Dayot Upamecano

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Dayot Upamecano
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Upamecano with Bayern Munich in 2022
Personal information
Full name Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano
Date of birth (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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
Men's football
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2022
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2021
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2015
*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.

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Early life and career

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]

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Upamecano with Red Bull Salzburg in 2016 OFB-Cup Halbfinale FC RB Salzburg gegen FK Austria Wien 04.JPG
Upamecano with Red Bull Salzburg in 2016

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]

RB Leipzig

Upamecano with RB Leipzig in 2020 2020-03-10 Fussball, Manner, UEFA Champions League Achtelfinale, RB Leipzig - Tottenham Hotspur 1DX 3676 by Stepro.jpg
Upamecano with RB Leipzig in 2020

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]

Bayern Munich

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 January 2025 [44]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Liefering 2015–16 Austrian First League 160———160
Red Bull Salzburg 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 200000—20
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga150105 [b] 0—210
Total1701050—230
RB Leipzig 2016–17 Bundesliga 12000——120
2017–18 Bundesliga2832011 [c] 0—413
2018–19 Bundesliga150304 [d] 0—220
2019–20 Bundesliga280208 [e] 0—380
2020–21 Bundesliga291507 [e] 0—411
Total1124120300—1544
Bayern Munich 2021–22 Bundesliga281108 [e] 01 [f] 0381
2022–23 Bundesliga2903110 [e] 01 [f] 0431
2023–24 Bundesliga261007 [e] 01 [f] 0341
2024–25 Bundesliga162207 [e] 000252
Total98461320301395
Career total2448191670303329
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. 1 2 3 Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 14 November 2024 [44]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202031
202130
202260
202351
2024110
Total282
As of match played 14 November 2024
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Upamecano goal. [44]
List of international goals scored by Dayot Upamecano
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 September 2020 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3–24–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
224 March 2023 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2–04–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Bayern Munich

France U17

France

Individual

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