Denis Zakaria

Denis Zakaria
Zakaria with Monaco in 2025
Personal information
Full name Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado
Date of birth (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 6
Youth career
2004–2015 Servette
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Servette II 13 (1)
2014–2015 Servette 6 (2)
2015–2017 Young Boys 50 (2)
2017–2022 Borussia Mönchengladbach 125 (11)
2022–2023 Juventus 11 (1)
2022–2023 → Chelsea (loan) 7 (0)
2023– Monaco 55 (10)
International career‡
2014–2015 Switzerland U19 8 (2)
2015–2016 Switzerland U21 8 (0)
2016– Switzerland 61 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:01, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:32, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado (born 20 November 1996) is a Swiss football player. He plays as a defensive midfielder for Monaco and the Switzerland national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Servette 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League 6200———62
Young Boys 2015–16 Swiss Super League 27130—30—331
2016–17 Swiss Super League 23140—70—341
Total 50270—100—672
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2017–18 Bundesliga 30230———332
2018–19 Bundesliga 31410———324
2019–20 Bundesliga 23220—60—312
2020–21 Bundesliga 25120—50—321
2021–22 Bundesliga 16220———182
Total 12511100—110—14611
Juventus 2021–22 Serie A 9130—10—131
2022–23 Serie A 20————20
Total 11130—10—151
Chelsea (loan) 2022–23 Premier League 70101021—111
Monaco 2023–24 Ligue 1 25430———284
2024–25 Ligue 1 26600—7110347
2025–26 Ligue 1 4000—00—40
Total 551030—71106611
Career total 25326240103121031028
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  7. ↑ Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

As of match played 8 September 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201630
201760
201891
2019102
202000
2021120
202250
202370
202450
202540
Total613
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zakaria goal.
List of international goals scored by Denis Zakaria
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
18 September 2018Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland13 Iceland2–06–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A
223 March 2019Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia19 Georgia2–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
38 September 2019Stade Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland24 Gibraltar1–04–0

Honours

Juventus

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Denis Zakaria" (in German). Borussia Mönchengladbach. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Denis Zakaria". SofaScore. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Denis Zakaria". EU-Football.info. 25 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Switzerland-Iceland - UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Georgia-Switzerland - European Qualifiers". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Switzerland-Gibraltar - European Qualifiers". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "SAFP Golden 11 2016". Golden11. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

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