Tylel Tati
French footballer (born 2008)
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Tylel Tati (born 19 January 2008) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Nantes.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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 | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | France U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:02, 25 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:11, 24 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
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 25 January 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nantes B | 2024–25 | National 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Nantes | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||