Axel Tuanzebe

**Axel Tuanzebe** (born 14 November 1997) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ipswich Town and the DR Congo national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Manchester United|2015–16|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||
|2016–17|Premier League|4|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|5|0|||
|2017–18|Premier League|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|||
|2018–19|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|2019–20|Premier League|5|0|0|0|2|0|3|0|—|10|0||||
|2020–21|Premier League|9|0|1|0|1|0|8|0|—|19|0||||
|2021–22|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|2022–23|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Aston Villa (loan)|2017–18|Championship|5|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|5|0||
|2018–19|Championship|25|0|0|0|2|0|—|3|0|30|0||||
|2021–22|Premier League|9|0|0|0|2|0|—|—|11|0|||||
|Napoli (loan)|2021–22|Serie A|1|0|1|0|—|0|0|—|2|0||||
|Stoke City (loan)|2022–23|Championship|4|0|1|0|—|—|—|5|0|||||
|Ipswich Town|2023–24|Championship|18|0|2|1|1|0|—|—|21|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|DR Congo|2024|3|0|

## Honours

**Manchester United**
- UEFA Europa League: 2016–17; runner-up: 2020–21

**Aston Villa**
- EFL Championship play-offs: 2019

**Ipswich Town**
- EFL Championship runner-up: 2023–24

**Individual**
- Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year: 2014–15
- Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year: 2016–17

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Axel Tuanzebe
- **image**: Manchester United v Wigan Athletic, January 2017 (33).JPG
- **caption**: Tuanzebe playing for Manchester United F.C., Manchester United in 2021
- **full name**: Axel Tuanzebe
- **birth place**: Bunia, DR Congo
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **clubnumber**: 40
- **youthyears1**: 2006–2015
- **youthclubs1**: Manchester United F.C. Under-21s and Academy, Manchester United
- **years1**: 2015–2023
- **clubs1**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps1**: 19
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2018
- **clubs2**: → Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa (loan)
- **caps2**: 5
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2018–2019
- **clubs3**: → Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa (loan)
- **caps3**: 25
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2021–2022
- **clubs4**: → Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa (loan)
- **caps4**: 9
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2022
- **clubs5**: → SSC Napoli, Napoli (loan)
- **caps5**: 1
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2023
- **clubs6**: → Stoke City F.C., Stoke City (loan)
- **caps6**: 4
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2023–
- **clubs7**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **caps7**: 18
- **goals7**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2016
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2016–2017
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2017
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2024–
- **nationalteam4**: DR Congo national football team, DR Congo
- **nationalcaps4**: 3
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **club-update**: 18:09, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- **ntupdate**: 23:38, 9 September 2024 (UTC)