Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 December 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Young Boys | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2013 | Athlétique-Régina FC | ||
2013–2018 | Olympique de Genève FC | ||
2018–2019 | Servette FC | ||
2019 | Meyrin FC | ||
2019–2020 | Servette FC | ||
2020–2022 | Meyrin FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 30 | (1) |
2023– | Young Boys | 15 | (0) |
2024 | →Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 17 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Switzerland U21 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:16, 25 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:46, 11 October 2024 (UTC) |
Zachary Athekame (born 13 December 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss club Young Boys.
Athekame is a youth product of the Swiss clubs Athlétique-Régina FC, Olympique de Genève FC, Servette FC and Meyrin FC. [1] He moved over to Neuchâtel Xamax in February 2022 and started playing the Swiss Challenge League, and signed his first professional contract with them on 12 December 2022. [2] On 30 December 2023, he signed a contract with Young Boys until 2028 and was loaned back to Neuchâtel Xamax for the second half of the 2023–24 season. [3]
Born in Switzerland, Athekame is of Nigerian descent. [4] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played for the Switzerland U21s in September 2023. [4]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Neuchâtel Xamax | 2022–23 | Swiss Challenge League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Swiss Challenge League | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
Total | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||
Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Challenge League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
Young Boys | 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 [b] | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
Career total | 62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 2 |
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