Aurélien Joachim

Aurélien Joachim
Personal information
Full name	Aurélien Joachim
Date of birth	10 August 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Luxembourg
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Lierse
Number	13
Youth career
	Rossignol
	Lorrain Arlon
	Virton
	Mouscron
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	R.E. Virton
2006	VfL Bochum II
2007	Alemannia Aachen II
2008–2011	FC Differdange 03
2011–2013	F91 Dudelange
2012–2013	→ Willem II (loan)
2013–2014	RKC Waalwijk
2014–2015	CSKA Sofia
2015–2016	Burton Albion
2016	White Star Bruxelles
2016–	Lierse
International career‡
2005–	Luxembourg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:37, 11 October 2016 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2016

Aurélien Joachim (born 10 August 1986) is a Luxembourgian professional footballer, who plays in the Belgian First Division B for Lierse S.K. and the Luxembourg national football team as a striker. He is the younger brother of former cyclist Benoît Joachim.

Club career

Joachim spent his time in the youth teams of Belgian clubs Virton and Mouscron, before making his senior debut for Virton in the 2004–2005 season. He then played for the reserve teams of German Bundesliga sides VfL Bochum and Alemannia Aachen before making his debut in the Luxembourg National Division in the second half of the 2007–2008 season.

Joachim was transferred to F91 Dudelange in May 2011. He has been a key figure in Dudelange's Champions League run in 2012–13, scoring 4 goals over 2 legs against SP Tre Penne of San Marino,^[1] and scoring in each leg of Dudelange's famous 4–4 aggregate draw with Red Bull Salzburg,^[2] helping his side through via the away goals rule to face NK Maribor in the third qualifying round, the furthest Dudelange have ever gone in the Champions League.

On 29 August 2012, Joachim was loaned to Willem II until the end of the season. In July 2013, he signed a two-year deal with RKC Waalwijk after he had permanently left Dudelange as a free agent.

Before the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Joachim signed with Bulgarian club CSKA (Sofia). He made his official debut for the side in a Europa League qualifier against Zimbru Chișinău on 17 July 2014. He played his last match for the "redmen" in April 2015, as he had to return to Luxembourg in order to undergo a meniscus operation.^[3]

International career

Joachim made his debut for Luxembourg in a September 2005 World Cup qualification match against Liechtenstein, at just 19 years of age. He played in 5 World Cup qualification matches.^[4] As of 10 November 2016, he had earned a record 65 caps, scoring 11 goals.

International goals

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

№	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 February 2007	Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg	Gambia	1–1	2–1	Friendly match
2	6 September 2011	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Albania	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
3	15 August 2012	Stade Municipal, Differdange, Luxembourg	Georgia	1–2	1–2	Friendly match
4	14 August 2013	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Lithuania	1–1	2–1	Friendly match
5	6 September 2013	Central Stadium Kazan, Russia	Russia	1–3	1–4	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	10 September 2013	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Northern Ireland	1–1	3–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	26 May 2014	Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium	Belgium	1–1	1–5	Friendly
8	13 November 2015	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Greece	1–0	1–0	Friendly
9	6 September 2016	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1–1	3–4	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	6 September 2016	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	2–1	3–4	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	10 October 2016	Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus	Belarus	1–1	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 11 October 2016^[5]