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Breel Embolo

Swiss footballer

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.

Breel Embolo
Personal information
Full name Breel Donald Embolo[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)[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)
* 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

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Club

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As of match played 3 June 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel 2013–14 Swiss Super League 7 1 0 0 4[b] 0 11 1
2014–15 27 10 5 6 8[c] 1 40 17
2015–16 27 10 1 0 12[d] 3 40 13
Total 61 21 6 6 24 4 91 31
Schalke 04 2016–17 Bundesliga 7 2 1 1 2[b] 0 10 3
2017–18 21 3 2 0 — 23 3
2018–19 20 5 3 0 5[c] 1 28 6
Total 48 10 6 1 7 1 61 12
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20 Bundesliga 28 8 1 0 5[b] 0 34 8
2020–21 31 5 3 0 7[c] 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[e] 2 42 14
Career total 229 65 18 9 53 8 300 82
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 6 December 2022[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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]
List of international goals scored by Breel Embolo
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

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Basel Youth

  • U16 Swiss Champion: 2011–12,[4][5]

Basel[6]

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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.
  2. ↑ Breel Embolo at Soccerway
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Breel Embolo". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ Breel Embolo at Soccerway
  7. ↑ 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)
  8. ↑ "Player of the year » Switzerland". World Football. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Gashi footballeur de l'année 2014". Le Matin (in French). 2015-02-02. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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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