Joël Matip

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Joël Matip
File:Matip Schalke 2015.jpg
Matip with Schalke 04 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Job Joël Andre Matip[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Bochum, Germany
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Position(s) Defensive Midfielder / Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 32
Youth career
1995–1997 SC Weitmar 45
1997–2000 VfL Bochum
2000–2009 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Schalke 04 II 4 (1)
2009– Schalke 04 177 (16)
International career‡
2010– Cameroon 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2014

Job Joël Andre Matip (born 8 August 1991) is a German-born Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre back for FC Schalke 04.

Club career

Early Career

Born in Bochum to a German mother and a Cameroonian father, Matip began his career with SC Weitmar 45, and was eventually scouted by VfL Bochum in 1997.[2] After several years in VfL Bochum's different youth teams, Matip was scouted by Schalke 04 in July 2000.[3]

FC Schalke 04

He made his professional debut on 17 October 2009 in the Regionalliga against 1. FC Saarbrücken,[4] before making his Bundesliga debut on 7 November 2009 against Bayern Munich, in which he scored the game-tying goal.[5] He was subsequently named Man of the match.[6]

On 2 March 2010, Matip signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Schalke 04.[7]

On 23 February 2013, Matip scored both goals as Schalke secured an important 2–1 victory over Fortuna Düsseldorf, securing the club's second win in 12 games.[8]

In January 2012, Schalke announced that Matip signed a two-year contract extension running until 30 June 2016.[9]

On the 13 January 2016, it was reported that Matip had signed an agreement in principle to join Liverpool FC when his contract with Schalke expires on the 30th June 2016. [10]

International career

Matip was called up on 23 December 2009 by the Cameroon national football team[11] for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations but he later on declined to take part in the tournament.[12] It was not yet clear if Matip would represent Cameroon in the future as the German Football Association still hoped that he might represent his country of birth instead.[13] On 6 January 2010, Rainer Adrion announced the annulment of his nomination for the Nations Cup.[citation needed] On 2 March 2010 aged 18, Matip opted to play his international football for Cameroon, after meeting up with the national team ahead of Wednesday's friendly against Italy on 3 March 2010.[14] He made his first national cap in friendly match against Italy and went on to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was part of the Cameroon national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He played 2 games and scored against the host Brazil, also becoming the first player to score against Brazil in the World Cup hosted in Brazil in 28 years.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 December 2015
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total Ref.
Club League Season App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Schalke 04 II Regionalliga 2009–10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 [16]
2010–11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 —
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2009–10 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 3 [16]
2010–11 26 0 4 0 11 1 1 0 42 1
2011–12 30 3 3 1 13 1 1 0 47 5
2012–13 32 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 39 3
2013–14 31 3 3 0 6 1 2 0 42 4
2014–15 21 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 25 3
2015–16 17 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 22 3
Total 177 16 16 2 42 4 4 0 239 22 —
Career Total 181 17 16 2 42 4 4 0 243 23 —

International

As of 6 September 2015
National team Year App. Goals Ref.
Cameroon 2010 6 0 [17]
2011 3 0
2012 4 0
2013 6 0
2014 7 1
2015 1 0
Total 27 1 —

Personal life

Matip was born to a German mother[18] and former Cameroonian footballer Jean Matip.[19] He is the brother of the fellow Cameroon international Marvin Matip[20] and is a cousin of Joseph-Désiré Job.[21] Matip graduated from the Gesamtschule Berger Feld in Gelsenkirchen in 2010.[citation needed] He also has German citizenship.[citation needed]

Honours

Club

Schalke 04

References

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  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Joël Matip at Soccerway
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