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Breel Embolo

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Breel Embolo
Personal information
Full name Breel Donald Embolo[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Rennes
Number 7
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)
2022–2025 Monaco 66 (19)
2025– Rennes 4 (1)
International career‡
2012 Switzerland U16 4 (1)
2014–2015 Switzerland U20 5 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U21 2 (0)
2015– Switzerland 80 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2025

Breel Donald Embolo (born 14 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Switzerland national team.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 5 October 2025[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel 2013–14 Swiss Super League 71004[b]0—111
2014–15 Swiss Super League 2710568[c]1—4017
2015–16 Swiss Super League 27101012[d]3—4013
Total 612166244—9131
Schalke 04 2016–17 Bundesliga 72112[b]0—103
2017–18 Bundesliga 21320——233
2018–19 Bundesliga 205305[c]1—286
Total 48106171—6112
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20 Bundesliga 288105[b]0—348
2020–21 Bundesliga 315307[c]1—416
2021–22 Bundesliga 29922——3111
Total 882262121—10625
Monaco 2022–23 Ligue 1 32120010[e]2—4214
2023–24 Ligue 1 5100——51
2024–25 Ligue 1 2962010[c]11[f]0427
Total 661920203108922
Rennes 2025–26 Ligue 1 4100——41
Career total 267732096391035191
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 3 4 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
  6. ↑ Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

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As of match played 10 October 2025[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201571
2016101
201740
201891
201961
202040
2021104
2022135
202300
2024102
202576
Total8021
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Embolo goal.[4]
List of international goals scored by Breel Embolo
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
19 October 2015AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland6 San Marino6–07–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
26 September 2016St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland15 Portugal1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
327 March 2018Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland23 Panama3–06–0Friendly
426 March 2019St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland32 Denmark3–03–3UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
525 March 2021Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria41 Bulgaria1–03–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
612 June 2021Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan43 Wales1–01–1UEFA Euro 2020
712 October 2021LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania50 Lithuania1–04–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
83–0
926 March 2022Wembley Stadium, London, England51 England1–01–2Friendly
1024 September 2022La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain57 Spain2–12–12022–23 UEFA Nations League A
1127 September 2022Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland58 Czech Republic2–02–12022–23 UEFA Nations League A
1224 November 2022Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar60 Cameroon1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup
132 December 2022Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar62 Serbia2–23–22022 FIFA World Cup
1415 June 2024RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany64 Hungary3–13–1UEFA Euro 2024
156 July 2024Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany68 England1–01–1 (aet)
(3–5 p)		UEFA Euro 2024
1625 March 2025Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland75 Luxembourg2–03–1Friendly
177 June 2025Rice–Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, United States76 Mexico1–04–2Friendly
1810 June 2025Geodis Park, Nashville, United States77 United States3–04–0Friendly
195 September 2025St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland78 Kosovo2–04–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
204–0
218 September 2025St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland79 Slovenia2–03–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Basel[5]

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Breel Donald Embolo". bundesliga.com. DFL. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Breel Embolo at Soccerway
  4. 1 2 "Breel Embolo". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Breel Embolo at Soccerway
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ "Player of the year » Switzerland". World Football. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Gashi footballeur de l'année 2014". Le Matin (in French). 2 February 2015. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Das ist der neue Meisterpokal der Super League – Embolo und GC räumen bei SFL Award Night ab". Watson (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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