Yussuf Poulsen
![]() Poulsen in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yussuf Yurary Poulsen | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
BK Skjold | |||
Lyngby BK | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Lyngby BK | 35 | (11) |
2013– | RB Leipzig | 163 | (41) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Denmark U16 | 1 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Denmark U17 | 19 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Denmark U18 | 7 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Denmark U19 | 12 | (8) |
2012 | Denmark U20 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Denmark U21 | 15 | (4) |
2013 | Denmark League XI | 1 | (0) |
2014– | Denmark | 31 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:04, 7 October 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2018 |
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈjusuf ˈpɒwlsn̩]; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for German club RB Leipzig[2] as a striker or winger. He also sometimes used Yurary as his shirt name.
Club career
Early career
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen began playing football at BK Skjold. At first he was a defensive player and in Kenneth Zohore he had a teammate, with whom he was to play later in the Danish youth national teams. After Zohoré joined FC Copenhagen, Yussuf Yurary Poulsen was moved to a position as a striker.[3]
Lyngby BK
At the age of 14 he joined the youth ranks of Lyngby BK. He played his first match as a senior on 4 December 2011, when he came on the pitch against AC Horsens after 84 minutes, as a substitute for Mathias Tauber. Yussuf Yurary Poulsen did not immediately establish himself in the starting eleven, and he was at the end of the season only on five appearances. His club, Lyngby were also relegated from Superligaen. 5 August 2012 he scored his first goal at senior level, as well as for his club, when he in the second match in the 1. Division (second Danish league) scored the 1-0 winning goal against AB Gladsaxe. He was a regular player in the starting 11, and played 32 matches, scoring eleven goals.[4]
RB Leipzig
His achievements attracted the interest of foreign and domestic clubs, and on 3 July 2013, he signed a contract with the newly promoted 3. Liga German side RB Leipzig.[3][5] He finished the 2013–14 season with 10 goals in 27 appearances.[6] Yussuf Yurary Poulsen earned promotion with Leipzig to the 2. Bundesliga in 2014 and the German top-flight Bundesliga in 2016. He had scored 12 goals in 32 appearances during the 2014–15 season[7] and seven goals in 32 appearances during the 2015–16 season.[8] On the 6th match of the 2016–17 season, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–1 victory at home against FC Augsburg.[9][10] He finished the 2016–17 season with five goals in 30 appearances.[10] He finished the 2017–18 season five goals in 41 appearances.[11]
International career
Poulsen made his debut for the Danish national team on 11 October 2014 against Albania.[12] On 13 June 2015, he scored his first goal against Serbia in Denmark's 2–0 win. Poulsen was selected in Denmark's squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however he rejected the call-up in order to cement his place at Leipzig.[13] In May 2018 he was named in Denmark's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[14] On 16 June 2018, Poulsen scored the lone goal in Denmark's first matchup of the World Cup against Peru. His general performance on the pitch led to his nomination as the man of the match.
Career statistics
Club statistics
- As of matches played on 7 October 2018.
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Total | Ref. | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Lyngby | 2011–12 | Superliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | [4] | |
2012–13 | 1st Division | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 11 | [4] | |||
Totals | 35 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 11 | — | |||
RB Leipzig | 2013–14 | 3. Liga | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 10 | [6] | |
2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | [7] | |||
2015–16 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 7 | [8] | ||||
2016–17 | Bundesliga | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | [10] | |||
2017–18 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9[b] | 0 | 41 | 5 | [11] | ||
2018–19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4[c] | 1 | 12 | 6 | [4] | ||
Totals | 163 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 186 | 45 | — | ||
Career totals | 198 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 225 | 54 | — |
- ^ Appearances in the Danish Cup and German Cup.
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
International
International statistics
- Statistics accurate as of match played 1 July 2018.[15]
Denmark | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2014 | 3 | 0 |
2015 | 8 | 2 |
2016 | 7 | 1 |
2017 | 6 | 0 |
2018 | 7 | 2 |
Total | 31 | 5 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.[16]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 June 2015 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
2. | 17 November 2015 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
3. | 8 October 2016 | Warsaw National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–3 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4. | 9 June 2018 | Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
5. | 16 June 2018 | Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
Personal life
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen is the son of a Danish mother and a Tanzanian father.[17] His father worked on a container ship, oscillating between Tanga and Denmark before he settled in Copenhagen.[3] He died of cancer when Yussuf was only six years old. Yussuf visited Tanzania several times as a child in 1996 and 2002, and again in 2008 and 2011. Yussuf was eligible to play for Tanzania but did not receive any offers from the Tanzanian federation; as a result, he chose to represent his native Denmark.[18][19]
References
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Yussuf Poulsen". danskfodbold.
- ^ a b c RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH (publisher) (2013). "AUS DEM KLUBMAGAZIN: Yussuf Yurary Poulsen UND SEIN WEG ZU RB LEIPZIG!". DIE ROTEN BULLEN (Vereinswebsite von RB Leipzig) (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Y. Poulsen". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Olympia Verlag GmbH (publisher) (4 July 2013). "Poulsen wird ein roter Bulle". kicker online (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Record-setting Leipzig up to third after beating Augsburg". DW.COM. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Danmark - Albanien 1 - 1".
- ^ "Olympics: Dane turns down Rio to prepare for Bundesliga". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists - Goal.com".
- ^ Yussuf Poulsen at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "YUSSUF YURARY POULSEN". DBU. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ Unterschrieben: Yussuf Poulsen verstärkt RB Leipzig – erste Einsätze am Wochenende, www.lvz-online.de vom 4. Juli 2013
- ^ Venner fra barnsben: Yussuf Yurary Poulsen hjælper Højbjerg igennem sorgen, http://www.bt.dk 10 October 2015
- ^ Derfor brød Pierre-Emile sammen i gråd: Poulsen og Højbjerg har en fælles fortid, http://www.bt.dk 14 June 2015
External links
- Danish national team profile Template:Da icon
- Complete League statistics at danskfodbold.com Template:Da icon
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Danish footballers
- Denmark international footballers
- Denmark youth international footballers
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Danish people of Tanzanian descent
- Danish Superliga players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Lyngby Boldklub players
- RB Leipzig players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Sportspeople from Copenhagen
- Association football forwards
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players