Breel Embolo

**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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Basel|2013–14|Swiss Super League|7|1|0|0|4|0|—|11|1||
|2014–15|Swiss Super League|27|10|5|6|8|1|—|40|17||||
|2015–16|Swiss Super League|27|10|1|0|12|3|—|40|13||||
|rowspan="4"|Schalke 04|2016–17|Bundesliga|7|2|1|1|2|0|—|10|3||
|2017–18|Bundesliga|21|3|2|0|—|—|23|3|||||
|2018–19|Bundesliga|20|5|3|0|5|1|—|28|6||||
|rowspan="4"|Borussia Mönchengladbach|2019–20|Bundesliga|28|8|1|0|5|0|—|34|8||
|2020–21|Bundesliga|31|5|3|0|7|1|—|41|6||||
|2021–22|Bundesliga|29|9|2|2|—|—|31|11|||||
|rowspan="4"|Monaco|2022–23|Ligue 1|32|12|0|0|10|2|—|42|14||
|2023–24|Ligue 1|5|1|0|0|—|—|5|1|||||
|2024–25|Ligue 1|29|6|2|0|10|1|1|0|42|7|||
|Rennes|2025–26|Ligue 1|4|1|0|0|—|—|4|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Switzerland|2015|7|1|
|2016|10|1|||
|2017|4|0|||
|2018|9|1|||
|2019|6|1|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|10|4|||
|2022|13|5|||
|2023|0|0|||
|2024|10|2|||
|2025|7|6|||

- _Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Embolo goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|9 October 2015|AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland|6||6–0|7–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|||||||||
|2|6 September 2016|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|15||1–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|3|27 March 2018|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland|23||3–0|6–0|Friendly|||||||||
|4|26 March 2019|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|32||3–0|3–3|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||
|5|25 March 2021|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria|41||1–0|3–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|6|12 June 2021|Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan|43||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 2020|||||||||
|7|12 October 2021|LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania|50|rowspan="2"|align="center"|1–0|4–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|8|3–0|||||||||||||||
|9|26 March 2022|Wembley Stadium, London, England|51||1–0|1–2|Friendly|||||||||
|10|24 September 2022|La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain|57||2–1|2–1|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||
|11|27 September 2022|Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland|58||2–0|2–1|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||
|12|24 November 2022|Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar|60||1–0|1–0|2022 FIFA World Cup|||||||||
|13|2 December 2022|Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar|62||2–2|3–2|2022 FIFA World Cup|||||||||
|14|15 June 2024|RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany|64||3–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2024|||||||||
|15|6 July 2024|Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany|68||1–0|1–1||UEFA Euro 2024||||||||
|16|25 March 2025|Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland|75||2–0|3–1|Friendly|||||||||
|17|7 June 2025|Rice–Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, United States|76||1–0|4–2|Friendly|||||||||
|18|10 June 2025|Geodis Park, Nashville, United States|77||3–0|4–0|Friendly|||||||||
|19|5 September 2025|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|78|rowspan="2"|align="center"|2–0|4–0|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|20|4–0|||||||||||||||
|21|8 September 2025|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|79||2–0|3–0|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||

## Honours

**Basel**
- Swiss Super League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Swiss Cup runner-up: 2013–14, 2014–15

**Individual**
- FC Basel Young Player of the Year: 2013
- Swiss Footballer of the Year: 2015
- Swiss Cup top scorer: 2014–15
- Swiss Super League Young Player of the Year: 2014–15
- Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2015–16
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2015–16

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Breel Embolo
- **image**: Breel Embolo.jpg
- **full name**: Breel Donald Embolo
- **birth place**: Yaoundé, Cameroon
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Stade Rennais FC, Rennes
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthyears1**: 2006–2008
- **youthclubs1**: FC Nordstern Basel, Nordstern
- **youthyears2**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs2**: BSC Old Boys, Old Boys
- **youthyears3**: 2010–2014
- **youthclubs3**: FC Basel, Basel
- **years1**: 2014–2016
- **clubs1**: FC Basel, Basel
- **caps1**: 61
- **goals1**: 21
- **years2**: 2016–2019
- **clubs2**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps2**: 48
- **goals2**: 10
- **years3**: 2019–2022
- **clubs3**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps3**: 88
- **goals3**: 22
- **years4**: 2022–2025
- **clubs4**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **caps4**: 66
- **goals4**: 19
- **years5**: 2025–
- **clubs5**: Stade Rennais FC, Rennes
- **caps5**: 4
- **goals5**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2012
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland national under-16 football team, Switzerland U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2014–2015
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-20 football team, Switzerland U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2014–2015
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national under-21 football team, Switzerland U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2015–
- **nationalteam4**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps4**: 80
- **nationalgoals4**: 21
- **pcupdate**: 5 October 2025
- **ntupdate**: 10 October 2025