Chadrac Akolo
{{short description|Congolese footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Chadrac Akolo
| full_name = Chadrac Akolo Ababa
| image = Chadrac akolo.jpg
| caption = Akolo training with VfB Stuttgart in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|4|1}}
| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire
| currentclub = St. Gallen
| clubnumber = 10
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 2014–2017
| clubs1 = Sion
| caps1 = 58
| goals1 = 18
| years2 = 2016
| clubs2 = → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan)
| caps2 = 16
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 2017–2019
| clubs3 = VfB Stuttgart
| caps3 = 38
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2019–2022
| clubs4 = Amiens
| caps4 = 61
| goals4 = 10
| years5 = 2021
| clubs5 = → SC Paderborn (loan)
| caps5 = 8
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2022–
| clubs6 = St. Gallen
| caps6 = 85
| goals6 = 26
| nationalyears1 = 2017–
| nationalteam1 = DR Congo
| nationalcaps1 = 15
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| club-update = 29 December 2024
| nationalteam-update = 17:37, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
}}
Chadrac Akolo Ababa (born 1 April 1995) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen and the DR Congo national team.{{WorldFootball.net|chadrac-akolo}}
Early life and childhood
Born in the DR Congo, Akolo left the country with his family due to the political upheaval there and journeyed across the Mediterranean, arriving in Switzerland at age 14.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/chadrac-akolo-s-heroic-path-from-refugee-to-stuttgart-wolfsburg-459228.jsp|title = Chadrac Akolo's heroic path from refugee to Stuttgart and Bundesliga star}} It was there he caught the eye of FC Sion of the Swiss Super League.
Club career
On 1 February 2016, Kinshasa-born Akolo joined Neuchâtel Xamax on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.{{cite web|title=Chadrac Akolo est prêté à Xamax pour le deuxième tour|url=http://footvaud.ch/chadrac-akolo-est-prete-a-xamax-pour-le-deuxieme-tour/|publisher=Footvaud|access-date=28 August 2016|language=fr-FR|date=1 February 2016|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001655/https://www.footvaud.ch/chadrac-akolo-est-prete-a-xamax-pour-le-deuxieme-tour/|url-status=dead}}
On 9 July 2017, Akolo signed a four-year deal with VfB Stuttgart.{{cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/professionals/2017/chadrac-akolo-verpflichtung-/|title=VfB sign Chadrac Akolo|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=9 July 2017|access-date=9 July 2017}}
In July 2019, he moved to Amiens SC.{{cite web|url=https://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/professionals/2019/abgang-chadrac-akolo/|title=Chadrac Akolo departs for SC Amiens|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=30 July 2019|access-date=30 July 2019}}
He joined SC Paderborn on loan until the end of the season in February 2021.{{Cite web |date=2 February 2021 |title=Paderborn verpflichtet Ex-Stuttgarter Akolo |url=https://www.kicker.de/paderborn-verpflichtet-ex-stuttgarter-akolo-796331/artikel |access-date=2 February 2021 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}
On 3 July 2022, Akolo moved to St. Gallen in Switzerland on a two-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=St. Gallen|url=https://www.fcsg.ch/home/redaktionsbaum/1--mannschaft/20220703-fcsg-verpflichtet-chadrac-akolo/|title=FCSG verpflichtet Chadrac Akolo|date=3 July 2022|access-date=11 July 2022|language=de}}
International career
Akolo made his debut for the DR Congo national team in a 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Tunisia on 5 September 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367103/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819084116/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367103/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2016|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Congo DR-Tunisia |last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 20 January 2024}}{{Soccerway|chadrac-akolo/338115}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" width=67%
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}} !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Amiens
|15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| 2020–21
|Ligue 2 |13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22
|Ligue 2 |33 | 6 | 5 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | 38 | 10 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!61 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 14 | |
| Paderborn (loan)
|8 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|St. Gallen
|32 | 7 | 3 | 5 | colspan="2"|– | 35 | 12 | ||
| 2023–24
|Swiss Super League |18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 19 | 9 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 15 | 4 | 6 | colspan="2"|– | 54 | 21 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!119 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 36 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akolo goal.{{NFT|68821|accessdate=2 November 2019}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Chadrac Akolo | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 13 October 2019 | Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France | {{fb|CIV}} | align="center"|1–2 | align="center"|1–3 | Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | 7 October 2021 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo | {{fb|MAD}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Individual
- Swiss Cup top scorer: 2022–23 (shared) {{better source needed|date=September 2024}} {{cite web |url=https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2023/cp-4490/cr-0/tg-3823262/ |website=www.schweizercup.ch |title=Swiss Cup Games and Statistics |access-date=7 Sep 2024}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{soccerway|chadrac-akolo/338115}}
{{FC St. Gallen squad}}
{{DR Congo squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Swiss Super League top scorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akolo, Chadrac}}
Category:Footballers from Kinshasa
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
Category:Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
Category:SC Paderborn 07 players
Category:FC St. Gallen players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss Challenge League players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen
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