Axel Disasi

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Axel Disasi
Disasi before a game with Reims in 2019
Personal information
Full name Axel Wilson Arthur Disasi Mhakinis Belho
Date of birth (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth Gonesse, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
Chelsea
Youth career
2006–2013 Villiers-le-Bel JS
2013–2014 USM Senlis
2014–2015 Paris FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Paris FC II 19 (2)
2015–2016 Paris FC 3 (1)
2016–2019 Reims II 36 (2)
2016–2020 Reims 45 (2)
2020–2023 Monaco 99 (7)
2023– Chelsea 37 (3)
2025Aston Villa (loan) 7 (0)
International career
2017–2018 France U20 3 (0)
2022–2023 France 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2022 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:11, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Axel Wilson Arthur Disasi Mhakinis Belho (born 11 March 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea.

Early life

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Axel Wilson Arthur Disasi Mhakinis Belho[3] was born on 11 March 1998[4] in Gonesse, Val-d'Oise.[5]

Club career

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Early career

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As a boy Disasi represented local side Villiers-le-Bel JS from the age of eight, followed by a year at USM Senlis.[6] He then moved to Paris FC in 2014, Disasi made his professional debut for the club in a 1–0 loss to Lens on 11 December 2016.[6] He was later transferred to Reims in 2016.

Reims

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Disasi began playing for the Reims senior team during the 2016- 2017 season in Ligue 2. In the 2017-2018 season Disasi helped Reims win Ligue 2 achieving automatic promotion to Ligue 1. Disasi made 53 appearances for Reims across all competitions.[7]

Monaco

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On 7 August 2020, Disasi completed a transfer from Reims to Monaco for a fee of €13 million. He signed a five-year contract with the club.[8] On 23 August, Disasi made his debut for Monaco against his former club Reims. He scored a goal as the match ended 2–2.[9] Disasi made 129 appearances in all competitions for Monaco.[7]

Chelsea

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On 4 August 2023, Disasi signed for Premier League club Chelsea on a six-year contract for a fee of £38.5 million (€45 million).[10] He scored on his debut on 13 August in the 37th minute of a 1–1 draw at home to Liverpool, which was Chelsea's first match of the 2023–24 Premier League.[11] On 18 February 2024, he produced a man of the match performance against title holders Manchester City in a 1–1 away draw by making 16 clearances, the most by a Chelsea player in the league in eight seasons.[12]

Loan to Aston Villa

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On 4 February 2025, 26-year-old Disasi signed for fellow Premier League club Aston Villa on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £5m loan fee and wage coverage.[13] He made his Premier League debut against Ipswich Town, in a 1–1 draw at home.[14] On 8 March, he played a man of the match performance against Brentford away in the league, as Villa won 1–0 assisting their hopes of qualifying for European football.[15]

On 20 March 2025, from a free-kick assisted by Boubacar Kamara, Disasi scored his only goal for Aston Villa during a 3–1 friendly win against UAE Pro League club Al Ain.[16]

International career

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Born in France, Disasi is of Congolese and Angolan[17][18] descent and was called up to the DR Congo U20s for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.[19]

Disasi was a youth international for France, and on 14 November 2022, was called up to France’s 2022 FIFA World Cup squad, replacing the injured Presnel Kimpembe.[20] On 30 November, the 24-year-old made his debut in a 1–0 group stage loss to Tunisia, becoming the first French international debutant during a World Cup since 1966.[21] Disasi would go on to play in France's 3–1 win over Poland in the round of 16 on 4 December and the defeat on penalties following a 3–3 draw against Argentina in the final on 18 December.[22][23]

Career statistics

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As of match played 22 April 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
Paris FC II 2015–16[7] CFA 2 19 2 19 2
Paris FC 2015–16[7] Ligue 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
Reims II 2016–17[7] CFA 21 1 21 1
2017–18[7] Championnat National 2 2 0 2 0
2018–19[7] Championnat National 2 13 1 13 1
Total 36 2 36 2
Reims 2016–17[7] Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2017–18[7] Ligue 2 13 1 1 0 1 0 15 1
2018–19[7] Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2019–20[7] Ligue 1 27 1 1 0 4 0 32 1
Total 45 2 2 0 6 0 53 2
Monaco 2020–21[7] Ligue 1 29 3 6 0 35 3
2021–22[7] Ligue 1 32 1 4 0 9[c] 2 45 3
2022–23[7] Ligue 1 38 3 1 0 10[d] 3 49 6
Total 99 7 11 0 19 5 129 12
Chelsea 2023–24[24] Premier League 31 2 6 0 7 1 44 3
2024–25[25] Premier League 6 1 1 0 2 0 8[e] 1 0 0 17 2
2025–26 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 37 3 7 0 9 1 8 1 0 0 61 5
Aston Villa (loan) 2024–25 Premier League 7 0 3[f] 0 10 0
Career total 246 17 21 0 15 1 30 6 0 0 312 24
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 21 November 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2022 3 0
2023 2 0
Total 5 0

Honours

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Reims

Chelsea

France

References

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  • Profile at the Chelsea F.C. website
  • Axel Disasi at the French Football Federation (in French)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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