Breel Embolo

Breel Donald Embolo (born 14 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Switzerland national team.

Breel Embolo

Personal information
Full name	Breel Donald Embolo[1]
Date of birth	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Rennes
Number	7
Youth career
2006–2008	Nordstern
2008–2010	Old Boys
2010–2014	Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Basel	61	(21)
2016–2019	Schalke 04	48	(10)
2019–2022	Borussia Mönchengladbach	88	(22)
2022–2025	Monaco	66	(19)
2025–	Rennes	4	(1)
International career‡
2012	Switzerland U16	4	(1)
2014–2015	Switzerland U20	5	(0)
2014–2015	Switzerland U21	2	(0)
2015–	Switzerland	80	(21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2025

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 October 2025^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Basel	2013–14	Swiss Super League	7	1	0	0	4[b]	0	—		11	1
	2014–15	Swiss Super League	27	10	5	6	8[c]	1	—		40	17
	2015–16	Swiss Super League	27	10	1	0	12[d]	3	—		40	13
	Total		61	21	6	6	24	4	—		91	31
Schalke 04	2016–17	Bundesliga	7	2	1	1	2[b]	0	—		10	3
	2017–18	Bundesliga	21	3	2	0	—		—		23	3
	2018–19	Bundesliga	20	5	3	0	5[c]	1	—		28	6
	Total		48	10	6	1	7	1	—		61	12
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2019–20	Bundesliga	28	8	1	0	5[b]	0	—		34	8
	2020–21	Bundesliga	31	5	3	0	7[c]	1	—		41	6
	2021–22	Bundesliga	29	9	2	2	—		—		31	11
	Total		88	22	6	2	12	1	—		106	25
Monaco	2022–23	Ligue 1	32	12	0	0	10[e]	2	—		42	14
	2023–24	Ligue 1	5	1	0	0	—		—		5	1
	2024–25	Ligue 1	29	6	2	0	10[c]	1	1[f]	0	42	7
	Total		66	19	2	0	20	3	1	0	89	22
Rennes	2025–26	Ligue 1	4	1	0	0	—		—		4	1
Career total			267	73	20	9	63	9	1	0	351	91

1. Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

As of match played 10 October 2025^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2015	7	1
	2016	10	1
	2017	4	0
	2018	9	1
	2019	6	1
	2020	4	0
	2021	10	4
	2022	13	5
	2023	0	0
	2024	10	2
	2025	7	6
Total		80	21

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Embolo goal.^[4]

List of international goals scored by Breel Embolo

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 October 2015	AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland	6	San Marino	6–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
2	6 September 2016	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	15	Portugal	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	27 March 2018	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	23	Panama	3–0	6–0	Friendly
4	26 March 2019	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	32	Denmark	3–0	3–3	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
5	25 March 2021	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	41	Bulgaria	1–0	3–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	12 June 2021	Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	43	Wales	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2020
7	12 October 2021	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	50	Lithuania	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
8					3–0
9	26 March 2022	Wembley Stadium, London, England	51	England	1–0	1–2	Friendly
10	24 September 2022	La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain	57	Spain	2–1	2–1	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
11	27 September 2022	Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland	58	Czech Republic	2–0	2–1	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
12	24 November 2022	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar	60	Cameroon	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup
13	2 December 2022	Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar	62	Serbia	2–2	3–2	2022 FIFA World Cup
14	15 June 2024	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	64	Hungary	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2024
15	6 July 2024	Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	68	England	1–0	1–1 (aet) (3–5 p)	UEFA Euro 2024
16	25 March 2025	Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland	75	Luxembourg	2–0	3–1	Friendly
17	7 June 2025	Rice–Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, United States	76	Mexico	1–0	4–2	Friendly
18	10 June 2025	Geodis Park, Nashville, United States	77	United States	3–0	4–0	Friendly
19	5 September 2025	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	78	Kosovo	2–0	4–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
20					4–0
21	8 September 2025	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	79	Slovenia	2–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Basel^[5]

• Swiss Super League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Swiss Cup runner-up: 2013–14, 2014–15

Individual

• FC Basel Young Player of the Year: 2013^[6]
• Swiss Footballer of the Year: 2015^[7]
• Swiss Cup top scorer: 2014–15
• Swiss Super League Young Player of the Year: 2014–15^[8]
• Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2015–16^[9]
• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2015–16^[9]