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.

Career
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.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSchalke 04 II2009–10Regionalliga West31————312010–11Regionalliga West10————10Total41————41Schalke 042009–10Bundesliga20320———2232010–11Bundesliga26040—111104212011–12Bundesliga30331—131104752012–13Bundesliga32310—60—3932013–14Bundesliga31330—81—4242014–15Bundesliga21211—30—2532015–16Bundesliga34320—51—414Total19417162—4642025823Liverpool2016–17Premier League2910030——3212017–18Premier League251200080—3512018–19Premier League221001080—3112019–20Premier League91100010211322020–21Premier League101000020001212021–22Premier League313104070—4332022–23Premier League141101041102122023–24Premier League100001030—140Total1509501003313120111Career total348272121007955146335

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsCameroon201060201130201240201360201471201510Total271

Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matip goal

+ List of international goals scored by Joël MatipNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition123 June 2014Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil261–11–42014 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

References

Other websites

Joël Matip profile at the Liverpool F.C. website

Category:1991 births
Category:Living people
Category:2010 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2014 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Cameroonian footballers
Category:German footballers
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Sportspeople from Bochum