Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Choupo-Moting with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting[1]
Date of birth	(1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Hamburg, West Germany[2]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3][4]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Bayern Munich
Number	13
Youth career
1995–2000	Teutonia 05
2000–2003	Altona 93
2003–2004	FC St. Pauli
2004–2007	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Hamburger SV II	31	(1)
2007–2011	Hamburger SV	23	(2)
2009–2010	→ FC Nürnberg (loan)	25	(5)
2011–2014	Mainz 05	74	(20)
2012–2013	Mainz 05 II	2	(0)
2014–2017	Schalke 04	82	(18)
2017–2018	Stoke City	30	(5)
2018–2020	Paris Saint-Germain	31	(6)
2020–	Bayern Munich	88	(19)
International career^‡
2007–2009	Germany U19	5	(4)
2009–2010	Germany U21	5	(4)
2010–	Cameroon	73	(20)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:27, 6 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:43, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (born 23 March 1989) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bayern Munich and the Cameroon national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 April 2024^[5][6]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamburger SV II	2006–07	Regionalliga Nord	12	1	—		—		—		—		12	1
	2007–08	Regionalliga Nord	8	0	—		—		—		—		8	0
	2008–09	Regionalliga Nord	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
	2009–10	Regionalliga Nord	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
	2010–11	Regionalliga Nord	7	0	—		—		—		—		7	0
	Total		31	1	—		—		—		—		31	1
Hamburger SV	2007–08	Bundesliga	13	0	3	1	—		6[c]	2	1[d]	0	23	3
	2008–09	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	2009–10	Bundesliga	0	0	1	0	—		1[e]	0	—		2	0
	2010–11	Bundesliga	10	2	2	0	—		—		—		12	2
	Total		23	2	6	1	—		7	2	1	0	37	5
1. FC Nürnberg (loan)	2009–10	Bundesliga	25	5	1	0	—		—		2[f]	1	28	6
Mainz 05	2011–12	Bundesliga	34	10	3	0	—		1[e]	0	—		38	10
	2012–13	Bundesliga	8	0	1	1	—		—		—		9	1
	2013–14	Bundesliga	32	10	2	1	—		—		—		34	11
	Total		74	20	6	2	—		1	0	—		81	22
1. FSV Mainz 05 II	2012–13	Regionalliga Südwest	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
Schalke 04	2014–15	Bundesliga	31	9	1	0	—		8[g]	1	—		40	10
	2015–16	Bundesliga	28	6	2	0	—		6[e]	3	—		36	9
	2016–17	Bundesliga	23	3	2	0	—		5[e]	0	—		30	3
	Total		82	18	5	0	—		19	4	—		106	22
Stoke City	2017–18	Premier League	30	5	1	0	1	0	—		—		32	5
Paris Saint-Germain	2018–19	Ligue 1	22	3	4	0	1	0	4[g]	0	0	0	31	3
	2019–20	Ligue 1	9	3	3	1	2	1	6[g]	1	0	0	20	6
	Total		31	6	7	1	3	1	10	1	0	0	51	9
Bayern Munich	2020–21	Bundesliga	22	3	1	2	—		7[g]	4	2[h]	0	32	9
	2021–22	Bundesliga	20	4	1	4	—		4[g]	1	1[i]	0	26	9
	2022–23	Bundesliga	19	10	4	3	—		7[g]	4	0	0	30	17
	2023–24	Bundesliga	23	2	2	1	—		4[g]	0	0	0	30	3
	Total		85	19	8	10	—		22	9	3	0	118	38
Career total			384	76	34	14	4	1	59	16	6	1	496	108

1. Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup, Coupe de France
2. Includes EFL Cup, Coupe de la Ligue
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in Bundesliga promotion play-offs
7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
8. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
9. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 12 September 2023^[5][7]

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	6	2
	2022	11	3
	2023	1	0
Total		73	20

As of match played 28 November 2022. Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Choupo-Moting goal.^[5]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 June 2010	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	2	Serbia	3–4	3–4	Friendly
2	4 September 2010	Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue, Mauritius	6	Mauritius	3–1	3–1	2012 African Cup of Nations qualification
3	3 September 2011	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	11		5–0	5–0
4	7 October 2011	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo	12	DR Congo	3–2	3–2
5	29 February 2012	Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	14	Guinea-Bissau	1–0	1–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6	26 May 2012	Stade Armand Micheletti, Amanvillers, France	15	Guinea	1–0	2–1	Friendly
7					2–1
8	2 June 2012	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	16	DR Congo	1–0	1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	10 June 2012	Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia	17	Libya	1–1	1–2
10	26 May 2014	Kufstein-Arena, Kufstein, Austria	24	Macedonia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
11	29 May 2014		25	Paraguay	1–2	1–2
12	1 June 2014	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	26	Germany	2–2	2–2
13	30 May 2016	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	42	France	2–2	2–3
14	12 October 2018	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	47	Malawi	1–0	1–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15	23 March 2019		50	Comoros	1–0	3–0
16	8 October 2021	Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon	59	Mozambique	1–0	3–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
17					2–0
18	29 March 2022	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	67	Algeria	1–0	2–1 (aet)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
19	18 November 2022	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	69	Panama	1–0	1–1	Friendly
20	28 November 2022	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar	71	Serbia	3–3	3–3	2022 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

• Ligue 1: 2018–19,^[8] 2019–20^[9]
• Coupe de France: 2019–20^[10]
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2019–20
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20^[11]

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2020–21,^[12] 2021–22, 2022–23^[13]
• DFL-Supercup: 2021, 2022^[14]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2020^[15]

Cameroon

• African Cup of Nations third place: 2021^[16]

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal U18 Silver: 2007^[17]

References

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