Yannick Kakoko
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yannick Kakoko | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Saarbrücken, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Arka Gdynia | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
ESV Saarbrücken | |||
–2004 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
2004 | FC Metz | ||
2004–2009 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | Bayern Munich II | 3 | (0) |
2009–2010 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 1 | (0) |
2009–2010 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | 31 | (14) |
2010–2011 | VfR Aalen | 5 | (0) |
2011 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden II | 13 | (2) |
2011–2012 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 8 | (1) |
2012–2013 | FC Homburg | 27 | (5) |
2013–2014 | FC Wohlen | 29 | (4) |
2014–2016 | Miedź Legnica | 40 | (3) |
2016- | Arka Gdynia | 13 | (2) |
National team | |||
2007 | Germany U-17 | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 July 2016. |
Yannick Kakoko (born 26 January 1990 in Saarbrücken) is a German footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Arka Gdynia.[1]
Career
Kakoko began his career with ESV Saarbrücken and later 1. FC Saarbrücken.[1] He left Saarbrücken in summer 2004, joining FC Metz, but returned to Germany after two years, joining FC Bayern Munich a youth contract. He made his debut in a 3. Liga match against VfR Aalen in March 2009, but had to be substituted due to injury.[2] He left Bayern Munich II in July 2009 and signed his first professional contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. After one year in the reserve team of Greuther Fürth, he signed a contract for VfR Aalen on 9 June 2010, but was released by the club six months later. He spent half a season playing for SV Wehen Wiesbaden II before joining SV Waldhof Mannheim in July 2011. A year later he signed for FC Homburg.
International career
He was member of the Germany U-17 at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.[3]
Personal life
Kakoko's father, Etepe, was also a footballer, representing Zaire (as the DR Congo was then known) at the 1974 World Cup. He also played for VfB Stuttgart, and later 1. FC Saarbrücken, whom Yannick represented as a youth.
References
- 1 2 "Kakoko, Yannick" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ↑ "Yannick Kakoko" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ↑ "Nationalspieler Yannick Kakoko" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
External links
- Yannick Kakoko profile at Fussballdaten
- Yannick Kakoko profile at 90minut