Cameroonian defender Joel Matip

Joel Matip – Central defender most of his career spent in the German «Schalke». He was born in Germany, but nationality is Cameroonian and advocates for the appropriate team. Joel Matip recently moved to English «Liverpool», where he was invited Jurgen Klopp.

Early career

Joel Matip was born 8 August 1991 in Germany. In the three years it was recorded in a football Academy of the club «Weitmar 45”, where he played sports for four years, before the viewing was held in the biggest clubs of his home town – “Bochum”. The boy accepted, and the new place he held three years, and in 2000 appeared in Gelsenkirchen «Schalke», one of the strongest clubs in Germany. There Matip spent a long nine years, diligently practicing and playing for the youth teams of different age categories. In 2009, joël Matip came of age and «Schalke» signed him to a professional contract. Thus began the career of Cameroonians in Germany.

Game over «Schalke»

Joel Matip – a player who not once got a chance in the «Schalke». The first year he was periodically summoned to the Foundation of the club, playing just 24 matches and scoring three goals. But then it became apparent that Matip is a defender with a great future and amazing talent. So next season it has already taken place in the «Schalke». Over the next six years at the club he played 234 matches and scored twenty goals in 2011 and helped his team win the German Cup and then to win the German super Cup.

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Joel Matip whose picture was in all German sports magazines was not particularly known in other countries, this continued until, while in England started to work with Jurgen Klopp, the former coach of Dortmund «Borussia». He called Matipa in «Liverpool», «Schalke» do not want to let go of one of their leading players. For a long time there were negotiations about prolongation of the contract with the wage increases, however, the Cameroonian insisted. In the winter of 2016, when the end of the contract was six months, Joel signed a preliminary agreement with the «Liverpool», and in the summer became a full-fledged player of the English club.

Navigation «Liverpool»

Thus ended more than fifteen years the history of Matip and «Schalke», many players prefer to stay in their home club for a long time, and even his entire career, but he decided to make in my life diversity. In the end, he as a free agent was in «Liverpool», where he immediately got a place in the first team. To date, he has played for the club seven matches, each of them from whistle to whistle. The Cameroonian's contract with the English club for four years, but the defender is now just twenty-five years, so he is still quite a lot of time to achieve great success with «Liverpool».

Appearances in national team

For the national team of Cameroon Matip at the moment have played 23 matches, scoring one goal. He made his debut in March 2010 in a friendly game against Italy and, after four friendly matches Joel were in the squad for the world Cup 2010. He came in based on the first match against Japan, but was replaced at the 63rd minute. At the world championship 2014 it was also included in the application, missed the first game, Matip played the other two, scoring his only goal for the national team in gate of Brazilians. The last time he was called up to the Cameroon national team in September 2015 qualifying match against the national team of the Gambia, which the Cameroonians won with the score 1:0. Since then, the defender of the team did not fall. Every time he refuses to represent the country in the international arena, though the Cameroonian is the strongest player to date.