Joyskim Dawa

Joyskim Aurélien Dawa Tchakonte (born 9 April 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club FCSB and the Cameroon national team.

Joyskim Dawa

Dawa with FCSB in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Joyskim Aurélien Dawa Tchakonte
Date of birth	(1996-04-09) April 9, 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Colombes, France
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	FCSB
Number	5
Youth career
2011–2014	Avranches
2014–2016	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Gil Vicente	12	(1)
2018–2020	Mariupol	39	(0)
2020–2021	Valmiera	18	(2)
2021–2022	Botoșani	31	(4)
2022–	FCSB	98	(7)
International career‡
2018–	Cameroon	10	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 March 2025

Club career

On 2 February 2018, Dawa signed for Mariupol of the Ukrainian Premier League.^[1]

On 22 June 2022, Dawa joined Liga I side FCSB for an undisclosed fee.^[2]

International career

Dawa made his debut for the Cameroon national team in a goalless draw with Malawi in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, on 16 October 2018.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 March 2025^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mariupol	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	10	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
	2018–19	Ukrainian Premier League	8	0	1	0	3[b]	0	—		12	0
	2019–20	Ukrainian Premier League	21	0	3	0	1[b]	0	—		25	0
	Total		39	0	5	0	4	0	—		48	0
Valmiera	2020	Latvian First League	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2021	Latvian First League	14	2	—		2[c]	0	—		16	2
	Total		18	2	0	0	2	0	—		20	2
Botoșani	2021–22	Liga I	31	4	1	0	—		—		32	4
FCSB	2022–23	Liga I	35	3	0	0	11[c]	2	—		46	5
	2023–24	Liga I	36	3	2	0	4[c]	0	—		42	3
	2024–25	Liga I	27	1	1	0	16[d]	3	1[e]	0	45	4
	2025–26	Liga I	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		98	7	3	0	31	5	1	0	133	12
Career total			186	13	9	0	37	5	1	0	233	18

1. Includes Ukrainian Cup, Cupa României
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance in Supercupa României

International

As of match played 19 March 2025^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2018	1	0
	2019	5	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	3	0
	2025	1	0
Total		10	0

Honours

FCSB^[3]

• Liga I: 2023–24, 2024–25
• Supercupa României: 2024, 2025

Individual

• Liga I Team of the Season: 2023–24