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Youssoufa Moukoko
Age: 19 Club: Borussia DortmundPosition: ForwardCountry: Germany (two caps)
Key stats Even before he started breaking records in the Bundesliga, Moukoko was already considered a potential world champion. Born in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, Moukoko moved to Hamburg in 2014 at the age of 10 and wasted no time in demonstrating his goalscoring prowess. He scored 23 goals in just thirteen games with Die Kiezkicker’s youth teams, before Dortmund called him up.
Since then, Moukoko has been generating astronomical figures. He first played for BVB’s U17s at the age of 13, with the U19s at 14 and after a total of 127 goals in just 84 games in all BVB youth competitions, in January 2020 he was promoted to the first team formation.
To watch: Youssoufa Moukoko’s
It’s only a matter of time before Moukoko makes a splash on Germany’s most sensible flight and, a day after his 16th birthday, the pocket striker has become the league’s youngest debutant when he replaced Erling Haaland in Dortmund’s 5-2 win over Hertha Berlin. .
Less than a month later, he entered the history books as the Bundesliga’s youngest goalscorer with his goal against Union Berlin on Matchday 13 of the 2019/20 season, breaking the previous record of almost a year.
Becoming the youngest player in the Bundesliga to appear in the Klassiker’s, Revierderby squad, scoring a brace and scoring double goals are just a few of the other things you can add to your resume.
Moukoko’s defeat to Zenit St. Petersburg also made him the youngest player in the UEFA Champions League, at 16 years and 19 days, and he also remains the youngest player to have made 50 Bundesliga appearances, a record still today.
In the end, he finished his first half of the season with the team with 3 goals in 14 appearances. Despite his injuries, he still managed two goals and two assists in 16 top-flight games the following year.
He has therefore failed to make his way regularly into Dortmund’s starting eleven, but 17 goals in just 18 Bundesliga starts before he turns twenty is not a bad return. During the first part of the 2021/22 campaign, his six goals in 14 games were enough to convince then-German coach Hansi Flick to take him to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
It’s just a compliment for his form at international level, where he has scored six goals in five games for Stefan Kuntz’s side. He then made his senior deyetant in a World Cup warm-up against Oman, becoming the four-time world champion’s youngest deyetant since the late Uwe Seeler in 1954, and fourth overall. A week later, he made history by becoming the youngest German player to participate in a World Cup finals, at 18 years and 3 days, beating the record held by Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (19 years and two months, 1958). Worldwide). He has so far failed to complete his two international caps, but he has 12 goals in thirteen appearances for the U21s and still has plenty of time to be a mainstay for Germany.
See: All of Moukoko’s Bundesliga goals
Play a bit like: Sergio Agüero
When we talk about fast, agile and intelligent finishers who have the ability to contribute to the preseason game, a few names come to mind. One of them is none other than Sergio Agüero, a guy he scored before his premature retirement in 2021. While Moukoko’s debut in Dortmund at just 16 years old is truly mind-blowing, what is even more unexpected is that Agüero made his debut with Independiente at just 15 years old.
Although Agüero made his debut earlier, his first professional passes came at the same age of 16. The Argentine has Manchester City’s best scorer. Moukoko therefore has a long way to go to match the former Barcelona star’s achievements, but the raw skill is there. See: Moukoko remembers a record strike
Did?
Youssoufa is the only footballer in the family. His older brother, Borel, 24, is a left-back and recently played in Cameroon with Apejes FC.
“If the ability runs in the family, then he deserves an attractive footballer,” former coach Ralf vom Dorp told RevierSport in Essen.
It’s a challenge that Borel may accept: taking on a young Youssoufa while developing in Hamburg may not have been too easy an adventure. “He is the wonder everyone thinks he is,” the older brother explained with a smile.
what they say
“Youssoufa just plays really well. He’s fast and an intelligent finisher. “– former Germany coach Hansi Flick
“I think he’s a very smart talent, a promising talent. I think if you know that kid too, he’s a wonderful kid, very humble, he’s down to earth, which is the most vital thing for a young player. “- Jude Bellingham, former Dortmund teammate
“Youssoufa is doing exceptionally well. He has a lot of confidence in himself and has made considerable progress in his game. We are very happy that Youssoufa is not injured, that he is playing well, that he is scoring goals and that he is receiving assists. We will continue with him on this path. ” – former Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzić
“Moukoko is much bigger than me at his age. Never in my life have I seen a 15-year-old player so intelligent. The merit for him is that he was already playing for Dortmund when he was 15 years old. At his age, I’m still betting on my hometown of Bryne. – Erling Haaland, Moukoko’s former teammate at Dortmund
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