Breel Embolo
Breel Donald Embolo (born 14 February 1997) is a Swiss football player. He plays as a forward for AS Monaco and the Switzerland national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Breel Donald Embolo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Monaco | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Nordstern | ||
| 2008–2010 | Old Boys | ||
| 2010–2014 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Basel | 61 | (21) |
| 2016–2019 | Schalke 04 | 48 | (10) |
| 2019–2022 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 88 | (22) |
| 2022– | Monaco | 32 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Switzerland U16 | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Switzerland U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Switzerland U21 | 0 | (0) |
| 2015– | Switzerland | 63 | (13) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 December 2022 | |||
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 3 June 2023[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Basel | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2014–15 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 40 | 17 | ||
| 2015–16 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 4] | 3 | 40 | 13 | ||
| Total | 61 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 91 | 31 | ||
| Schalke 04 | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 28 | 6 | ||
| Total | 48 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 12 | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 34 | 8 |
| 2020–21 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 41 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | 31 | 11 | |||
| Total | 88 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 106 | 25 | ||
| Monaco | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 5] | 2 | 42 | 14 |
| Career total | 229 | 65 | 18 | 9 | 53 | 8 | 300 | 82 | ||
- Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 6 December 2022[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2015 | 7 | 1 |
| 2016 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 5 | |
| Total | 63 | 13 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Embolo goal.[3]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 October 2015 | AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland | 6 |  San Marino | 6–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| 2 | 6 September 2016 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 15 |  Portugal | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 27 March 2018 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland | 23 |  Panama | 3–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 26 March 2019 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 32 |  Denmark | 3–0 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 5 | 25 March 2021 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | 41 |  Bulgaria | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 12 June 2021 | Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | 43 |  Wales | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 |
| 7 | 12 October 2021 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | 50 |  Lithuania | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 9 | 26 March 2022 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | 51 |  England | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 10 | 24 September 2022 | La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain | 57 |  Spain | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A |
| 11 | 27 September 2022 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | 58 |  Czech Republic | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A |
| 12 | 24 November 2022 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar | 60 |  Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 13 | 2 December 2022 | Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar | 62 |  Serbia | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Basel Youth
Basel[6]
- Swiss Super League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Individual
- FC Basel Young Player of the Year: 2013[7]
- Swiss Footballer of the Year: 2015[8]
- Swiss Cup Top scorer: 2014–15
- Swiss Super League Young Player of the Year: 2014–15[9]
- Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2015–16[10]
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2015–16[10]
References
- "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 June 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- Breel Embolo at Soccerway
- "Breel Embolo". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- Kiesewetter, Dominik (2012). "U16 kurz vor der Ziellinie!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Die U16 holt das Double!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Breel Embolo at Soccerway
- FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Auszeichnung der "Rookies of the Year"" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Player of the year » Switzerland". World Football. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- "Gashi footballeur de l'année 2014". Le Matin (in French). 2015-02-02. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- "Das ist der neue Meisterpokal der Super League – Embolo und GC räumen bei SFL Award Night ab". watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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