cameroonian football player

Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting ( german pronunciation : [ ɛˈʀɪk maksˈɪm ˈtʃʊ.pøː ˈmɔ.tɪŋ ] ; born 23 March 1989 ) is a professional football player who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Born in Germany, he represents the Cameroon national team. [ 5 ] Choupo-Moting began his career with Hamburger SV, making his Bundesliga debut in August 2007. He spent the 2009–10 season on loan at 1. FC Nürnberg and in August 2011 he joined 1. FSV Mainz 05. After three seasons with Mainz he moved on to Schalke 04 in August 2014. He became a regular for the Gelsenkirchen club, and made over 80 appearances, before joining Premier League english Stoke City in August 2017. Struggling for minutes in the EFL Championship with Stoke, he decided to move to Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain on a biennial deal in August 2018. After his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired, Choupo-Moting joined Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in October 2020 on release transfer.

Club career [edit ]

early on career [edit ]

Choupo-Moting was born in Hamburg to a german mother and a cameroonian father and began playing football at an early senesce. He played in the young person teams at Teutonia 05, Altona 93 and FC St. Pauli before joining Hamburger SV in 2004. He played semi-professional football with Hamburger SV II in the Regionalliga Nord before breaking into the first team in August 2007. [ 6 ]

Hamburger SV [edit ]

Choupo-Moting made his first appearance as a Hamburger SV player in a Bundesliga meet on 11 August 2007, being sent on as a stand-in in the 69th hour against Hannover 96. [ 3 ] Choupo-Moting struggled to establish himself in Martin Jol ‘s side and he spent the 2009–10 season on lend at 1. FC Nürnberg with whom he scored six goals in 27 appearances helping Nürnberg retain their Bundesliga status. [ 7 ] On his return to Hamburg, Choupo-Moting struggled to make much impact in 2010–11 and after scoring just two goals by January he was set for another loanword move this prison term to 1. FC Köln, however the move fell through after adjustment documents were faxed to the German Football Association excessively late. [ 8 ] After his bungled remove he spent the second one-half of the campaign with the reserves. [ 7 ]

Mainz 05 [edit ]

On 18 May 2011, Choupo-Moting signed a three-year sign with Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05 on a rid transfer from Hamburg. [ 9 ] Choupo-Moting enjoyed a successful 2011–12 season with the club, scoring ten times in the Bundesliga. [ 10 ] however, he missed most of the 2012–13 temper with a knee injury and was consequently ineffective to make an affect. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] He returned to form in 2013–14, scoring ten goals in 32 appearances helping Mainz fasten one-seventh position and qualification to the UEFA Europa League, however at the end of the campaign he decided not to renew his contract with the club. [ 7 ]

Schalke 04 [edit ]

On 5 July 2014, after Choupo-Moting ‘s abridge expired at Mainz, FC Schalke 04 confirmed he had signed a three-year professional contract with them until 30 June 2017. [ 13 ] The remove was reported as a loose transfer by Schalke ‘s mutant and communications coach Horst Heldt. [ 13 ] Choupo-Moting was assigned the squad count 13. [ 13 ] On 6 December 2014, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 home succeed over VfB Stuttgart. [ 14 ]

Stoke City [edit ]

On 7 August 2017, Choupo-Moting joined Premier League side Stoke City on a three-year contract. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] He made his debut for Stoke on 12 August 2017 against Everton. [ 17 ] Choupo-Moting scored both goals in a 2–2 draw against Manchester United on 9 September 2017 and was named man of the match by BBC Sport. [ 18 ] Against Everton, he came on as a utility, scored within five minutes of his arrival, but injured himself in the process and Stoke lost 2–1. [ 19 ] Choupo-Moting played 32 times in 2017–18, scoring five goals as Stoke suffered relegation to the EFL Championship. [ 20 ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

On 31 August 2018, Choupo-Moting joined Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer. [ 21 ] He made his debut for the club on 18 September 2018 in the 3–2 Champions League away defeat against Liverpool before scoring on his Ligue 1 debut against Rennes five days later. [ 22 ] On 7 April 2019, Choupo-Moting made a mistake in the Ligue 1 home match against Strasbourg ; when a injection from teammate Christopher Nkunku was about to cross the goal line, Choupo-Moting attempted to touch the ball with his left foundation across the goal line but rather unintentionally diverted the ball onto the about post and prevented a certain finish. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The BBC described it as “ one of the worst misses in the history of football ”. [ 23 ]

2019–20 season [edit ]

