Denis Zakaria

Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado (born 20 November 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.

Denis Zakaria
Personal information
Full name Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2015 Servette
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Servette 6 (2)
2015–2017 Young Boys 50 (2)
2017– Borussia Mönchengladbach 93 (9)
National team‡
2014–2015 Switzerland U19 8 (2)
2015–2016 Switzerland U21 8 (0)
2016– Switzerland 28 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:11, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:17, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Zakaria joined BSC Young Boys in June 2015 from Servette FC for an undisclosed fee signing a four-year contract.[3] He made his Swiss Super League debut on 18 July 2015 against FC Zürich in 1–1 away draw replacing Alexander Gerndt after 79 minutes.[4]

In June 2017, Zakaria signed a five-year contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach. He was transferred as a replacement for Mahmoud Dahoud who left the club for Borussia Dortmund. The transfer fee paid to Young Boys for Zakaria was reported as €10 million.[5]

International career

Zakaria played for various Swiss youth national teams.

He made his debut for the senior Switzerland national football team in a friendly 1–2 loss to Belgium on 28 May 2016.[6] He was part of the squad for the 2016 European Championships.[6]

He was included in the Switzerland national football team 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[7]

In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th. [8]

Personal life

Zakaria was born in Geneva, Switzerland to a South Sudanese mother and Congolese father.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 January 2021.[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Servette 2014–15 Challenge League 6200——62
Young Boys 2015–16 Super League 271303[lower-alpha 1]0—331
2016–17 231407[lower-alpha 2]0—341
Total 50170100—672
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2017–18 Bundesliga 30230——332
2018–19 31410——324
2019–20 232206[lower-alpha 3]0—312
2020–21 91003[lower-alpha 4]0—121
Total 9396090—1089
Career total 148131301900018113
  1. One appearances in UEFA Champions League play-off round, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League play-off round, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of 29 July 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201630
201760
201891
2019102
Total283
Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zakaria goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 8 September 2018Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland13 Iceland2–06–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A[12]
2 23 March 2019Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia19 Georgia2–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification[13]
3 8 September 2019Stade Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland24 Gibraltar1–04–0[14]

References
  1. "UEFA Nations League 2019: Booking List before League phase Matchday 5" (PDF). UEFA. 6 November 2018. p. 2. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 June 2018. p. 30.
  3. "U19-Nationalspieler Zakaria zu den Young Boys". Berner Zeitung (in German). 26 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. "FC Zürich vs. BSC Young Boys - 18 July 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. "Bis 2022: Zakaria unterschreibt in Gladbach". kicker Online (in German). 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. "Switzerland include three teenagers in final squad for Euro 2016". ESPN FC. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/sports/dcunited/switzerland-opts-for-experience-in-world-cup-squad/2018/06/04/86572ee2-680a-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html
  8. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48191915
  9. Wuillemin, Dominic (3 October 2015). "Zackig". Berner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  10. "Denis Zakaria". SofaScore. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  11. "Denis Zakaria". European Football. 25 June 2018.
  12. "Switzerland-Iceland - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. "Georgia-Switzerland - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  14. "Switzerland-Gibraltar - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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