Youssoufa Moukoko

Youssoufa Moukoko (born 20 November 2004) is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He is known for his scoring ability.[2] Born in Cameroon, Moukoko represents Germany internationally.

Youssoufa Moukoko
Personal information
Full name Youssoufa Moukoko
Date of birth (2004-11-20) 20 November 2004[1]
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 18
Youth career
2014–2016 FC St. Pauli
2016–2020 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Borussia Dortmund 10 (2)
National team‡
2017 Germany U16 4 (3)
2020– Germany U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 November 2020

Club career

Early career

Moukoko played in the under-13 team of FC St. Pauli from 2014 to 2016 and scored 23 goals in 13 games as a striker. In July 2016, he was transferred to Borussia Dortmund's youth academy. He played as the only 13-year-old in the Under 17 Bundesliga for Dortmund. Moukoko moved up to the under-19 team for the 2019–20 season at the age of 14, scoring six goals in his first match in the Under 19 Bundesliga in a 9–2 win against Wuppertaler SV.[3] He completed his first UEFA Youth League match on 17 September 2019 against FC Barcelona, becoming the youngest player to be fielded in the competition.[4] On 23 October 2019, Moukoko scored the opening goal in a game against Inter Milan, making him the youngest scorer in the Youth League.[5]

Borussia Dortmund

Since January 2020, Moukoko has also been allowed to train with BVB's senior team under Lucien Favre.[6] As the previous DFB age restrictions were changed in 2020, he became eligible to play in the Bundesliga after his sixteenth birthday.[7][8] On 21 November, a day after turning sixteen, he made his debut for Dortmund as an 85th-minute substitute for Erling Haaland against Hertha BSC. With the appearance, he became the youngest player in league history, breaking the previous record of 16 years and 334 days held by Nuri Şahin.[9] The away match finished as a 5–2 win for Dortmund.[10] On 8 December, Moukoko made his debut for Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League as a substitute against Zenit Saint Petersburg, becoming the youngest player in the competition's history at the age of 16 years and 18 days. This broke the record previously held by Celestine Babayaro of 16 years and 87 days.[11] He made his first start for Dortmund in the Bundesliga on 15 December against Werder Bremen,[12] and scored his first goal three days later against Union Berlin.[13] In doing so, he became the youngest goalscorer in Bundesliga history at the age of 16 years and 28 days, surpassing the record of 17 years and 34 days held by Florian Wirtz.[14]

International career

Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Moukoko played for the German U16 national team for the first time on 11 September 2017 in a 3–1 victory over Austria. Two days later, in his second match against the same opponent, he scored both goals for Germany in a 2–1 victory. At that time he was the youngest player in the U16 national team. In order to protect Moukoko from too much media attention, BVB and the DFB decided not to continue using him in selected teams for the time being.[15]

Personal life

Family

In the first ten years of his life, Moukoko grew up with his grandparents in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. His father, who has lived in Hamburg as a German citizen since the 1990s, brought his son to Germany in the summer of 2014. Youssoufa Moukoko has four siblings.[16] Youssoufa Moukoko's older brother Borel has been playing for Schwarz-Weiß Essen since 2019.

Sponsorship

Moukoko has had an advertising contract worth €10 million with the sporting goods manufacturer Nike since 2019.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 06 February 2021[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Dortmund 2020–21 Bundesliga 102001[lower-alpha 1]000112
Career total 102001000112
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

References
  1. "Youssoufa Moukoko" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Youssoufa Moukoko: Borussia Dortmund's star in the making | DW | 12 August 2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. Benjamaa, Mostafa (12 August 2019). "Youssoufa Moukoko Scores 6 Goals in BVB U19 Debut". Ultimate Borussia. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. Wöckener, Lutz (17 September 2019). "Debüt in der Youth League: Moukoko führt BVB zum Sieg über den FC Barcelona". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. UEFA.com. "Internazionale-Dortmund | UEFA Youth League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  6. Germany, RevierSport, Essen (26 December 2019). "BVB-Jahrhunderttalent Moukoko darf bei den Profis mittrainieren". Reviersport (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  7. Bourgeois, Blaise (9 June 2020). "Dortmund remaining cautious over Youssoufa Moukoko's development". OneFootball. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. Eckner, Constantin (20 November 2020). "Youssoufa Moukoko: Meet Borussia Dortmund's 16-year-old 'wunderkind'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  9. "Golden Boy Haaland gets four goals as five-star Dortmund crush Hertha and Moukoko creates history in Berlin". Bundesliga. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  10. "Viererpack in Berlin: Gegen Haaland ist kein Kraut gewachsen". kicker (in German). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  11. "Moukoko becomes UEFA Champions League's youngest player". UEFA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  12. "Pavlenkas Patzer beschert Terzic einen Einstand nach Maß" [Pavlenka's slip-up gives Terzić a perfect debut]. kicker (in German). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  13. "Youssoufa Moukoko becomes youngest ever Bundesliga scorer for Borussia Dortmund against Union Berlin". Bundesliga. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  14. "The top 10 youngest goalscorers in Bundesliga history". Bundesliga. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  15. "Nur zwei Spieler in DFB-Kadern". nachwuchs.bvb.de (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  16. Müller, Oliver (14 October 2017). "BVB: Die rätselhafte Spur des Wunderkindes Youssoufa Moukoko". DIE WELT. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  17. Sport1.de. "BVB: Youssoufa Moukoko bekommt Millionen-Vertrag mit Nike". Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  18. Youssoufa Moukoko at WorldFootball.net
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