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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Dylan Merlen | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Lens, France | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sint-Truiden | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | AMS Lensoise | ||
| 2009–2020 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Lens II | 35 | (5) |
| 2022–2025 | Liège | 89 | (12) |
| 2025– | Sint-Truiden | 33 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | France U16 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:25, 27 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ryan Dylan Merlen (born 11 May 2002) is a French professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden.
Club career
[edit]Merlen is a product of the youth academies of the French clubs AMS Lensoise and Lens. On 26 June 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Lens, and the following year was promoted to their reserves.[1] On 20 June 2022, he joined Belgian Division 1 club Liège.[2] He helped the club earn promotion to the Challenger Pro League in his first season, and in the second season was named the club's Player of the Season. [3] On 21 June 2025, he transferred to Sint-Truidense in the Belgian Pro League.[4]
International career
[edit]Merlen was called up to the France U16s for a set of friendlies in May 2017.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Premier contrat pro pour Ryan Merlen". www.rclens.fr.
- ↑ Sintzen, Matthias (5 February 2026). "Le RFC Liège attire un milieu défensif du RC Lens". DHnet.
- ↑ "D1B | Ryan Merlen élu joueur de l'année par les supporters du RFC Liège : « C'est de loin ma saison la plus aboutie »". sudinfo.be. 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Mede met dank aan zetje van Bertaccini: Merlen verkiest STVV boven KV Mechelen, Charleroi en Standard | Nieuwsblad".
- ↑ "Trois lensois avec l'équipe de France U16 | RC Lens".
External links
[edit]- Ryan Merlen at Soccerway
- Ryan Merlen at the French Football Federation (in French)
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lens, Pas-de-Calais
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- RC Lens players
- RFC Liège players
- Sint-Truidense VV players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Belgian Division 1 players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriates in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- 21st-century French sportsmen