Akanji playing for Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Manuel Obafemi Akanji[1]
Date of birth
(1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth
Neftenbach, Switzerland
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)
Centre-back, full-back
Team information
Current team
Manchester City
Number
25
Youth career
2004–2007
FC Wiesendangen
2007–2013
FC Winterthur
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2013–2014
FC Winterthur II
18
(0)
2014–2015
FC Winterthur
35
(1)
2015–2016
FC Basel II
3
(0)
2015–2018
FC Basel
42
(5)
2018–2022
Borussia Dortmund
119
(4)
2022–
Manchester City
53
(2)
International career‡
2014
Switzerland U20
2
(0)
2014–2015
Switzerland U21
6
(0)
2017–
Switzerland
58
(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:41, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Manuel Obafemi Akanji (born 19 July 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Premier League club Manchester City and the Switzerland national team.
^"FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
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