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Swiss footballer (born 2000)

Noah Okafor
Okafor with Red Bull Salzburg in 2020
Personal information
Full name Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor
Date of birth (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Binningen, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team Red Bull Salzburg
Number 77
Youth career
2008–2009 FC Arisdorf
2009–2017 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Basel 39 (3)
2020– Red Bull Salzburg 64 (25)
International career
2014–2015 Switzerland U15 3 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U17 7 (3)
2017–2018 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U19 7 (1)
2019– Switzerland 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:59, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor (born 24 May 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as striker for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

FC Basel

Okafor played his first youth football with local team FC Arisdorf. In 2009 he moved to the youth of FC Basel and continued through all the stages of their youth academy. He advanced to their first team during their 2018–19 season and on 31 January 2018, Okafor signed his first professional contract with his club under head coach Raphaël Wicky. He played his debut for their first team on 19 May 2018 in the home game against FC Luzern. The trainer substituted him in for the injured Mohamed Elyounoussi in the 34th minute and the game ended in a 2–2 draw. He scored his first goal for his club in the second round of the 2018–19 season on 28 July 2018 in the 1–1 away draw against Xamax.

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Okafor played in four cup games and scored a goal in the semi-final against Zürich.

Between the years 2017 and 2020 Okafor played a total of 72 games for Basel scoring a total of nine goals. 39 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, seven in the Swiss Cup, eight in the UEFA competitions (Champios League and Europa League) and 18 were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league, two in the cup, two in the European competitions and the other two were scored during the test games.

Red Bull Salzburg

On 31 January 2020, Okafor signed for Red Bull Salzburg.

On 8 December 2021, Okafor scored the only goal of the game as Salzburg defeated Sevilla in the final group stage match of the Champions League. The win meant Salzburg secured progression to the Round of 16 and became the first-ever Austrian club to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

International career

Okafor played various international games for the Swiss U-15 and U-17 teams. He played his first game for the U-18 team on 9 May 2018 in the 1–1 draw against the Italian U-18 team.

He made his debut for the senior national team debut on 9 June 2019 in the 2019 UEFA Nations League third place game against England, as an 113th-minute substitute for Haris Seferovic. Okafor scored his first international goal for Switzerland on 15 November 2021, in their World Cup qualifying game against Bulgaria, a win which secured automatic qualification for Switzerland to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Born in Binningen, Switzerland, Okafor is of Igbo descent. His father is from Nigeria and his mother is Swiss.

Okafor with RB Salzburg in 2021

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel U21 2017–18 Swiss Promotion League 13 1 13 1
2018–19 2 1 2 1
Total 15 2 15 2
Basel 2017–18 Swiss Super League 1 0 1 0
2018–19 24 3 3 1 1 0 28 4
2019–20 14 0 2 1 7 2 23 3
Total 39 3 5 2 8 2 52 7
Red Bull Salzburg 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 11 3 3 1 1 0 15 4
2020–21 18 6 4 0 7 0 29 6
2021–22 21 9 5 2 8 3 34 14
2022–23 14 7 2 0 6 3 22 10
Total 64 25 14 3 22 6 100 34
Career total 118 30 19 5 30 8 167 43
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 6 December 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2019 1 0
2021 2 1
2022 9 1
Total 12 2
As of match played 2 June 2022
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Okafor goal.
List of international goals scored by Noah Okafor
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2021 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland  Bulgaria 1–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2 June 2022 Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1–1 1–2 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Basel

Red Bull Salzburg

References

  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 28. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Noah Okafor". Red Bull Salzburg. Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  3. FC Basel 1893 (31 January 2018). "Der FCB verlängert mit Noah Okafor bis 2020". FCB extends contract with Noah Okafor until 2020 (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 May 2018). "FC Basel - FC Luzern 2:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (28 July 2018). "Kein Sieger zwischen Xamax und Basel". No winner between Xamax and Basel (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2020). "Noah Okafor - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Welcome to Salzburg Noah Okafor". redbulls (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  9. "Salzburg-Sevilla". UEFA. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. "Okafor strike sees Salzburg to historic win over Sevilla". Reuters. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  11. "Switzerland v England game report". UEFA. 9 June 2019.
  12. "Noah Okafor sends Switzerland into World Cup heaven". One Football. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  13. "Switzerland beat Bulgaria to snatch group c top spot from Italy to qualify automatically for World Cup". Eurosport. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  14. "Basel's Nigerian Midfielder Noah Okafor Notches Two Assists vs CSKA :: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
  15. ^ Noah Okafor at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

External links

FC Red Bull Salzburg – current squad
Switzerland squad2022 FIFA World Cup
Switzerland
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