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.Sport.ch He scored his first goal for Salzburg in round 24 versus Rapid Wien.Okafor Torstatistik He moved to AC Milan in 2023.AC Milan Homepage 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.Kicker.de

 Career statistics 
Club

+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBasel U212017–18Swiss Promotion League131——1312018–1921——21Total152——152Basel2017–18Swiss Super League10——102018–1924331102842019–201402172233Total3935282527Red Bull Salzburg2019–20Austrian Bundesliga11331101542020–2118640702962021–22219528334142022–2321730833210Total712515324611034AC Milan2023–24Serie A920010102Career total1343220533818745

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSwitzerland201910202121202291202320Total142

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

+ List of international goals scored by Noah OkaforNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  15 November 2021  Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland   1–0 4–0  2022 FIFA World Cup qualification2  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

References

Category:2000 births
Category:Living people
Category:Swiss footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Association football forwards
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players
Category:People from Basel-Landschaft
Category:Austrian football champions