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Joël Matip
b. 1991
Cameroonian-German association football player (born 1991)
- Born
- 8 Aug 1991 · Bochum
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 8 Aug 1991BornBorn in Bochum
- 2009 – 2016TeamSchalke 04
- 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2010 – 2015TeamCameroon men's national football team
- 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
- 2016 – 2024TeamLiverpool F.C.
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1991 – today).
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Joël André Matip Job (born 8 August 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
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 2019 UEFA Super Cup and the 2019–20 Premier League.
Born and raised in Germany, Matip represented Cameroon at international level. He played for them at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cups of 2010 and 2014, before announcing his international retirement in 2015.
Text from the Wikipedia article Joël Matip, CC BY-SA 4.0
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