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Full name | Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 27 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Évreux, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Vaillante S. Angers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | FC De Prey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Évreux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Valenciennes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | FC Liefering | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Red Bull Salzburg | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | RB Leipzig | 112 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Bayern Munich | 98 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | France U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | France U17 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | France U18 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | France U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | France U21 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | France | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:27, 18 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:57, 14 November 2024 (UTC) |
Dayotchanculle "Dayot" Oswald Upamecano (born 27 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the France national team.
Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano [2] was born on 27 October 1998 [3] in Évreux, Normandy [4] and is of Bissau-Guinean descent. [5] He was raised in La Madeleine, a neighbourhood with many African immigrants. [6] [7] He was named after his great-grandfather, who was king of the village on the island of Jeta in Guinea-Bissau, where his parents are from. [8] His mother is Senegalese. [9] He is the first son after four daughters, and has one younger brother. [7] He acquired French nationality on 19 November 2002, through the collective effect of his mother's naturalization. [10] As a 15-year-old, he followed speech therapy sessions to overcome dyslexia and stuttering disorders, which caused shyness and certain difficulties in expressing himself. [8]
Upamecano began playing football with local club Évreux, alongside the likes of Ousmane Dembélé, Rafik Guitane and Samuel Grandsir. [7] He covered a variety of positions in his youth, before being fixed on the centre-back position. [7] He joined the youth academy of Valenciennes in 2013. [11] Described during the time as a youth in an adult body, Upamecano shaped his play after Sergio Ramos, and developed into a physically imposing defender. [7]
After attracting the attention of a number of major European clubs, including Manchester United, Upamecano joined Red Bull Salzburg in July 2015 for a reported fee of €2.2 million. [12] He was an unused substitute in Red Bull's UEFA Champions League game against Malmö FF on 29 July 2015. [13] He made his professional debut for Red Bull's farm team, FC Liefering, two days later, in a 2–1 league win against St. Pölten. [14] On 19 March 2016, he made his league debut with Red Bull Salzburg in a 2–1 win over SV Mattersburg. [15]
In the first half of the 2016–17 season, Upamecano earned a regular place with the first team in both league and Europa League matches. [16]
On 13 January 2017, Upamecano joined RB Leipzig on a 4+1⁄2-year deal, for a reported €10 million fee. [17] On 4 February 2017, he made his Bundesliga debut under coach Ralph Hasenhüttl in a 1–0 defeat against Borussia Dortmund. [11] On 13 September 2017, he made his Champions League debut in a 1–1 draw against Monaco. [18] On 9 February 2018, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 win over Augsburg. [19] On 2 July 2018, he was shortlisted for the 2018 Golden Boy award. [20]
On 31 July 2020, Upamecano signed a new deal until 2023. [21] In the 2019–20 season, he reached with RB Leipzig the Champions League semi-finals under coach Julian Nagelsmann. [22]
On 14 February 2021, Bayern Munich announced an agreement for the signing of Upamecano on a five-year deal, to be effective as of 1 July 2021. [23] The club reportedly met his release clause from Leipzig, set at €42.5 million. [24] [25] Upamecano's first game as a Bayern player came in a pre-season friendly on 16 July 2021 against fellow Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln that saw Bayern lose 3–2 after fielding a side largely consisting of reserve and youth players. [26] [27]
He made his competitive debut on the opening day of the 2021–22 Bundesliga season, starting at centre-back alongside Niklas Süle in a 1–1 away draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach. [28] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg on 17 December, heading in a cross from Thomas Müller. [29]
During the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, Bayern defeated Upamecano's France compatriot Kylian Mbappé's Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16, [30] only for them to be eliminated by a 4–1 defeat on aggregate to Manchester City in the quarter-finals, in which Upamecano's performances were heavily criticised. [31]
On 4 November 2023, he scored his first goal of the 2023–24 season in the fourth minute of a 4–0 away win over Borussia Dortmund. [32] In February 2024, Upamecano was sent off twice in the span of four days: on 14 February, he received his first straight red card in the Champions League during the round of 16 first leg away match against Lazio, which resulted in a penalty kick and a 1–0 defeat; [33] on 18 February, he received two yellow cards and again conceded a penalty in a 3–2 loss to Bochum in the Bundesliga. [34]
Upamecano played for the France under-16 team that finished third in the 2014 Aegean Cup. [35] He played in three of his country's four games and was named the competition's best defender. [36] [37] He subsequently moved up to the France under-17 squad, making his debut in a European Championship qualifier against Cyprus on 27 October 2014. [36] France won the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, with Upamecano playing in all six of his country's matches and being named in the team of the tournament. [38] [39] He debuted for France under-18 in a 0–0 friendly draw with United States under-18 on 4 September 2015. [40]
On 5 September 2020, Upamecano debuted for the French senior squad, starting in a UEFA Nations League group stage match against Sweden. [41] Three days later on 8 September, he scored his first international goal in a 4–2 victory against Croatia. [42]
Upamecano played a pivotal role in France's 2022 FIFA World Cup, starting five of France's seven matches.[ citation needed ] This included playing the entire 120 minutes in the final in an eventual 3–3 loss in penalties to Argentina. [43]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Liefering | 2015–16 | Austrian First League | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2015–16 | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 [b] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
RB Leipzig | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 [c] | 0 | — | 41 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 [d] | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 [e] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 [e] | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | ||
Total | 112 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 0 | — | 154 | 4 | |||
Bayern Munich | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 [e] | 0 | 1 [f] | 0 | 38 | 1 |
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 [e] | 0 | 1 [f] | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 [e] | 0 | 1 [f] | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 [e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
Total | 98 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 5 | ||
Career total | 244 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 332 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2020 | 3 | 1 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
2023 | 5 | 1 | |
2024 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 28 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 September 2020 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 2 | Croatia | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A |
2 | 24 March 2023 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 13 | Netherlands | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
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