Denis Zakaria
.png) Zakaria with Monaco in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1996[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[2] | ||
| 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) |
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*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
[change | change source]Club
[change | change source]- As of match played 13 September 2025[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Servette | 2014–15 | Swiss Challenge League | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | |||
| Young Boys | 2015–16 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 3[c] | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 7[d] | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | — | 67 | 2 | ||||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 4 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[e] | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[f] | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 125 | 11 | 10 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | — | 146 | 11 | ||||
| Juventus | 2021–22 | Serie A | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Chelsea (loan) | 2022–23 | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[f] | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| Monaco | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 7[f] | 1 | 1[g] | 0 | 34 | 7 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 55 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 253 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 310 | 28 | ||
- ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, Coupe de France
- ↑ Includes EFL Cup
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
International
[change | change source]- As of match played 8 September 2025[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zakaria goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2018 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | 13 |  Iceland | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A | [5] |
| 2 | 23 March 2019 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | 19 |  Georgia | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification | [6] |
| 3 | 8 September 2019 | Stade Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland | 24 |  Gibraltar | 1–0 | 4–0 | [7] |
Honours
[change | change source]Juventus
- Coppa Italia runner-up: 2021–22
Individual
- Swiss Super League Young Player of the Year: 2016–17
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2016–17[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 "Denis Zakaria" (in German). Borussia Mönchengladbach. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ "Denis Zakaria". SofaScore. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ "Denis Zakaria". EU-Football.info. 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "Switzerland-Iceland - UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ↑ "Georgia-Switzerland - European Qualifiers". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ↑ "Switzerland-Gibraltar - European Qualifiers". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ↑ "SAFP Golden 11 2016". Golden11. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Denis Zakaria – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Denis Zakaria – UEFA competition record (archive)
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