representing  Netherlands FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil UEFA Nations League Runner-up 2019 Portugal UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 2011 Serbia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

His first professional club was PSV Eindhoven, where he became an important part of the team, scoring 50 goals in 124 games in all competitions. He was the Eredivisie's top scorer during the 2014–15 season. He scored 22 goals in 30 games, and helped the team win the Eredivisie title. He also won the Dutch Footballer of the Year and "Best Young Player" during the same season. Memphis joined Manchester United in June 2015 for £25 million. He then joined Lyon in January 2017. After four seasons there, he joined Barcelona in 2021 on a free transfer.

Memphis has played in every national team, from youth to senior. He was part of the Netherlands under-17 team and won the 2011 European Championship. He played his first national team game in 2013 and then next year he was a part of the Netherlands squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and finished third. He also played in the UEFA Euro 2020.

Discography

Track no.	Title	Year	Album
—	"LA Vibes (feat. Quincy Promes)"	2017	Non-album freestyle
—	"Kings & Queens Freestyle"
—	"5 Milli Freestyle"	2018
7	"Porto Cervo (Interlude) (feat. Memphis Depay)"		"Oprecht Door Zee" - Winne
18	"Akwaaba feat. Memphis Depay & Nana Fofie"[5]
—	"No Love"[6]		Non-album single
—	"Fall Back"[7]	2019
11	"Lange Jas (feat. Memphis Depay)"		“Broeders" – Broederliefde
—	"Dubai Freesyle"	2020	Non-album freestyle
01	"Heavy Stepper (feat. Arra)"		Heavy Stepper EP
02	"Body Like You (feat. Zah Santori)"
03	"From Ghana feat. Rass King & Bisa Kdei"
04	"4AM Palm Flow"
05	"Big Fish"
06	"For A Week"
07	"2 Corinthians 5:7"
08	"Blessing"
09	"D.B.A. (feat. Yasmin Lauryn)"
02	"TAT TAT( feat. Memphis Depay & Quincy Promes)"	2022	"Reset The Levels IV" - SFB
03	"Drinks on Me (feat. Memphis Depay)"	2023	"ORIGINAL" - Bisa Kdei
—	"Asem Beba"[8]		Non-album single
—	"Leven Als Een Prof"

Football career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 August 2023^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PSV Eindhoven	2011–12	Eredivisie	8	3	3	1	—		0	0	—		11	4
	2012–13	Eredivisie	20	2	4	1	—		5[lower-alpha 1]	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	30	3
	2013–14	Eredivisie	32	12	1	0	—		10[lower-alpha 3]	2	—		43	14
	2014–15	Eredivisie	30	22	1	0	—		9[lower-alpha 1]	6	—		40	28
	Total		90	39	9	2	0	0	24	8	1	0	124	49
Manchester United	2015–16	Premier League	29	2	3	0	2	0	11[lower-alpha 4]	5	—		45	7
	2016–17	Premier League	4	0	0	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		33	2	3	0	3	0	14	5	0	0	53	7
Lyon	2016–17	Ligue 1	17	5	1	0	0	0	—		—		18	5
	2017–18	Ligue 1	36	19	4	0	1	0	10[lower-alpha 1]	3	—		51	22
	2018–19	Ligue 1	36	10	2	1	1	0	8[lower-alpha 5]	1	—		47	12
	2019–20	Ligue 1	13	9	0	0	1	0	8[lower-alpha 5]	6	—		22	15
	2020–21	Ligue 1	37	20	3	2	—		—		—		40	22
	Total		139	63	10	3	3	0	26	10	0	0	178	76
Barcelona	2021–22	La Liga	28	12	0	0	—		9[lower-alpha 6]	1	1[lower-alpha 7]	0	38	13
	2022–23	La Liga	2	1	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 5]	0	0	0	4	1
	Total		30	13	1	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	42	14
Atlético Madrid	2022–23	La Liga	8	4	1	0	—		—		—		9	4
	2023–24	La Liga	3	2	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	3	2
	Total		11	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	6
Career total			303	123	24	5	6	0	74	24	2	0	409	152

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
3. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
4. Eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
6. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearance in Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 27 March 2023^[10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2013	3	0
	2014	10	2
	2015	8	1
	2016	6	2
	2017	7	3
	2018	10	5
	2019	8	6
	2020	7	2
	2021	16	17
	2022	11	5
	2023	2	1
Total		88	44

Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Depay goal.^[10]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 June 2014	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	7	Australia	3–2	3–2	2014 FIFA World Cup
2	23 June 2014	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil	8	Chile	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup
3	5 June 2015	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	16	United States	3–1	3–4	Friendly
4	13 November 2016	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	27	Luxembourg	2–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5					3–1
6	7 October 2017	Borisov Arena, Borisov, Belarus	32	Belarus	3–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	9 November 2017	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland	33	Scotland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
8	14 November 2017	Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania	34	Romania	1–0	3–0	Friendly
9	26 March 2018	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	36	Portugal	1–0	3–0	Friendly
10	6 September 2018	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	Peru	1–1	2–1	Friendly
11					2–1
12	13 October 2018	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	41	Germany	2–0	3–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
13	16 November 2018	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	43	France	2–0	2–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
14	21 March 2019	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	45	Belarus	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
15					3–0
16	24 March 2019	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	46	Germany	2–2	2–3	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
17	9 September 2019	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	50	Estonia	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
18	10 October 2019	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	51	Northern Ireland	1–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
19					3–1
20	15 November 2020	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	3–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
21	18 November 2020	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	59	Poland	1–1	2–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
22	30 March 2021	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar	62	Gibraltar	3–0	7–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
23					7–0
24	2 June 2021	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal	63	Scotland	1–1	2–2	Friendly
25					2–2
26	6 June 2021	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands	64	Georgia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
27	17 June 2021	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	66	Austria	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2020
28	21 June 2021	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	67	Macedonia	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2020
29	4 September 2021	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	70	Montenegro	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
30					2–0
31	7 September 2021	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	71	Turkey	2–0	6–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
32					3–0
33					4–0
34	11 October 2021	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	73	Gibraltar	2–0	6–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
35					3–0
36	13 November 2021	City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	74	Montenegro	1–0	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
37					2–0
38	16 November 2021	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	75	Norway	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
39	26 March 2022	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	76	Denmark	3–1	4–2	Friendly
40	3 June 2022	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	78	Belgium	2–0	4–1	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
41					4–0
42	14 June 2022	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	80	Wales	3–2	3–2	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
43	3 December 2022	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	85	United States	1–0	3–1	2022 FIFA World Cup
44	27 March 2023	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	88	Gibraltar	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

PSV Eindhoven^[9]

• Eredivisie: 2014–15
• KNVB Cup: 2011–12
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2012

Lyon

• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20^[11]

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2022–23^[12][13]
• Supercopa de España: 2022–23^[14]

Netherlands U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2011^[15]

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup third place: 2014^[16]

Individual

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011
• Eredivisie top scorer: 2014–15
• Johan Cruyff Trophy: 2014–15^[17]
• France Football Best Young Player: 2015^[18]
• UNFP Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2016–17^[19]
• UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: April 2018^[20]
• UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2020–21^[21]

• La Liga Goal of the Month: August 2023^[22]

References

1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
2. "Memphis Depay: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
3. "Memphis Depay". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
5. "Memphis Depay, rapper and philanthropist". nss magazine.
6. Duncker, Charlotte (28 December 2018). "Memphis Depay releases rap single and Paul Pogba loves it". Manchester Evening News.
7. ""Fall Back" out this week! 🔊🎧🎵". 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021 – via Instagram.
8. "Memphis Depay estrena nueva canción: 'Asem Beba'". MARCA (in Spanish). 13 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
9. "M. Depay". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
10. "Memphis Depay". national-football-teams.com (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
11. "Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final for another treble". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
12. "FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!". FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023.
13. "La Liga medal winners". FC Barcelona on Twitter. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
14. Baynes, Ciaran (15 January 2023). "Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona: Gavi stars as Barca dominate to win Spanish Super Cup". Euro Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
15. "Netherlands see off all comers in Serbia". UEFA. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
16. "2014 FIFA World Cup: Dutch down Brazil, seal third place". FIFA. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
17. "Manchester United-bound Depay named Eredivisie's best young talent". Goal.com. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
18. "Depay named best young World player ahead of Sterling". The Independent. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
19. Ball, Michael (15 May 2017). "Memphis Depay wins Ligue 1 goal of the season award". Football Oranje. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
20. "Depay et Diego, joueurs du mois d'Avril !". UNFP (in French). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
21. "Trophées UNFP : cinq Parisiens, deux Lillois et deux Lyonnais dans l'équipe type" [Trophées UNFP : five Parisiens, two Lillois and two Lyonnais in the typical team]. Le Figaro (in French). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
22. "Memphis Depay, Best LALIGA EA SPORTS Goal in August". La Liga. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

Other websites

• Memphis Depay at the Atlético Madrid website
• Memphis Depay at BDFutbol
• Memphis Depay at Soccerway
• Memphis Depay – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Memphis Depay – UEFA competition record (archive) 
• Memphis Depay Goalsreplay.com (goals highlights)