Chadrac Akolo

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Chadrac Akolo
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Akolo training with VfB Stuttgart in 2017
Personal information
Full name Chadrac Akolo Ababa
Date of birth (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 29)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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 48 (13)
International career‡
2017– DR Congo 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023
‡ 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]

Contents

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 football 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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Amiens 2019–20 Ligue 2 1520010162
2020–21 Ligue 213210–142
2021–22 Ligue 233654–3810
Total611064106814
Paderborn (loan) 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 81––81
St. Gallen 2022–23 Swiss Super League 32735–3512
2023–24 Swiss Super League18811–199
Total501546–5421
Career total1192610101013036

International

Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akolo goal. [1]
List of international goals scored by Chadrac Akolo
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 October 2019 Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, FranceFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–21–3 Friendly
27 October 2021 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR CongoFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–02–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chadrac Akolo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Chadrac Akolo at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 "Chadrac Akolo's heroic path from refugee to Stuttgart and Bundesliga star".
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "VfB sign Chadrac Akolo". VfB Stuttgart. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chadrac Akolo departs for SC Amiens". VfB Stuttgart. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Paderborn verpflichtet Ex-Stuttgarter Akolo". kicker (in German). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "FCSG verpflichtet Chadrac Akolo" (in German). St. Gallen. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ↑ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Congo DR-Tunisia". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Chadrac Akolo at Soccerway
  11. ↑ https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2023/cp-4490/cr-0/tg-3823262/


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