Joel Matip

Job Joel Andre Matip (born 8 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool.

Matip began his professional career with Schalke 04 in 2009, and was part of their teams that won the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in 2011. He totalled 258 competitive appearances and 23 goals before moving to Liverpool on a free transfer in 2016, where he won the UEFA Champions League in 2019, starting in the final. He also won the UEFA Super Cup in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020, Liverpool's first league title for 30 years.

Born and raised in Germany, he represented Cameroon at international level and played for them at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cups of 2010 and 2014 before announced international retirement in 2015.

Club Career

Early career

Matip began his career with SC Weitmar 45 before joining VfL Bochum in 1997. After three years in VfL Bochum's youth teams, Matip was scouted by Schalke 04 in July 2000.

Schalke 04

Matip made his debut on 17 October 2009 in a Regionalliga West match against 1. FC Saarbrucken. He made his Bundesliga debut for Schalke on 7 November 2009 against Bayern Munich, in which he scored the game-tying goal and was subsequently named man of the match.

On 2 March 2010, Matip signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Schalke 04.

In January 2012, Schalke announced that Matip signed a two-year contract extension running until June 2016.

On 23 February 2013, Matip scored both goals as Schalke recorded an important 2–1 victory over Fortuna Dusseldorf, securing the club's second win in 12 games.

Liverpool

2016–17 season

On 15 February 2016, Matip announced signing a four-year pre-contract agreement to join Liverpool on a free transfer, following the expiration of his contract with Schalke. He made his debut for Liverpool on 23 August 2016 against Burton Albion in t

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