all competitions, from the season archive · club 34 · country 6 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
561
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
11
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel is a Belgian professional footballer for Ligue 1 club Nice. A versatile midfielder, Witsel is known for his defensive intelligence, vision, playmaking ability, ball retention, and capacity to control the tempo of matches. He has primarily played as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder, but has also been deployed as a centre-back. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
11 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated
Marquee honours
Russian Premier League
2014–15
Team honours11
Russian Premier League
×1
2014–15
Zenit
Belgian Pro League
×2
2007–08, 2008–09
Standard Liège
Belgian Supercup
×2
2008, 2009
Standard Liège
Belgian Cup
×1
2010–11
Standard Liège
DFB-Pokal
×1
2020–21
Borussia Dortmund
DFL-Supercup
×1
2019
Borussia Dortmund
Russian Cup
×1
2015–16
Zenit
Russian Super Cup
×1
2015
Zenit
Taça da Liga
×1
2011–12
Benfica
Individual honours4
Scoring titles · 1
Belgian Golden Shoe
2008
Player of the year · 1
Belgian Young Footballer of the Year
2007–08
Teams of the season · 1
O Jogo Team of the Year
2012
More honours · 1
DH The Best Standard Liège Team Ever
2020
The Record
season by season · 64 competition-seasons · ESPN archive
Season
Competition
Team
Apps
Goals
Assists
Shots
YC
Total
all competitions
all teams
561
40
18
351
76
2026
FIFA World Cup
Belgium
2
0
0
0
1
2026
Friendlies
Belgium
4
0
0
1
0
2026
Ligue 1
Nice
3
0
0
4
0
2025
Club World Cup
Atlético Madrid
1
1
0
1
0
2025
LaLiga
Girona
32
1
2
20
1
2025
World Cup qualifiers
Belgium
2
0
0
0
0
2024
Champions League
Atlético Madrid
4
0
0
0
1
2024
Copa del Rey
Atlético Madrid
3
0
0
2
0
2024
Friendlies
Belgium
2
0
0
0
0
2024
LaLiga
Atlético Madrid
14
0
1
1
1
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)
Years
Team
Apps
Goals
2006–2011
Standard Liège
148
34
2008–now
Belgium
140
12
2011–2012
S.L. Benfica
32
1
2012–2016
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
122
16
2017–2018
Tianjin Tianhai F.C.
36
5
2018–2022
Borussia Dortmund
105
10
2022–2025
Atlético Madrid
82
2
2025–2026
Girona FC
32
1
2026–now
OGC Nice
0
0
Youth & development spells — 6 more
2004–2004
Belgium national under-15 association football team
1
0
2005–2005
Belgium national under-16 association football team
Belgiumcurrently Nice