Rayan Cherki

ABOUT RAYAN CHERKI

Attacking midfielder for Manchester City and the French national team. He had previously played for Lyon in Ligue 1 until 2024. He has also represented France at the U21 level. He is popular on Instagram and has accumulated over 500,000 followers.

He is a product of the Lyon academy system in France. He played with Saint-Priest at the youth level from 2009 until he moved to Lyon in 2010.

He is the youngest ever player to score with Lyon at the senior level. He was 16 years old and 140 days when he scored a goal against Bourg-en-Bresse.

He was born in Lyon, France. He is of Algerian and Italian descent.

He played with teammate Maxwel Cornet at Lyon.