Chadrac Akolo
![]() Akolo training with VfB Stuttgart in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chadrac Akolo Ababa | ||
Date of birth | 1 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St. Gallen | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Sion | 58 | (18) |
2016 | → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 16 | (9) |
2017–2019 | VfB Stuttgart | 38 | (5) |
2019–2022 | Amiens | 61 | (10) |
2021 | → SC Paderborn (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2022– | St. Gallen | 69 | (21) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | DR Congo | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:37, 6 October 2021 (UTC) |
Chadrac Akolo Ababa (born 1 April 1995) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen and the DR Congo national team.[2]
Early life and childhood
Born in the DR Congo, Akolo left the country with his family due to the political upheaval there and journeyed across the Mediterranean, arriving in Switzerland at age 14.[3] It was there he caught the eye of FC Sion of the Swiss Super League.[3]
Club career
On 1 February 2016, Kinshasa-born Akolo joined Neuchâtel Xamax on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[4]
On 9 July 2017, Akolo signed a four-year deal with VfB Stuttgart.[5]
In July 2019, he moved to Amiens SC.[6]
He joined SC Paderborn on loan until the end of the season in February 2021.[7]
On 3 July 2022, Akolo moved to St. Gallen in Switzerland on a two-year contract.[8]
International career
Akolo made his debut for the DR Congo national team in a 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Tunisia on 5 September 2017.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 January 2024[10]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Amiens | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | 38 | 10 | ||
Total | 61 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 14 | ||
Paderborn (loan) | 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||
St. Gallen | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 32 | 7 | 3 | 5 | – | 35 | 12 | |
2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 19 | 9 | ||
Total | 50 | 15 | 4 | 6 | – | 54 | 21 | |||
Career total | 119 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 36 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
International
- Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akolo goal.[1]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 13 October 2019 | Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
2 | 7 October 2021 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Individual
References
- ^ a b "Chadrac Akolo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Chadrac Akolo at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Chadrac Akolo's heroic path from refugee to Stuttgart and Bundesliga star".
- ^ "Chadrac Akolo est prêté à Xamax pour le deuxième tour" (in French). Footvaud. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "VfB sign Chadrac Akolo". VfB Stuttgart. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Chadrac Akolo departs for SC Amiens". VfB Stuttgart. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Paderborn verpflichtet Ex-Stuttgarter Akolo". kicker (in German). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "FCSG verpflichtet Chadrac Akolo" (in German). St. Gallen. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Congo DR-Tunisia". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
- ^ Chadrac Akolo at Soccerway
- ^ https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2023/cp-4490/cr-0/tg-3823262/ [bare URL]
External links
- Chadrac Akolo at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kinshasa
- Men's association football midfielders
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
- FC Sion players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- Amiens SC players
- SC Paderborn 07 players
- FC St. Gallen players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Bundesliga players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France
- Democratic Republic of the Congo football biography stubs