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Breel Embolo

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Also known as Breel Donald Embolo

Swiss footballer

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Breel Donald Embolo is a Swiss and Cameroonian association football player born in Yaoundé in 1997. He plays as a forward, also referred to as a centre-forward, and wears the number 36 jersey. Embolo has represented Switzerland at various levels, including the under-16, under-20, and senior national teams. His club career includes stints with FC Basel and Rennes, and he has competed in the Bundesliga.

Embolo participated in major international tournaments such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. He began his professional work period in 2014. In addition to his athletic career, he speaks German.

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Key facts

2012
Switzerland U16
2015
Switzerland
2025
Rennes
Full name
Breel Donald Embolo
Date of birth
( 1997-02-14 ) 14 February 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth
Yaoundé , Cameroon
Height
1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position
Forward
Current team
Rennes
2006 2008
Nordstern
2008 2010
Old Boys
2010 2014
Basel
Years
Team
2014 2016
Basel
2016 2019
Schalke 04
2019 2022
Borussia Mönchengladbach
2022 2025
Monaco
2014 2015
Switzerland U20

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Rennes
Position
Centre-Forward
Nationality
Switzerland

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Cameroon
Place of birth
Yaoundé
Languages spoken
German
Participant in
2018 FIFA World Cup
Member of team
Stade Rennais F.C.
Position played
forward
Country for sport
Switzerland
Mass
71
Image
2022128160447 2022-05-08 Fussball Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Mönchengladbach - Sven - 1D X MK II - 1422 - B70I7533 (cropped).jpg
Height
185
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date of birth
1997-02-14
sport number
36
Commons category
Breel Embolo
start of work period
2014-00-00
birth name
Breel Donald Embolo
name in native language
Breel Embolo
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Encyclopedic overview

Breel Donald Embolo (born 14 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Switzerland national team.

Born in Cameroon, Embolo moved with his mother and siblings to France before finally settling in Switzerland. After working his way through their junior teams, Embolo made his professional debut for Basel in March 2014, and won the Swiss Super League in all three of his first seasons before moving to Germany after being signed by Schalke 04 for a reported fee of €20 million. Shortly after moving to the Bundesliga, he suffered an ankle injury that ruled him out for nearly a year. He later played for Borussia Mönchengladbach before moving to Ligue 1 to play for Monaco.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breel Embolo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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