Nicolas Raskin

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Nicolas Raskin
File:Nicolas Raskin 2023.jpg
Raskin playing for Rangers in 2023
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Raskin
Date of birth (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Liège, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 43
Youth career
Royal Stade Waremmien FC
2008–2015 Standard Liège
2015–2017 Anderlecht
2017–2018 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Gent 1 (0)
2019–2023 Standard Liège 80 (4)
2023– Rangers 77 (6)
International career‡
2016 Belgium U15 4 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U16 12 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U17 14 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U18 6 (0)
2019–2020 Belgium U19 8 (1)
2021–2023 Belgium U21 10 (3)
2025– Belgium 9 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:47, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:24, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Nicolas Raskin (born 23 February 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Belgium national team.

Raskin had spells in the youth academies of Standard Liège and Anderlecht, before joining Gent in 2017. He made his competitive debut for Gent in February 2018, becoming the first player born in the 21st century to play in the Belgian Pro League. He re-joined Standard Liège in January 2019, and signed for Rangers four years later.

Raskin earned more than 50 caps for Belgium's youth national teams. He represented the country from under-15 to under-21 level, before making his senior debut in 2025.

Club career

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Early career

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Raskin's first club as a child was Royal Stade Waremmien FC,[3] before playing youth football for Standard Liège from 2008 to 2015.[4] He then spent two years in Anderlecht's youth academy.[5] In May 2017, Raskin left Anderlecht to join Gent, signing a three-year contract.[6] Raskin made his professional debut for Gent at the age of 16 in a 3–0 Belgian Pro League win over Sint-Truiden in February 2018, becoming the first player born in the 21st century to play in the league.[7]

Standard Liège

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On 23 January 2019, Raskin returned to his former youth club Standard Liège.[8]

Rangers

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On 31 January 2023, Raskin joined Scottish club Rangers on a long-term contract for an undisclosed transfer fee.[9] It was reported that the fee paid was £1.5 million plus additional bonuses and Raskin signed a four-and-a-half-year contract.[10] He made his debut four days later, in a 2–1 victory over Ross County in the Scottish Premiership.[11]

International career

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Raskin played youth international football for Belgium at under-15, under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels.[12]

He represented the Belgium under-17 team at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[13] In June 2023, he scored both goals for the Belgium under-21 team in a 2–0 win over Israel.[14] The same summer he was named in the Belgian squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

On 14 March 2025, Raskin was called-up to the senior Belgium squad for the first time.[15] Raskin made his debut on 20 March 2025, replacing Koni De Winter in the 80th minute of a defeat to Ukraine in a UEFA Nations League relegation play-off tie.[16]

Personal life

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Raskin was born in Liège.[17] He is the son of Thierry Raskin, who was also a professional footballer in Belgium.[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 15 December 2025[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gent 2017–18 Belgian Pro League 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2018–19 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Standard Liège 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 2 0 1 0 — 0 0 3 0
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 32 2 5 0 — 6[c] 1 43 3
2021–22 Belgian Pro League 29 1 2 0 — — 31 1
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 17 1 1 0 — — 18 1
Total 80 4 9 0 — 6 1 95 5
Rangers 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 12 0 3 0 1 0 — 16 0
2023–24 Scottish Premiership 18 1 5 0 0 0 8[d] 0 31 1
2024–25 Scottish Premiership 33 4 1 0 2 0 12[c] 1 48 5
2025–26 Scottish Premiership 14 1 0 0 2 1 12[e] 0 28 2
Total 77 6 9 0 5 1 32 1 123 8
Career total 158 10 18 0 5 1 38 2 219 13
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 18 November 2025[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2025 9 1
Total 9 1
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Raskin goal.
List of international goals scored by Nicolas Raskin
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 September 2025 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium 5  Kazakhstan 3–0 6–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Standard Liège

Rangers

References

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