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Thomas Meunier at the 2026 FIFA world Cup Courtesy of (@OfficialMeunier) Facebook<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Sunderland AFC have signed Belgian international defender Thomas Meunier,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The 34 year old right back has signed a two-year deal at the Stadium of Light after making three appearances for Belgium in the 2026 FIFA World Cup for Belgium.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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He arrives with a vast amount of experience with more than 550 senior club appearances and 83 international caps. Arriving following the expiration of his contract with French Ligue 1 side LOSC Lille.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Watch Official Sunderland AFC first interview with Thomas Meunier\u2192<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Thomas Meunier<\/strong>
Position:<\/strong> Right-Back
Nationality:<\/strong> Belgium \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea
Date of Birth:<\/strong> 12 September 1991
Height:<\/strong> 1.91 m
Preferred Foot:<\/strong> Right<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Club statisticts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Club<\/strong><\/th>Years<\/strong><\/th>Apps<\/strong><\/th>Goals<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Virton<\/td>2009\u20132011<\/td>52<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
Club Brugge<\/td>2011\u20132016<\/td>198<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
Paris Saint-Germain<\/td>2016\u20132020<\/td>128<\/td>13<\/td><\/tr>
Borussia Dortmund<\/td>2020\u20132024<\/td>83<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Borussia Dortmund II<\/td>2023-2024<\/td>3<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Trabzonspor<\/td>2024<\/td>19<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Lille<\/td>2024\u20132026<\/td>81<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Sunderland<\/td>2026\u2013Present<\/td>0<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td><\/td>564<\/strong><\/td>50<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

International Career<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Team<\/th>Apps<\/th>Goals<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Belgium U15<\/td>1<\/td>0<\/td><\/tr>
Belgium U21<\/td>7<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Belgium<\/strong><\/td>83<\/strong><\/td>10<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\ud83c\udfc6 Career Honours<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

3\u00d7 Ligue 1 Champion (Paris Saint-Germain)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Multiple French Cup and League Cup winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Belgian Pro League Champion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Belgian Cup Winner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DFB-Pokal Winner (Borussia Dortmund)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0d Represented Belgium at three FIFA World Cups and the UEFA European Championship.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Thomas Meunier brings a wealth of experience to Sunderland AFC, having competed at the highest level in Belgium, France, Germany and on the international stage. His leadership, versatility and winning mentality will add valuable quality to R\u00e9gis Le Bris’ squad as the Black Cats prepare for the challenges of the Premier League and UEFA Europa League.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Meunier at the 2026 FIFA world Cup Courtesy of (@OfficialMeunier) Facebook Sunderland AFC have signed Belgian international defender Thomas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wearsideworldwide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}