Noah Okafor

Noah Arinze Okafor (born 24 May 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer. He plays as forward for Serie A club AC Milan. [1]

Noah Okafor
Photo of Noah Okafor in 2022
Noah Okafor in 2022
Personal information
Full name Noah Arinze Okafor
Date of birth (2000-05-24) May 24, 2000
Place of birth Binningen, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 A.C. Milan
Youth career
2008–2009 FC Arisdorf
2009–2017 FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 FC Basel U21 15 (2)
2018–2020 FC Basel 39 (3)
2020–2023 FC Red Bull Salzburg 71 (25)
2023– A.C. Milan 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Switzerland U15 3 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U17 7 (3)
2018 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U19 7 (1)
2019– Switzerland U21 8 (4)
2019– Switzerland 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 July 2023

Career

Okafor began his career with FC Arisdorf. 2009 he joined FC Basel where he played in all youth teams. In January 2018 he joined the first team of Basel. He debuted versus FC Luzern in the last round of the season. His first league goal he scored in the second round of the next season versus Neuchâtel Xamax.

In January 2020 he went to Austria and signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg till 2024.[2] He scored his first goal for Salzburg in round 24 versus Rapid Wien.[3] In 2023 he moved to AC Milan.[4]

National team

He played for all Swiss youth teams from U15 to U21. On 9 June 2019 he played his first match for the national team versus England.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 October 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel U21 2017–18 Swiss Promotion League 131——131
2018–19 21——21
Total 152——152
Basel 2017–18 Swiss Super League 10——10
2018–19 243311[lower-alpha 1]0284
2019–20 140217[lower-alpha 2]2233
Total 3935282527
Red Bull Salzburg 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 113311[lower-alpha 1]0154
2020–21 186407[lower-alpha 3]0296
2021–22 219528[lower-alpha 4]33414
2022–23 217308[lower-alpha 5]33210
Total 712515324611034
AC Milan 2023–24 Serie A 92001[lower-alpha 4]0102
Career total 1343220533818745
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 28 March 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201910
202121
202291
202320
Total142
As of match played 2 June 2022[6]
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Okafor goal.
List of international goals scored by Noah Okafor
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
115 November 2021Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland Bulgaria1–04–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
22 June 2022Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic1–11–22022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Basel

  • Swiss Cup: 2018–19

Red Bull Salzburg

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References
  1. profile Noah Okafor (German)
  2. Sport.ch
  3. Okafor Torstatistik
  4. AC Milan Homepage
  5. Kicker.de
  6. Noah Okafor at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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