Joël Matip

Joël Matip
Matip warming up for Liverpool in 2022
Personal information
Full name Job Joël André Matip
Date of birth (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 35)
Place of birth Bochum, Germany
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1995–1997 SC Weitmar 45
1997–2000 VfL Bochum
2000–2009 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Schalke 04 II 4 (1)
2009–2016 Schalke 04 194 (17)
2016–2024 Liverpool 150 (9)
International career
2010–2015 Cameroon 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:44, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Job Joël André Matip (born 8 August 1991) is a German-born professional footballer. Most recently he played for Premier League club Liverpool and the Cameroon national team. He plays as a centre back.

Career

Club

Matip was born in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. He started his professional career with Schalke 04 in 2009. He was part of the Schalke side that won the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in 2011. He made 258 competitive appearances and scored 23 goals for Schalke before moving to Liverpool on a free transfer in 2016. He won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool, playing the full 90 minutes in the final in 2019. In the same game, he also assisted Divock Origi's goal in the 87th minute that saw Liverpool defeat Tottenham Hotspur 2–0.

International

Matip was born and raised in Germany but chose to represent his father's birth country, Cameroon, at international level. He played for them at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cups of 2010 and 2014. He chose not to play for Cameroon at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Schalke 04 II 2009–10 Regionalliga West 31————31
2010–11 Regionalliga West 10————10
Total 41————41
Schalke 04 2009–10 Bundesliga 20320———223
2010–11 Bundesliga 26040—11110421
2011–12 Bundesliga 30331—13110475
2012–13 Bundesliga 32310—60—393
2013–14 Bundesliga 31330—81—424
2014–15 Bundesliga 21211—30—253
2015–16 Bundesliga 34320—51—414
Total 19417162—4642025823
Liverpool 2016–17 Premier League 2910030——321
2017–18 Premier League 251200080—351
2018–19 Premier League 221001080—311
2019–20 Premier League 9110001021132
2020–21 Premier League 10100002000121
2021–22 Premier League 313104070—433
2022–23 Premier League 14110104110212
2023–24 Premier League 100001030—140
Total 1509501003313120111
Career total 348272121007955146335
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ One appearance and one goal in FA Community Shield, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  7. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 201060
201130
201240
201360
201471
201510
Total271
Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matip goal
List of international goals scored by Joël Matip
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
123 June 2014Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil26 Brazil1–11–42014 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Schalke 04

Liverpool

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Joël Matip: Overview". ESPN. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Joël Matip: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: Liverpool's Joel Matip among seven to snub tournament". BBC Sport. 11 June 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "J. Matip: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Joel Matip in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  15. 1 2 Joël Matip at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ↑ "Cameroon vs. Brazil 1–4: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "DFB-Pokal 2010/11, Finale in Berlin: MSV Duisburg 0:5 FC Schalke 04: Aufstellung" [DFB-Pokal 2010/11, Final in Berlin: MSV Duisburg 0:5 FC Schalke 04: Lineup]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Supercup 2011, Finale: Borussia Dortmund 3:4 FC Schalke 04: Aufstellung" [Supercup 2011, Final: Borussia Dortmund 3:4 FC Schalke 04: Lineup]. Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  19. ↑ McNulty, Phil (14 May 2022). "Chelsea 0–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  20. ↑ McNulty, Phil (27 February 2022). "Chelsea 0–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  21. ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (30 July 2022). "Liverpool 3–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  22. ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  23. ↑ McNulty, Phil (28 May 2022). "Liverpool 0–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  24. ↑ Rose, Gary (14 August 2019). "Liverpool 2–2 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  25. ↑ Carroll, James (7 October 2019). "Joel Matip named PFA Player of the Month for September". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  26. ↑ "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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