Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dan-Axel Zagadou [1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 June 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Créteil, France | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2011 | Créteil | ||
2011–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain B | 9 | (0) |
2017–2022 | Borussia Dortmund | 67 | (4) |
2018–2022 | Borussia Dortmund II | 4 | (0) |
2022– | VfB Stuttgart | 38 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | France U16 | 13 | (2) |
2015–2016 | France U17 | 10 | (0) |
2016–2017 | France U18 | 9 | (0) |
2017 | France U19 | 6 | (1) |
2018–2019 | France U20 | 7 | (2) |
2019 | France U21 | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:32, 6 January 2022 (UTC) |
Dan-Axel Zagadou (born 3 June 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. He has represented France from under-16 to under-21 levels.
Zagadou was born in Créteil, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, to Ivorian parents. [3] [4] He acquired French nationality on 8 July 2008, through the collective effect of his mother's naturalization. [5]
Zagadou began his career playing at junior level for hometown club US Créteil, before signing for Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 12 in 2011. He then spent the next five seasons developing in PSG's academy, before being assigned to the reserve squad in 2016, where he made 9 appearances in the CFA. [6]
On 5 June 2017, German club Borussia Dortmund announced the signing of Zagadou on a free transfer and a five-year contract. [7] On 28 October 2017, he scored his first goal for Dortmund in a 4–2 away loss against Hannover 96, where he also received his first red card in the 59th minute. [8]
On 12 May 2022, it was announced that Zagadou's contract would not be renewed and that he was to become a free agent. [9]
On 19 September 2022, Zagadou signed a four-year contract with VfB Stuttgart. [10]
Zagadou has represented France at U16, U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 levels.
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paris Saint-Germain B | 2016–17 | CFA | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Borussia Dortmund | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 16 | 1 |
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Total | 67 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 4 | ||
Borussia Dortmund II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 3. Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
VfB Stuttgart | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
Career total | 118 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 5 |
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