Noah Okafor
_68.jpg) Noah Okafor in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noah Arinze Okafor | ||
| Date of birth | May 24, 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Binningen, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008-2009 | FC Arisdorf | ||
| 2009-2017 | FC Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017-2018 | FC Basel U21 | 15 | (2) |
| 2018-2020 | FC Basel | 39 | (3) |
| 2020- | FC Red Bull Salzburg | 50 | (18) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014-2015 | Switzerland U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016-2017 | Switzerland U17 | 7 | (3) |
| 2018 | Switzerland U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018-2019 | Switzerland U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2019- | Switzerland U21 | 8 | (4) |
| 2019- | Switzerland | 3 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 April 2022 | |||
Noah Arinze Okafor (born 24 May 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer. He plays as forward for Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg . [1]
Career[change | change source]
Okafor began his career with FC Arisdorf . 2009 he joined FC Basel where he played in 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. His first league goal he scored in the second round of the next season versus Neuchâtel Xamax.
In January 2020 he went to Austria and signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg till 2024.[2] He scored his first goal for Salzburg in round 24 versus Rapid Wien.[3]
National team[change | change source]
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.[4]
Honours[change | change source]
- Swiss Cup: 2019
- Austrian Champion: 2020, 2021, 2022
- Austrian Cup: 2020, 2021, 2022
References[change | change source]
