Joël Matip

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

### Club

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.

### International

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.

### 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Schalke 04 II|2009–10|Regionalliga West|3|1|—|—|—|—|3|1|||||
|2010–11|Regionalliga West|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0|||||||
|rowspan="8"|Schalke 04|2009–10|Bundesliga|20|3|2|0|—|—|—|22|3||||
|2010–11|Bundesliga|26|0|4|0|—|11|1|1|0|42|1||||
|2011–12|Bundesliga|30|3|3|1|—|13|1|1|0|47|5||||
|2012–13|Bundesliga|32|3|1|0|—|6|0|—|39|3|||||
|2013–14|Bundesliga|31|3|3|0|—|8|1|—|42|4|||||
|2014–15|Bundesliga|21|2|1|1|—|3|0|—|25|3|||||
|2015–16|Bundesliga|34|3|2|0|—|5|1|—|41|4|||||
|rowspan="9"|Liverpool|2016–17|Premier League|29|1|0|0|3|0|—|—|32|1|||
|2017–18|Premier League|25|1|2|0|0|0|8|0|—|35|1||||
|2018–19|Premier League|22|1|0|0|1|0|8|0|—|31|1||||
|2019–20|Premier League|9|1|1|0|0|0|1|0|2|1|13|2|||
|2020–21|Premier League|10|1|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|12|1|||
|2021–22|Premier League|31|3|1|0|4|0|7|0|—|43|3||||
|2022–23|Premier League|14|1|1|0|1|0|4|1|1|0|21|2|||
|2023–24|Premier League|10|0|0|0|1|0|3|0|—|14|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Cameroon|2010|6|0|
|2011|3|0|||
|2012|4|0|||
|2013|6|0|||
|2014|7|1|||
|2015|1|0|||

- _Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matip 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|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|23 June 2014|Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil|26||1–1|1–4|2014 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||

## Honours

**Schalke 04**
- DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
- DFL-Supercup: 2011

**Liverpool**
- Premier League: 2019–20
- FA Cup: 2021–22
- EFL Cup: 2021–22
- FA Community Shield: 2022
- UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2021–22
- UEFA Super Cup: 2019

**Individual**
- PFA Player of the Month: September 2019
- Premier League Player of the Month: February 2022
- CAF Team of the Year: 2019

## Other websites

- Joël Matip profile at the Liverpool F.C. website

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Joël Matip
- **image**: 2022-07-21 Fußball, Männer,Freundschaftsspiel, RB Leipzig - FC Liverpool 1DX 2092 by Stepro (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Matip warming up for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool in 2022
- **full name**: Job Joël André Matip
- **birth place**: Bochum, Germany
- **height**: 1.95 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1995–1997
- **youthclubs1**: SC Weitmar 45
- **youthyears2**: 1997–2000
- **youthclubs2**: VfL Bochum
- **youthyears3**: 2000–2009
- **youthclubs3**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **years1**: 2009–2011
- **clubs1**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04 II
- **caps1**: 4
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2009–2016
- **clubs2**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps2**: 194
- **goals2**: 17
- **years3**: 2016–2024
- **clubs3**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps3**: 150
- **goals3**: 9
- **nationalyears1**: 2010–2015
- **nationalteam1**: Cameroon national football team, Cameroon
- **nationalcaps1**: 27
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **club-update**: 15:44, 3 December 2023 (UTC)