Joy-Slayd Mickels

Joy-Slayd Mickels
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-29) 29 March 1994
Place of birth Siegburg, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Karvan
Number 20
Youth career
VSF Amern
–2013 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Borussia Mönchengladbach II
2014–2015 FC Aarau 2 (0)
2016 Strømmen IF 8 (1)
2017–2018 Alemannia Aachen 25 (8)
2018–2019 SV Rödinghausen 18 (2)
2019–202 Wegberg-Beeck
2020–2021 Germania Hilfarth
2021–2025 Ay-Yildizspor Hückelhoven
2025 SF Uevekoven
2025– Karvan 17 (4)
International career‡
2026– Rwanda 2 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Rwanda
Men's football
FIFA Series
Winner2026 Rwanda
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 March 2026

Joy-Slayd Mickels (born 29 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Karvan. Born in Germany, he represents the Rwanda national team.[1]

Club career

In 2014, Mickels signed for FC Aarau in Switzerland after failing to make an appearance with German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, he was suspended for assault on two occasions in two different games there.[2]

After playing in the Norwegian 1. divisjon for Strømmen IF[3] he played for two fourth division clubs, Alemannia Aachen and SV Rödinghausen. In 2019 he signed for FC Wegberg-Beeck of the fifth-tier Mittelrheinliga.[4]

On 11 August 2025, newly promoted Azerbaijan Premier League club Karvan announced the signing of Mickels to a one-year contract.[5]

International career

On 16 March 2026, Mickels was named in Rwanda's provisional 31-man squad for their 2026 FIFA Series matches against Grenada and then either Kenya or Estonia, alongside his twin-brother Joy-Lance and younger brother Leroy-Jacques.[6]

Personal life

Joy-Slade's twin brother Joy-Lance is also a professional footballer, as is their younger brother Leroy-Jacques (b. 1995). The three brothers, whose mother come from the DR Congo and father from Rwanda, played together at the under-19 level for Borussia Mönchengladbach.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Joy-Slayd Mickels at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ FCA-Stürmer rastet aus und greift Schiri an! blick.ch
  3. ↑ Joy-Slayd Mickels at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ "Joy-Slayd Mickels nach Comeback beim FC Wegberg-Beeck". RP (in German). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Joy‑Slayd Mickels joins Karvan". karvan.az. Karvan İK. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Urutonde rw'agateganyo rw'Abakinnyi bagize Ikipe y'Igihugu Amavubi bazatoranywamo abazahagararira u Rwanda muri". instagram.com/ferwafa/ (in Kinyarwanda). Rwanda Football Federation Instagram. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Eine rheinische Frohnatur für Wacker". nnz-online.de (in German). 13 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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