Manuel Akanji

**Manuel Obafemi Akanji** (; born 19 July 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for  club Inter Milan, on loan from  club Manchester City, and the Switzerland national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|FC Winterthur II|2013–14|1. Liga Classic|18|0|—|—|—|—|18|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|FC Winterthur|2013–14|Swiss Challenge League|2|0|0|0|—|—|—|2|0||||
|2014–15|Swiss Challenge League|33|1|2|0|—|—|—|35|1||||||
|rowspan="3"|FC Basel II|2015–16|Swiss Promotion League|3|0|—|—|—|—|3|0|||||
|2016–17|Swiss Promotion League|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0|||||||
|rowspan="4"|FC Basel|2015–16|Swiss Super League|8|0|3|0|—|1|0|—|12|0|||
|2016–17|Swiss Super League|15|4|3|1|—|0|0|—|18|5|||||
|2017–18|Swiss Super League|19|1|3|1|—|6|0|—|28|2|||||
|rowspan="6"|Borussia Dortmund|2017–18|Bundesliga|11|0|—|—|0|0|—|11|0||||
|2018–19|Bundesliga|25|1|1|0|—|5|0|—|31|1|||||
|2019–20|Bundesliga|29|0|3|0|—|6|0|1|0|39|0||||
|2020–21|Bundesliga|28|2|5|0|—|7|0|1|0|41|2||||
|2021–22|Bundesliga|26|1|3|0|—|6|0|1|0|36|1||||
|rowspan="4"|Manchester City|2022–23|Premier League|29|0|6|0|2|0|11|1|—|48|1||
|2023–24|Premier League|30|2|5|0|1|0|8|2|4|0|48|4|||
|2024–25|Premier League|26|0|2|0|0|0|8|0|4|0|40|0|||
|Inter Milan (loan)|2025–26|Serie A|4|0|0|0|—|2|0|0|0|6|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Switzerland|2017|4|0|
|2018|9|0|||
|2019|9|0|||
|2020|3|0|||
|2021|13|0|||
|2022|9|2|||
|2023|10|1|||
|2024|12|0|||
|2025|5|1|||

- _Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akanji goal_

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|24 September 2022|La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain||1–0|2–1|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A|
|2|6 December 2022|Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar||1–4|1–6|2022 FIFA World Cup|
|3|15 October 2023|Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland||2–3|3–3|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying|
|4|5 September 2025|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||1–0|4–0|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|

## Honours

**FC Basel**
- Swiss Super League: 2015–16, 2016–17
- Swiss Cup: 2016–17

**Borussia Dortmund**
- DFB-Pokal: 2020–21
- DFL-Supercup: 2019

**Manchester City**
- Premier League: 2022–23, 2023–24
- FA Cup: 2022–23; runner-up: 2023–24, 2024–25
- FA Community Shield: 2024
- UEFA Champions League: 2022–23
- UEFA Super Cup: 2023
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2023

**Individual**
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2017–18
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2024

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Manuel Akanji
- **image**: Ser-Swi (34) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Akanji playing for Switzerland national football team, Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **full name**: Manuel Obafemi Akanji
- **birth place**: Wiesendangen, Switzerland
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Inter Milan
(on loan from Manchester City F.C., Manchester City)
- **clubnumber**: 25
- **youthyears1**: 2004–2007
- **youthclubs1**: FC Wiesendangen
- **youthyears2**: 2007–2013
- **youthclubs2**: FC Winterthur
- **years1**: 2013–2014
- **clubs1**: FC Winterthur, FC Winterthur II
- **caps1**: 18
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2014–2015
- **clubs2**: FC Winterthur
- **caps2**: 35
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2015–2016
- **clubs3**: FC Basel, FC Basel II
- **caps3**: 4
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2015–2018
- **clubs4**: FC Basel
- **caps4**: 42
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2018–2022
- **clubs5**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps5**: 119
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2022–
- **clubs6**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps6**: 85
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2025–
- **clubs7**: → Inter Milan (loan)
- **caps7**: 4
- **goals7**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2014
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland national under-20 football team, Switzerland U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2014–2015
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-21 football team, Switzerland U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2017–
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps3**: 74
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **club-update**: 20:28, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:43, 10 October 2025 (UTC)