Joy-Slayd Mickels
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 March 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Siegburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Karvan | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VSF Amern | |||
| –2013 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | ||
| 2014–2015 | FC Aarau | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Strømmen IF | 8 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Alemannia Aachen | 25 | (8) |
| 2018–2019 | SV Rödinghausen | 18 | (2) |
| 2019–202 | Wegberg-Beeck | ||
| 2020–2021 | Germania Hilfarth | ||
| 2021-2025 | Ay-Yildizspor Hückelhoven | ||
| 2025 | SF Uevekoven | ||
| 2025- | Karvan | 5 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joy-Slayd Mickels (born 29 March 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Karvan.[1]
Club career
In 2014, Mickels signed for FC Aarau in Switzerland after failing to make an appearance with German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, he was suspended for assault on two occasions in two different games there.[2]
After playing in the Norwegian 1. divisjon for Strømmen IF[3] he played for two fourth division clubs, Alemannia Aachen and SV Rödinghausen. In 2019 he signed for FC Wegberg-Beeck of the fifth-tier Mittelrheinliga.[4]
On 11 August 2025, newly promoted Azerbaijan Premier League club Karvan announced the signing of Mickels to a one-year contract.[5]
International career
On 16 March 2026, Mickels was named in Rwanda's provisional 31-man squad for their 2026 FIFA Series matches against Grenada and then either Kenya or Estonia, alongside his twin-brother Joy-Lance and younger brother Leroy-Jacques.[6]
Personal life
Joy-Slade's twin brother Joy-Lance is also a professional footballer, as is their younger brother Leroy-Jacques (b. 1995). The three brothers, whose father come from the DR Congo and mother from Rwanda, played together at the under-19 level for Borussia Mönchengladbach.[7]
References
- ^ a b Joy-Slayd Mickels at WorldFootball.net
- ^ FCA-Stürmer rastet aus und greift Schiri an! blick.ch
- ^ Joy-Slayd Mickels at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Joy-Slayd Mickels nach Comeback beim FC Wegberg-Beeck". RP (in German). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Joy‑Slayd Mickels joins Karvan". karvan.az. Karvan İK. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ "Urutonde rw'agateganyo rw'Abakinnyi bagize Ikipe y'Igihugu Amavubi bazatoranywamo abazahagararira u Rwanda muri". instagram.com/ferwafa/ (in Kinyarwanda). Rwanda Football Federation Instagram. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ^ "Eine rheinische Frohnatur für Wacker". nnz-online.de (in German). 13 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
External links
- Joy-Slayd Mickels at Soccerway