Vincent Thill
{{short description|Luxembourgish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vincent Thill
| image = Lens - Orléans (09-03-2020) 32.jpg
| caption = Thill in 2020
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
| height = 1.68 m
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub = Sabah
| clubnumber = 12
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2012
| youthclubs1 = Fola Esch
| youthyears2 = 2012
| youthclubs2 = Progrès Niederkorn
| youthyears3 = 2012–2016
| youthclubs3 = Metz
| years1 = 2016–2018 | clubs1 = Metz II | caps1 = 27 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2016–2020 | clubs2 = Metz | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = → Pau (loan) | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 12
| years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = → Orléans (loan) | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = → Orléans II (loan) | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2020–2021 | clubs6 = Nacional | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2023 | clubs7 = Vorskla Poltava | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2022 | clubs8 = → Örebro (loan) | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 2
| years9 = 2022–2023 | clubs9 = → AIK (loan) | caps9 = 19 | goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2023– | clubs10 = Sabah | caps10 = 27 | goals10 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = Luxembourg U17
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = Luxembourg U19
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2016–
| nationalteam3 = Luxembourg
| nationalcaps3 = 57
| nationalgoals3 = 3
| club-update = 31 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 10 June 2025 (UTC)
}}
Vincent Thill (born 4 February 2000) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Sabah in the Azerbaijan Premier League and Luxembourg national team. He is the younger brother of fellow Luxembourg internationals Sébastien Thill and Olivier Thill.{{cite web|last1=Pécot|first1=Matthieu|title=weekly wonderkid: Vincent Thill|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/022c-0f8e2827469f-3057620b548c-1000--uefa-com-s-weekly-wonderkid-vincent-thill/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=16 June 2016}}
He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2017".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/oct/04/next-generation-2017-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football |title=Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football |date=4 October 2017 |access-date=30 December 2019 |publisher=The Guardian}}
Club career
Thill started his career with Luxembourgish side Fola Esch before transferring to Progrès Niederkorn, where he spent six months.
He joined Metz in 2012, and signed his first professional contract on 26 May 2016, despite interest from Bayern Munich.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/2880708/luxembourg-youngster-vincent-thill-agrees-metz-deal|title=Vincent Thill agrees Metz deal despite Bayern Munich interest|work=ESPN|date=26 May 2016|access-date=26 May 2016}} On 21 September 2016, Thill made his debut for Metz in a 0–3 defeat against Bordeaux, coming on in the 82nd minute. In doing so, Thill became the first player born in the 2000s to appear in Ligue 1 and in any of Europe's top five leagues.{{cite web|url=http://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/fc-metz-vincent-thill-est-le-premier-joueur-ne-apres-2000-a-debuter-en-ligue-1-et-meme-ailleurs-1039888.html|title=FC Metz : Vincent Thill est le premier joueur né après 2000 à débuter en Ligue 1... et même ailleurs|work=BFM TV|date=22 September 2016|access-date=22 September 2016|language=fr}}
In August 2018, Thill joined Pau on loan for the 2018–19 season.{{cite news |title=Vincent Thill (Metz) file en prêt à Pau |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Vincent-thill-metz-file-en-pret-a-pau/928919 |access-date=8 August 2018 |work=L'Équipe |date=8 August 2018 |language=de}} In the following season, he was loaned out to US Orléans.[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transferts-vincent-thill-metz-a-orleans-officiel/1035605 Transferts : Vincent Thill (Metz) à Orléans (officiel)], lequipe.fr, 1 July 2019
On 1 April 2022, Thill joined Örebro in Sweden on a three-months loan.{{cite press release|publisher=Örebro|url=https://oskfotboll.se/osk/aktuellt/nyheter-2022/2022-04-01-vincent-thill-ansluter-pa-lan.html|title=VINCENT THILL ANSLUTER PÅ LÅN|date=1 April 2022|access-date=4 April 2022|language=sv}}
On 5 August 2022, Thill joined Allsvenskan club AIK on a one-year loan.{{Cite web |date=5 August 2022 |title=AIK Fotboll lånar Vincent Thill |trans-title=AIK Fotboll loans Vincent Thill |url=https://www.aikfotboll.se/nyheter/aik-fotboll-lanar-vincent-thill-2022-08-05 |access-date=5 August 2022 |website=AIK Fotboll |language=sv}}
On 8 July 2023, Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabah announced the signing of Thill on a two-year contract.{{cite web |title=VİNSENT TİLL "SABAH"DA! |url=https://sabahfc.az/2023/07/08/vinsent-till-sabahda/ |website=sabahfc.az |publisher=Sabah FC |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=Azerbaijani |date=8 July 2023}}
International career
Thill became the youngest player to represent the Luxembourg national team when he made his debut on 25 March 2016, in a 3–0 defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/022c-0f8e2827469f-3057620b548c-1000--uefa-com-s-weekly-wonderkid-vincent-thill/|title=UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Vincent Thill|date=9 April 2016|access-date=26 May 2016|work=UEFA}} Upon scoring a 90th-minute goal against Nigeria in a 3–1 defeat on 31 May 2016, he became his nation's youngest ever goalscorer and the first player born in the new millennium to score an international goal.
Personal life
Vincent is the brother of Sébastien Thill, who plays for Stal Rzeszów, and of Olivier Thill, who plays for Şanlıurfaspor. He is also the son of former international footballer Serge Thill.{{cite web|url=http://www.lequotidien.lu/football/vincent-thill-lavenir-lui-appartient/|title=Vincent Thill, l'avenir lui appartient|date=28 December 2015|accessdate=15 September 2018|publisher=Le Quotidien|language=fr}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|30 July 2021}}{{Soccerway|vincent-thill/427752}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Metz
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|Ligue 1 |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pau (loan)
|28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 12 | |||
| Orléans 2 (loan)
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| Orléans (loan)
|19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 1 | ||
| Nacional
|17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||
| Vorskla Poltava
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!68 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 13 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
{{updated|10 June 2025}}{{NFT player|id=63565}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="10"|Luxembourg
|2016 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 57 | 3 |
{{Updated|match played 11 June 2022}}{{cite news|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=29330|title=Vincent Thill - national football team player|publisher=EU-Football.info|date=9 December 2016|access-date=9 December 2016}}
:Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thill goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Vincent Thill | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Cap !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1
|31 May 2016 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | align="center"|2 | {{fb|Nigeria}} | align="center"|1–2 | align="center"|1–3 | Friendly |
| align="center"|2
|15 October 2018 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | align="center"|18 | {{fb|San Marino}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"|3–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
| align="center"|3
|2 June 2019 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | align="center"|21 | {{fb|Madagascar}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|3–3 | Friendly |
References
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External links
- [http://www.fcmetz.com/thill-vincent Metz profile]
{{Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thill, Vincent}}
Category:Footballers from Luxembourg City
Category:Luxembourgian men's footballers
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Category:C.D. Nacional players
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