Tylel Tati

Tylel Tati
Personal information
Date of birth (2008-01-19) 19 January 2008
Place of birth Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 78
Youth career
2013–2023 US Roissy-en-Brie
2023–2025 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Nantes B 2 (0)
2025– Nantes 20 (0)
International career‡
2024 France U16 2 (0)
2024 France U17 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:13, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:11, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Tylel Tati (born 19 January 2008) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Nantes.

Club career

Tati grew up playing for US Roissy-en-Brie, later joining the INF Clairefontaine academy before his arrival at Nantes.[1] He made his debut with Nantes's reserve team at the end of the 2024–25 season before joining the club's first team ahead of the 2025–26 preseason.[2] On 17 August 2025, he made his professional debut as a starter in the first match of the Ligue 1 season against champions Paris Saint-Germain, an eventual 1–0 defeat.[3] His performance was praised by Nantes manager Luis Castro, who said that Tati had "a very good game",[4] while newspaper Ouest-France described his debut as "successful" and "promising for the future".[5][6]

International career

Tati is a France youth international, making his debut for the France under-16s in 2024.[7]

Personal life

Born in France, Tati is of Congolese descent from the Republic of the Congo on his father's side and Senegalese descent on his mother's side.[8]

Tati’s father, Sambou "Bijou" Tati, has served as the president of US Roissy-en-Brie, the club where Tati began his youth career.[1] Sambou also coached Paul Pogba during Pogba’s final year at the club, when he was 13.[9] Born in 2008, Tati has been photographed alongside Pogba since the age of five, both at US Roissy-en-Brie and later at the INF Clairefontaine academy.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 April 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nantes B 2024–25 National 3 20———20
Nantes 2025–26 Ligue 1 20020——220
Career total 220200000240

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Entre Paul Pogba et Tylel Tati, la connexion à travers leur club d'enfance, Roissy". L'Équipe (in French). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "FC Nantes. Qui est Tylel Tati, ce jeune de 17 ans, appelé dans le groupe pro pour la reprise ?". Ouest-France (in French). 30 June 2025. Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Travert, Florian (18 August 2025). "FC Nantes. Pour sa première avec les Canaris, à 17 ans, Tylel Tati « a été solide » face au PSG". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Le Dorze, Franck (18 August 2025). "« Il est tranquille, concentré, et à 17 ans, c'est pas mal » : les débuts remarqués du jeune Nantais Tylel Tati en Ligue 1". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Launay, Hugo (18 August 2025). "FC Nantes. Tylel Tati, 17 ans, a semé des promesses contre le Paris SG". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Sermaise, Florian (18 August 2025). "Nantes : Tylel Tati, une première en grande pompe face aux stars parisiennes". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Tylel Tati at the French Football Federation (in French)
  8. ↑ "Congo's Soft-Power Weekend in Ligue 1". Congotimes.com. 2025-08-20. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  9. ↑ "Sambou Tati, entraîneur de l'US Roissy : « Paul Pogba est un modèle »". actu.fr (in French). 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
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