Zachary Athekame

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Zachary Athekame
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-12-13) 13 December 2004 (age 20)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Neuchâtel Xamax 30 (1)
2023– Young Boys 15 (0)
2024Neuchâtel 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.

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Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Neuchâtel Xamax 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League 120002 [a] 0140
2023–24Swiss Challenge League18110191
Total3011020331
Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 2023–24 Swiss Challenge League17100171
Young Boys 2024–25 Swiss Super League 150107 [b] 0230
Career total622207020732
Notes
  1. Appearances in Swiss Challenge League Promotion play-off
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

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References

  1. "Xamax: la trajectoire exemplaire de Zachary Athekame". ArcInfo .
  2. Grafener, Carim (23 December 2022). "littoralfoot.ch - Xamax offre un premier contrat pro à Zachary Athekame". littoralfoot.ch.
  3. Neuchâtel, www rtn ch, RTN, Radio Télévision (30 December 2023). "Zachary Athekame : de Xamax à YB". www.rtn.ch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. 1 2 Feller, Bastien (17 November 2023). "Zachary Athekame: "Il y a un poste à aller chercher"". Blick (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2024.