Breel Embolo

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Breel Embolo
Personal information
Full name:	Breel-Donald Embolo
Date of birth:	14 February 1997 (1997-02-14)
Place of birth:	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position:	Forward
Club information
Current club	Monaco
Number:	36
Youth clubs
2006–2008 2008–2010 2010–2014	Nordstern Old Boys Basel
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2014–2016 2016–2019 2019–2022 2022–	Basel Schalke 04 Borussia Mönchengladbach Monaco	061 0(21) 048 0(10) 088 0(22) 048 0(14)
National team
2012–2013 2014–2015 2014–2015 2015–	Switzerland U16 Switzerland U20 Switzerland U21 Switzerland	004 00(1) 005 00(0) 002 00(0) 073 0(15)

Breel Donald Embolo (born 14 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Switzerland national team.

Born in Cameroon, Embolo moved with his mother and siblings to France before finally settling in Switzerland. After working his way through their junior teams, Embolo made his professional debut for Basel in March 2014, and won the Swiss Super League in all three of his first seasons before moving to Germany after being signed by Schalke 04 for a reported fee of €20 million. Shortly after moving to the Bundesliga, he suffered an ankle injury that ruled him out for nearly a year. He later played for Borussia Mönchengladbach before moving to Ligue 1 to play for Monaco.

Embolo made his senior international debut in 2015, earning over 60 caps. He represented Switzerland at the UEFA European Championship in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022.

External links

• Breel Embolo profile at Soccerbase

Switzerland – UEFA Euro 2016 – Round of 16

1. Sommer 2. Lichtsteiner 3. Moubandje 4. Elvedi 5. Von Bergen 6. Lang 7. Embolo 8. Frei 9. Seferović 10. Xhaka 11. Behrami 12. Hitz 13. Rodríguez 14. Zakaria 15. Džemaili 16. Fernandes 17. Tarashaj 18. Mehmedi 19. Derdiyok 20. Djourou 21. Bürki 22. Schär 23. Shaqiri Manager:   Vladimir Petković

Switzerland – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Sommer 2. Lichtsteiner (c) 3. Moubandje 4. Elvedi 5. Akanji 6. Lang 7. Embolo 8. Freuler 9. Seferović 10. Xhaka 11. Behrami 12. Mvogo 13. Rodríguez 14. Zuber 15. Džemaili 16. Fernandes 17. Zakaria 18. Gavranović 19. Drmić 20. Djourou 21. Bürki 22. Schär 23. Shaqiri Manager:   Vladimir Petković

Switzerland – UEFA Euro 2020 – Quarter-finals

1. Mvogo 2. Omlin 3. Sommer 4. Akanji 5. Benito 6. Cömert 7. Elvedi 8. Lotomba 9. Mbabu 10. Omeragić 11. Rodríguez 12. Schär 13. Widmer 14. Fernandes 15. Freuler 16. Shaqiri 17. Sow 18. Xhaka (c) 19. Zakaria 20. Zuber 21. Embolo 22. Fassnacht 23. Gavranović 24. Mehmedi 25. Seferović 26. Vargas Manager:   Vladimir Petković

Switzerland – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Sommer 2. Fernandes 3. Widmer 4. Elvedi 5. Akanji 6. Zakaria 7. Embolo 8. Freuler 9. Seferovic 10. Xhaka (c) 11. Steffen 12. Omlin 13. Rodriguez 14. Aebischer 15. Sow 16. Fassnacht 17. Vargas 18. Cömert 19. Okafor 20. Frei 21. Kobel 22. Schär 23. Shaqiri 24. Köhn 25. Rieder 26. Jashari Manager:   Murat Yakin

Switzerland – UEFA Euro 2024 – Quarter-finals

1. Sommer 2. Stergiou 3. Widmer 4. Elvedi 5. Akanji 6. Zakaria 7. Embolo 8. Freuler 9. Okafor 10. Xhaka (c) 11. Steffen 12. Mvogo 13. Rodriguez 14. Zuber 15. Zesiger 16. Sierro 17. Vargas 18. Duah 19. Ndoye 20. Aebischer 21. Kobel 22. Schär 23. Shaqiri 24. Jashari 25. Amdouni 26. Rieder Manager:   Murat Yakin