Kays Ruiz-Atil

Kays Ruiz-Atil (born 26 August 2002) is a French-Moroccan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.

Kays Ruiz-Atil
Personal information
Full name Kays Ruiz-Atil
Date of birth (2002-08-26) 26 August 2002
Place of birth Lyon, France
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Youth career
Years Team
2006–2009 FC Gerland
2009 Lyon
2009–2015 Barcelona
2015– Paris Saint-Germain
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 April 2020

Early life

Kays Ruiz-Atil was born in Lyon[1] and grew up in the Gerland part of Lyon's 7th arrondissement[2] in a French and Moroccan family. His father, Radouan Atil, is from Morocco.[3]

Club career

Early career

Having first played for FC Gerland since he was 4 years old and the Olympique Lyonnais for a few months,[4] he first draw the attention of medias in 2009 when he was recruited by FC Barcelona at only 7 years old.[5]

But after the Barca transfer ban due to illegal signings of underage players,[6] he moved to PSG in 2015.[7]

But this move would later also prove to be controversial with the 2018 Football Leaks : there, the Parisian club was accused of having made an illegal transfer, with a suspicious employment of his father Radouan. This did not however lead to any legal procedure, the Paris Saint-Germain having seemingly received the approval of the international institutions.[8]

But before these controversies, Ruiz-Atil had signed a first "aspirant" contract with PSG in June 2017, locking his presence in the PSG youth academy.[9]

On the 31 August 2018 he signed his first professional contract with the club.[10] In the following seasons he played in the youth league, under the supervision of Thiago Motta for the 2018-19 season, whom he was quite close to.[3]

At this point, his public image does not seem to have suffered too much from the Football Leaks Kays Ruiz-Atil having for instance signed a big contract with Adidas.[3][10]

Paris Saint-Germain

On 12 July 2020, Ruiz-Atil played in a friendly match against Le Havre for the Paris Saint-Germain first team, a game that ended 0-9 for PSG.[11] He made another appearance on 17 July 2020 in a friendly against Waasland-Beveren that was won 7-0 by PSG.[12] This match was his first ever game at PSG’s home stadium, the Parc des Princes.[13]

International career

Born in France with Moroccan origins, he was regularly selected with Morocco youth team in Novembre 2016[14] and January 2017.[15]

He was also selected with the France U16 in August 2017.[16]

References
  1. "Kays Ruiz : la pépite sur laquelle mise le PSG". Le Point (in French). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "PSG - Kays Ruiz remercie le Barça, mais ne rêve que de Paris". Goal.com (in French). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. Damien Degorre (12 September 2019). "Les nouveaux prodiges (5/5) : Kays Ruiz-Atil, l'Espagnol de Paris". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. Latour, Bertrand (22 July 2015). "Jeune prodige au PSG : "Arrêtez d'être pressés", lance le président de son ancien club". RTL (in French).
  5. "Le Barça recrute le Lyonnais Kaïs, 7 ans". Le Monde (in French). 11 September 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. Hamza Hizzir (21 July 2015). "Kays Ruiz, "le nouveau Messi" chipé au Barça par le PSG". LCI (in French). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. "Football : Kays Ruiz, le prodige que le PSG a chipé au Barça". Le Parisien (in French). 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  8. Henry, Michel (8 November 2018). "Le fils, le père et le maire: l'improbable recrutement d'un futur Messi au PSG". Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. Alexandre Aflalo (27 June 2017). "PÉPITE : Le Paris Saint-Germain blinde l'un de ses U15". 90min.com (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  10. "Football : " mon rêve est de jouer en équipe première du PSG ", assure la pépite Kays Ruiz-Atil". Le Parisien (in French). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  11. "Le Havre - Paris Saint-Germain : Les 4 leçons à retenir de ce large succès parisien (9-0)". 90min (in French). Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  12. "Arnaud Kalimuendo, Kays Ruiz, Thimothée Pembélé : Thomas Tuchel présente les nouvelles têtes du PSG". Foot Mercato. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  13. "The victory over Waasland-Beveren in numbers". Paris Saint-Germain. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  14. "Stage de la sélection marocaine U15". Ligue de Paris Île-de-France de Football (in French). 10 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  15. "Football : Kays Ruiz, la pépite du PSG que l'Europe convoite". Le Parisien (in French). 16 March 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  16. "Equipes de France - Débuts en Bleu". fff.fr (in French). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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