Joel Matip

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Place in overall rating 1326 of 12842

Place in club Liverpool 6 of 13

Place in country Cameroon 6 of 80

Place in category defender 368 of 3921

Place among defenders in club Liverpool 2 of 2

Place among defenders in country Cameroon 6 of 25

Personal info

Name: Joel Matip

Age: 32 years (8 August 1991)

Stature: 193 cm

Weight: 89 kg

Nationality:

Cameroon

Status

Role: defender / edit.

Club: Liverpool / edit.

Joel Matip. Biography

Joël Job Matip is a footballer of German-Cameroonian origin who plays for Schalke 04 and the Cameroon national team.

Matip’s career took off when he was three. He joined SC Weitmar 45 and played there before moving to the VfL Bochum academy. At the age of nine Joël was noticed by Schalke 04 and became a part of its youth team.

In 2009/2010 then head coach of the Gelsenkirchen side club Felix Magath offered Matip to join the main team and the footballer took part in his first serious match on 7 November 2009. His team confronted Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena and Joël made his début unforgettable by netting a surprise equalizer. One more achievement of the Cameroonian footballer is his amazing performance in the Champions League first quarter-final match against Milan side Internazionale, where he kicked the level in the 17th minute and helped his team to stroll to a 5-2 victory.

Matip could take part in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, but due to some reasons refused to join the Cameroon national team. However, later he represented his country in the 2010 World Cup in the SAR.