Joël Matip

Joël Matip
	Matip with Liverpool in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Job Joël André Matip
Date of birth	8 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bochum, Germany
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Liverpool
Number	32
Youth career
1995–1997	SC Weitmar 45
1997–2000	VfL Bochum
2000–2009	Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Schalke 04 II
2009–2016	Schalke 04
2016–	Liverpool
National team
2010–2015	Cameroon
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:22, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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

Career[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

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.^[3]

International[change | change source]

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.^[4]