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.

Joël Matip

Matip warming up for Liverpool in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Job Joël André Matip[1]
Date of birth	(1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth	Bochum, Germany
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1995–1997	SC Weitmar 45
1997–2000	VfL Bochum
2000–2009	Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Schalke 04 II	4	(1)
2009–2016	Schalke 04	194	(17)
2016–2024	Liverpool	150	(9)
National team
2010–2015	Cameroon	27	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:44, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 December 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Schalke 04 II	2009–10[6]	Regionalliga West	3	1	—		—		—		—		3	1
	2010–11[6]	Regionalliga West	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		4	1	—		—		—		—		4	1
Schalke 04	2009–10[6]	Bundesliga	20	3	2	0	—		—		—		22	3
	2010–11[6]	Bundesliga	26	0	4	0	—		11[c]	1	1[d]	0	42	1
	2011–12[6]	Bundesliga	30	3	3	1	—		13[e]	1	1[d]	0	47	5
	2012–13[6]	Bundesliga	32	3	1	0	—		6[c]	0	—		39	3
	2013–14[6]	Bundesliga	31	3	3	0	—		8[c]	1	—		42	4
	2014–15[6]	Bundesliga	21	2	1	1	—		3[c]	0	—		25	3
	2015–16[6]	Bundesliga	34	3	2	0	—		5[e]	1	—		41	4
	Total		194	17	16	2	—		46	4	2	0	258	23
Liverpool	2016–17[7]	Premier League	29	1	0	0	3	0	—		—		32	1
	2017–18[8]	Premier League	25	1	2	0	0	0	8[c]	0	—		35	1
	2018–19[9]	Premier League	22	1	0	0	1	0	8[c]	0	—		31	1
	2019–20[10]	Premier League	9	1	1	0	0	0	1[c]	0	2[f]	1	13	2
	2020–21[11]	Premier League	10	1	0	0	0	0	2[c]	0	0	0	12	1
	2021–22[12]	Premier League	31	3	1	0	4	0	7[c]	0	—		43	3
	2022–23[13]	Premier League	14	1	1	0	1	0	4[c]	1	1[g]	0	21	2
	2023–24[14]	Premier League	10	0	0	0	1	0	3[e]	0	—		14	0
	Total		150	9	5	0	10	0	33	1	3	1	201	11
Career total			348	27	21	2	10	0	79	5	5	1	463	35

1. Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. One appearance and one goal in FA Community Shield, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
7. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[15]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2010	6	0
	2011	3	0
	2012	4	0
	2013	6	0
	2014	7	1
	2015	1	0
Total		27	1

Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matip goal^[15]

List of international goals scored by Joël Matip

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	23 June 2014	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	26	Brazil	1–1	1–4	2014 FIFA World Cup	[16]

Honours

Schalke 04

• DFB-Pokal: 2010–11^[17]
• DFL-Supercup: 2011^[18]

Liverpool

• Premier League: 2019–20^[3]
• FA Cup: 2021–22^[19]
• EFL Cup: 2021–22^[20]
• FA Community Shield: 2022^[21]
• UEFA Champions League: 2018–19;^[22] runner-up: 2021–22^[23]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2019^[24]

Individual

• PFA Player of the Month: September 2019^[25]
• Premier League Player of the Month: February 2022^[3]
• CAF Team of the Year: 2019^[26]

References

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2. "Joël Matip: Overview". ESPN. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
3. "Joël Matip: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
4. McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
5. "Africa Cup of Nations: Liverpool's Joel Matip among seven to snub tournament". BBC Sport. 11 June 2019.
6. "J. Matip: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
7. "Games played by Joel Matip in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
8. "Games played by Joel Matip in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
9. "Games played by Joel Matip in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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11. "Games played by Joel Matip in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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13. "Games played by Joel Matip in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
14. "Games played by Joel Matip in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
15. Joël Matip at National-Football-Teams.com
16. "Cameroon vs. Brazil 1–4: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
17. "DFB-Pokal 2010/11, Finale in Berlin: MSV Duisburg 0:5 FC Schalke 04: Aufstellung" [DFB-Pokal 2010/11, Final in Berlin: MSV Duisburg 0:5 FC Schalke 04: Lineup]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
18. "Supercup 2011, Finale: Borussia Dortmund 3:4 FC Schalke 04: Aufstellung" [Supercup 2011, Final: Borussia Dortmund 3:4 FC Schalke 04: Lineup]. Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
19. McNulty, Phil (14 May 2022). "Chelsea 0–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
20. McNulty, Phil (27 February 2022). "Chelsea 0–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
21. Hafez, Shamoon (30 July 2022). "Liverpool 3–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
22. McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
23. McNulty, Phil (28 May 2022). "Liverpool 0–1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
24. Rose, Gary (14 August 2019). "Liverpool 2–2 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
25. Carroll, James (7 October 2019). "Joel Matip named PFA Player of the Month for September". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
26. "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". Confederation of African Football. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

Other websites

• Joël Matip profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
• Joël Matip at Soccerbase