Noah Okafor

Noah Arinze Okafor (born 24 May 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer. He plays as forward for Serie A club AC Milan. ^[1]

Noah Okafor

Noah Okafor in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Noah Arinze Okafor
Date of birth	(2000-05-24) May 24, 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Binningen, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	A.C. Milan
Youth career
2008–2009	FC Arisdorf
2009–2017	FC Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	FC Basel U21	15	(2)
2018–2020	FC Basel	39	(3)
2020–2023	FC Red Bull Salzburg	71	(25)
2023–	A.C. Milan	0	(0)
International career‡
2014–2015	Switzerland U15	3	(0)
2016–2017	Switzerland U17	7	(3)
2018	Switzerland U18	1	(0)
2018–2019	Switzerland U19	7	(1)
2019–	Switzerland U21	8	(4)
2019–	Switzerland	14	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2023

Career

Okafor began his career with FC Arisdorf. In 2009, he joined FC Basel, where he played on all youth teams. In January 2018, he joined the first team of Basel. He debuted versus FC Luzern in the last round of the season. His first league goal he scored in the second round of the next season versus Neuchâtel Xamax.

In January 2020, he went to Austria and signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg till 2024.^[2] He scored his first goal for Salzburg in round 24 versus Rapid Wien.^[3] In 2023, he moved to AC Milan.^[4]

National team

He played for all Swiss youth teams from U15 to U21. On 9 June 2019, he played his first match for the national team versus England.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 October 2023^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Basel U21	2017–18	Swiss Promotion League	13	1	—		—		13	1
	2018–19		2	1	—		—		2	1
	Total		15	2	—		—		15	2
Basel	2017–18	Swiss Super League	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2018–19		24	3	3	1	1[a]	0	28	4
	2019–20		14	0	2	1	7[b]	2	23	3
	Total		39	3	5	2	8	2	52	7
Red Bull Salzburg	2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga	11	3	3	1	1[a]	0	15	4
	2020–21		18	6	4	0	7[c]	0	29	6
	2021–22		21	9	5	2	8[d]	3	34	14
	2022–23		21	7	3	0	8[e]	3	32	10
	Total		71	25	15	3	24	6	110	34
AC Milan	2023–24	Serie A	9	2	0	0	1[d]	0	10	2
Career total			134	32	20	5	33	8	187	45

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
3. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 28 March 2023^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2019	1	0
	2021	2	1
	2022	9	1
	2023	2	0
Total		14	2

As of match played 2 June 2022^[6]

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Okafor goal.

List of international goals scored by Noah Okafor

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 2021	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	Bulgaria	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	2 June 2022	Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–1	1–2	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Basel

• Swiss Cup: 2018–19

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22