Job Joël André Matip 

(born 8 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-

back for Premier League club Liverpool.
Matip began his professional career with Schalke 04 in 2009, and was part of their teams that won
the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in 2011. He totalled 258 competitive appearances and 23 goals
before moving to Liverpool on a free transfer in 2016, where he won the UEFA Champions
League in 2019, starting in the final. He also won the UEFA Super Cup in 2019 and the Premier
League in 2020, Liverpool's first league title in thirty years.
Born and raised in Germany, Matip represented Cameroon at international level, playing for them at
the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cups of 2010 and 2014, before announcing his
international retirement in 2015.

Contents

 1Club career

o 1.1Early career

o 1.2Schalke 04

o 1.3Liverpool

 1.3.12016–17 season

 1.3.22017–18 season

 1.3.32018–19 season

 1.3.42019–20 season

 1.3.52020–21 season

 1.3.62021–22 season

 2International career

 3Personal life

 4Career statistics

o 4.1Club

o 4.2International

 5Honours

 6References
 7External links

Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Matip began his career with SC Weitmar 45 before joining VfL Bochum in 1997.[4] After three years in
VfL Bochum's youth teams, Matip was scouted by Schalke 04 in July 2000.[5]

Schalke 04[edit]
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Matip with Schalke 04 in 2010

Matip made his debut on 27 October 2009 in a Regionalliga West match against 1. FC Saarbrücken.
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 He made his Bundesliga debut for Schalke on 7 November 2009 against Bayern Munich, in which
he scored the game-tying goal and was subsequently named man of the match.[7][8] After his
successful introduction to the first team, Matip remained a regular starter for Schalke in defensive
midfield for the remainder of the 2009–10 season,[9] scoring two further goals against 1. FC
Köln[10] and Eintracht Frankfurt.[11]
On 2 March 2010, Matip signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Schalke 04.[12]
In the 2010–11 season, Matip made his UEFA Champions League debut as Schalke reached the
semi-finals of the competition for the first time in the club's history. On 5 April 2011, he scored his
first Champions League goal in Schalke's 5–2 quarter final win against title holders Inter
Milan at San Siro.[13]
On 21 May 2011, Matip appeared as a 72nd minute substitute in Schalke's 5–0 DFB-Pokal win
over MSV Duisburg at the Berlin Olympiastadion.[14]
In January 2012, Schalke announced that Matip signed a two-year contract extension running until
June 2016.[citation needed]
On 23 February 2013, Matip scored both goals as Schalke recorded an important 2–1 victory
over Fortuna Düsseldorf, securing the club's second win in 12 games.[15]