Who is Tyrell Malacia?
Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia is a recognized Dutch professional footballer who plays for the Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team as a left-back.
He joined Feyenoord’s youth system at the age of 9. Malacia then made his professional debut for the club in December 2017 and earned the KNVB Cup in 2018. In 2022, he was named in the UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season, following receiving a runners-up medal in the competition. Malacia then joined Manchester United later the same year. He was a youth international for the Netherlands from under-16 to under-21 level. This was prior to making his senior international debut against Montenegro in September 2021.
Tyrell Malacia Career
Club career
Feyenoord
He was born in Rotterdam and joined the Feyenoord youth academy at the age of 9 in 2008. Malacia signed his first professional deal with them on December 2, 2015. He then made his professional debut for Feyenoord in a 2-1 UEFA Champions League victory over Napoli on December 6, 2017, wherein he played the whole 90 minutes.
On December 13, 2017, Malacia made his Eredivisie debut for the club in a 1-1 tie with SC Heerenveen. He was then an unused substitute in the 2018 KNVB Cup Final, where Feyenoord defeated AZ Alkmaar 3-0. Malacia then started in the club’s 1-0 UEFA Europa Conference League Final defeat by Roma in Albania on May 25, 2022. He was among five Feyenoord players named in the competition’s Team of the Season.
Manchester United
He signed a four-year deal with Premier League club Manchester United, with the option of a further year on July 5, 2022. United paid Feyenoord an initial fee of €15 million (£13 million), with an extra €2 million (£1.7 million) in adds-on. to make him the club’s first signing under manager Erik ten Hag. After two days, it was confirmed that Malacia would wear the No.12 shirt last worn by Chris Smalling. He then made his club debut as a substitute in a 2-1 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on August 7. Malacia then began for the first time for United in a 2-1 victory over Liverpool on August 22, 2022.
International career
He was born in the Netherlands, to a Surinamese mother and a Curacaoan father. He was a youth international who represented the Netherlands at Under-16, under-17, under-18, under-20, and under-21 levels. Malacia was then called up to the preliminary unit for the Curacao national team for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He earned his first call-up for the Netherlands national football team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Norway, Montenegro, and Turkey on August 27, 2021. Malacia then made his debut in the match against Montenegro on September 4, 2021.
How old is Tyrell Malacia?
Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia was born on August 17, 1999, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and is aged 23 as of 2022. He shares his birthday with celebrities such as Lil Pump, Cody Orlove, Leilani Green, Andrea Espada, Robert De Niro, Helen McCrory, Sean Penn, Thierry Henry, Austin Butler, Jon Gruden, and many more.
Tyrell Malacia Family
Who are Tyrell Malacia’s parents?
Tyrell Johannes Chicco Malacia was born in Rotterdam, to a Curacacaoan father and a Surinamese mother. He has not shared his family and parents’ information with the media and has kept it very private and away from the limelight.
Does Tyrell Malacia have siblings?
Mlacia is the only child born to his parents into their family and does not have any siblings.
Tyrell Malacia Education
He has not shared his personal information about his academic and educational background with the media.
Tyrell Malacia Partner
Malacia is currently single and not married and has not been linked to any relationships by the media.
Tyrell Malacia Children
Malacia has not been linked to any relationships and does not have any children of his own as of the present.
Tyrell Malacia Height
Malacia has an athletic, muscular, and physically fit body with an impressive height of 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) and a weight of 67 kg (147 lbs).
Tyrell Malacia Net Worth
Dutch professional footballer Malacia has been active from 2017 to the present and plays for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team. He has an estimated net worth of approximately $1.5 million as of 2022.