On 25 August 2019, Choupo-Moting came off the bench to replace the injured Edinson Cavani in the 16th hour and scored doubly in the second half of a 4–0 home succeed over Toulouse ; his inaugural goal was a superb alone goal scored after he beat four Toulouse defenders in the penalty area. [ 25 ] On 12 August 2020, Choupo-Moting scored in the third moment of blockage clock against Atalanta in the Champions League, completing a former turnaround for PSG and sending the team into the semi-finals of the rival for the first gear time in 25 years. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Later on, he came on as a substitute in the Champions League concluding, which ended in a 1–0 frustration for Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern Munich. [ 28 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

On 5 October 2020, Choupo-Moting joined Bayern Munich on a annual contract. [ 29 ] Choupo-Moting made his debut for Bayern in the first beat of the DFB-Pokal on 15 October and scored twice as the club defeated fifth division side 1. FC Düren by a mark of 3–0. [ 30 ] On 9 December, he scored his inaugural Champions League finish with Bayern Munich in a 2–0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow. [ 31 ] He scored his inaugural league finish on 25 February 2021, scoring the first goal in Bayern ‘s 5–1 victory over 1. FC Köln. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In April 2021, he scored in both Champions League quarter-final matches against his former club Paris Saint-Germain, including a 1–0 away win at Parc des Princes, so far his club lost on the off goals rule after a 3–3 string on aggregate. [ 34 ] In May 2021, he lifted his foremost Bundesliga style with Bayern. [ 35 ] [ 36 ]

2021–22 temper [edit ]

On 17 August 2021, he came on in the 88th minute for Robert Lewandowski during the 2021 DFL-Supercup, a 3–1 win over Borussia Dortmund to clinch the DFL-Supercup title. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] On 25 August 2021, he scored his first hat-trick at Bayern after scoring four goals in the baseball club ‘s first attack 12–0 winnings over Bremer SV in the DFB-Pokal. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] This made him the first base Bayern actor since March 2005 when Claudio Pizarrio scored four goals against SC Freiburg in the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal temper. He besides set up three other goals in the equal, making him the first ever Bayern player to be directly involved in seven goals in the DFB-Pokal since records began in the 2008–09 season. [ 42 ] [ 43 ]

International career [edit ]

Germany [edit ]

Choupo-Moting has a german pass and represented his country of give birth and his mother ‘s area Germany at the 2008 UEFA european Under-19 Championship qualification for the 2008 UEFA european Under-19 Championship and at the 2011 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification for the 2011 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 13 ]

cameroon [edit ]

On 11 May 2010, Choupo-Moting earned his first call-up for the Cameroon national team and represented Cameroon at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. [ 3 ] He was besides called up for Cameroon ‘s World Cup squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. [ 3 ] On 3 January 2017, he announced that he would not play in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [ 5 ]

Cameroon eligibility probe [edit ]

The tunisian Football Federation, which governs the Tunisia national team, had questioned FIFA on whether Choupo-Moting fulfilled nationality criteria to play for Cameroon. [ 44 ] “ With regards to the protest lodged by the Tunisian Football Federation in sexual intercourse to the eligibility of Choupo-Moting representing Cameroon, FIFA had communicated to the Tunisia Football Federation that no rupture of the FIFA regulations has been committed by the Cameroonian Football Federation, ” [ 44 ] a FIFA spokesman told BBC Sport. [ 44 ] Choupo-Moting play for both the Germany national young football teams and the Germany national under-21 team, including being born in Germany and growing up in Germany with german lineage, [ 45 ] but had his switch over of national allegiance approved by FIFA before representing Cameroon. [ 44 ] The tunisian Football Federation ‘s charge came during the 2014 FIFA World Cup reservation – CAF Third Round despite Choupo-Moting play at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. [ 44 ]

personal life [edit ]

Choupo-Moting was born in Altona, Hamburg, and he attended Gymnasium Altona. [ 2 ] He was born to a german mother and cameroonian beget. [ 45 ] Choupo-Moting has a german wife named Nevin. [ 46 ] They have one son, Liam, who was born on 17 October 2013. [ 46 ]

vogue of play [edit ]

Choupo-Moting is frequently stationed as a hitter or on the leave wing. [ 45 ] He is a compose finisher and possesses purposeful and mighty dribbling ability, comfortable on either left field or correct flanks or through the center of the pitch. [ 45 ] Choupo-Moting is known for high work pace, long footstep and knock-down, direct trickle ability. [ 45 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of 19 November 2021[47][48]

International [edit ]

As of 11 October 2021[47][49]
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon
2010 6 2
2011 7 2
2012 6 5
2013 3 0
2014 12 3
2015 7 0
2016 2 1
2017 2 0
2018 4 1
2019 6 1
2020 0 0
2021 5 2
Total 60 17

International goals [edit ]

As of match played 8 October 2021. Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Choupo-Moting goal.[47]

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Paris Saint-Germain
Bayern Munich

individual [edit ]

  • Fritz Walter Medal: U18 Silver Medal 2007[56]

References [edit ]