Noah Okafor

**Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor** (born 24 May 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Leeds United.

## Career

Okafor began his career with FC Arisdorf. In 2009, he joined FC Basel, where he played on 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. He scored his first league goal  in the second round of the next season against Neuchâtel Xamax.

In January 2020, he went to Austria and signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg till 2024. He scored his first goal for Salzburg in round 24 versus Rapid Wien. He moved to AC Milan in 2023. He left AC Milan in 2025 to join Leeds United.

## National team

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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Basel U21|2017–18|rowspan="2"|Swiss Promotion League|13|1|—|—|13|1|||
|2018–19|2|1|—|—|2|1|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Basel|2017–18|rowspan="3"|Swiss Super League|1|0|—|—|1|0|||
|2018–19|24|3|3|1|1|0|28|4|||||
|2019–20|14|0|2|1|7|2|23|3|||||
|rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg|2019–20|rowspan="4"|Austrian Bundesliga|11|3|3|1|1|0|15|4|
|2020–21|18|6|4|0|7|0|29|6|||||
|2021–22|21|9|5|2|8|3|34|14|||||
|2022–23|21|7|3|0|8|3|32|10|||||
|AC Milan|2023–24|Serie A|9|2|0|0|1|0|10|2|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Switzerland|2019|1|0|
|2021|2|1|||
|2022|9|1|||
|2023|2|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|15 November 2021|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland||1–0|4–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|2 June 2022|Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic||1–1|1–2|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A||||||||

## Honours

**Basel**
- Swiss Cup: 2018–19

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21,  2021-22,  2022-23
- Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Noah Okafor
- **image**: FC RB Salzburg gegen FK Austria Wien (2022-04-24) 68.jpg
- **caption**: Okafor with FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
- **full name**: Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor
- **birth place**: Binningen, Switzerland, Binningen, Switzerland
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **currentclub**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **clubnumber**: 19
- **youthyears1**: 2008–2009
- **youthclubs1**: FC Arisdorf
- **youthyears2**: 2009–2018
- **youthclubs2**: FC Basel, Basel
- **years1**: 2018–2020
- **clubs1**: FC Basel, Basel
- **caps1**: 39
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 2020–2023
- **clubs2**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps2**: 71
- **goals2**: 25
- **years3**: 2023–2025
- **clubs3**: AC Milan
- **caps3**: 39
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2025
- **clubs4**: → SSC Napoli, Napoli (loan)
- **caps4**: 4
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2025–
- **clubs5**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **caps5**: 5
- **goals5**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2014–2015
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2016–2017
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-17 football team, Switzerland U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2017–2018
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national under-18 football team, Switzerland U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2018–2019
- **nationalteam4**: Switzerland national under-19 football team, Switzerland U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 7
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **nationalyears5**: 2019–
- **nationalteam5**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps5**: 24
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **club-update**: 20:40, 04 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)