Noah Okafor

Noah Okafor

Okafor with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor
Date of birth	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth	Binningen, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward winger
Team information
Current team	Leeds United
Number	19
Youth career
2008–2009	FC Arisdorf
2009–2018	Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Basel	39	(3)
2020–2023	Red Bull Salzburg	71	(25)
2023–2025	AC Milan	39	(7)
2025	→ Napoli (loan)	4	(0)
2025–	Leeds United	27	(7)
International career‡
2014–2015	Switzerland U15	3	(0)
2016–2017	Switzerland U17	7	(3)
2017–2018	Switzerland U18	1	(0)
2018–2019	Switzerland U19	7	(1)
2019–	Switzerland	24	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:40, 04 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor (born 24 May 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Leeds United.

Career

Okafor began his career with FC Arisdorf. In 2009, he joined FC Basel, where he played on 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. He scored his first league goal in the second round of the next season against Neuchâtel Xamax.

In January 2020, he went to Austria and signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg till 2024. He scored his first goal for Salzburg in round 24 versus Rapid Wien. He moved to AC Milan in 2023. He left AC Milan in 2025 to join Leeds United.

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.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 28 March 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2019	1	0
	2021	2	1
	2022	9	1
	2023	2	0
Total		14	2

As of match played 2 June 2022

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
1	15 November 2021	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	Bulgaria	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	2 June 2022	Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–1	1–2	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Basel

• Swiss Cup: 2018–19

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21 , 2021-22, 2022-23
• Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

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