Dayot Upamecano

Dayot Upamecano
Upamecano with Bayern Munich in 2022
Personal information
Full name Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano
Date of birth (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Évreux, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 2
Youth career
2004–2007 Vaillante S. Angers
2008–2009 FC De Prey
2009–2013 Évreux
2013–2015 Valenciennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 FC Liefering 16 (0)
2016–2017 Red Bull Salzburg 17 (0)
2017–2021 RB Leipzig 112 (4)
2021– Bayern Munich 90 (3)
International career‡
2014 France U16 3 (0)
2014–2015 France U17 12 (0)
2015–2016 France U18 10 (1)
2016–2017 France U19 6 (0)
2018–2021 France U21 16 (1)
2020– France 27 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2022
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2021
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:26, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano (born 27 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the France national team.

Early life and career

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Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano[2] was born on 27 October 1998[3] in Évreux, Normandy[4] and is of Bissau-Guinean descent.[5] He was raised in La Madeleine, a neighbourhood with many African immigrants.[6][7] He was named after his great-grandfather, who was king of the village on the island of Jeta in Guinea-Bissau, where his parents are from.[8] His mother is Senegalese.[9] He is the first son after four daughters, and has one younger brother.[7] He acquired French nationality on 19 November 2002, through the collective effect of his mother's naturalization.[10] As a 15-year-old, he followed speech therapy sessions to overcome dyslexia and stuttering disorders, which caused shyness and certain difficulties in expressing himself.[8]

Upamecano began playing football with local club Évreux, alongside the likes of Ousmane Dembélé, Rafik Guitane and Samuel Grandsir.[7] He covered a variety of positions in his youth, before being fixed on the centre-back position.[7] He joined the youth academy of Valenciennes in 2013.[11] Described during the time as a youth in an adult body, Upamecano shaped his play after Sergio Ramos, and developed into a physically imposing defender.[7]

Club career

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Red Bull Salzburg

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Upamecano with Red Bull Salzburg in 2016

After attracting the attention of a number of major European clubs, including Manchester United, Upamecano joined Red Bull Salzburg in July 2015 for a reported fee of €2.2 million.[12] He was an unused substitute in Red Bull's UEFA Champions League game against Malmö FF on 29 July 2015.[13] He made his professional debut for Red Bull's farm team, FC Liefering, two days later, in a 2–1 league win against St. Pölten.[14] On 19 March 2016, he made his league debut with Red Bull Salzburg in a 2–1 win over SV Mattersburg.[15]

In the first half of the 2016–17 season, Upamecano earned a regular place with the first team in both league and Europa League matches.[16]

RB Leipzig

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Upamecano with RB Leipzig in 2020

On 13 January 2017, Upamecano joined RB Leipzig on a 4+1⁄2-year deal, for a reported €10 million fee.[17] On 4 February 2017, he made his Bundesliga debut under coach Ralph Hasenhüttl in a 1–0 defeat against Borussia Dortmund.[11] On 13 September 2017, he made his Champions League debut in a 1–1 draw against Monaco.[18] On 9 February 2018, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 win over Augsburg.[19] On 2 July 2018, he was shortlisted for the 2018 Golden Boy award.[20]

On 31 July 2020, Upamecano signed a new deal until 2023.[21] In the 2019–20 season, he reached with RB Leipzig the Champions League semi-finals under coach Julian Nagelsmann.[22]

Bayern Munich

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On 14 February 2021, Bayern Munich announced an agreement for the signing of Upamecano on a five-year deal, to be effective as of 1 July 2021.[23] The club reportedly met his release clause from Leipzig, set at €42.5 million.[24][25] Upamecano's first game as a Bayern player came in a pre-season friendly on 16 July 2021 against fellow Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln that saw Bayern lose 3–2 after fielding a side largely consisting of reserve and youth players.[26][27]

He made his competitive debut on the opening day of the 2021–22 Bundesliga season, starting at centre-back alongside Niklas Süle in a 1–1 away draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach.[28] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg on 17 December, heading in a cross from Thomas Müller.[29]

During the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, Bayern defeated Upamecano's France compatriot Kylian Mbappé's Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16,[30] only for them to be eliminated by a 4–1 defeat on aggregate to Manchester City in the quarter-finals, in which Upamecano's performances were heavily criticised.[31]

On 4 November 2023, he scored his first goal of the 2023–24 season in the fourth minute of a 4–0 away win over Borussia Dortmund.[32] In February 2024, Upamecano was sent off twice in the span of four days: on 14 February, he received his first straight red card in the Champions League during the round of 16 first leg away match against Lazio, which resulted in a penalty kick and a 1–0 defeat;[33] on 18 February, he received two yellow cards and again conceded a penalty in a 3–2 loss to Bochum in the Bundesliga.[34]

International career

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Upamecano played for the France under-16 team that finished third in the 2014 Aegean Cup.[35] He played in three of his country's four games and was named the competition's best defender.[36][37] He subsequently moved up to the France under-17 squad, making his debut in a European Championship qualifier against Cyprus on 27 October 2014.[36] France won the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, with Upamecano playing in all six of his country's matches and being named in the team of the tournament.[38][39] He debuted for France under-18 in a 0–0 friendly draw with United States under-18 on 4 September 2015.[40]

On 5 September 2020, Upamecano debuted for the French senior squad, starting in a UEFA Nations League group stage match against Sweden.[41] Three days later on 8 September, he scored his first international goal in a 4–2 victory against Croatia.[42]

Upamecano played a pivotal role in France's 2022 FIFA World Cup, starting five of France's seven matches.[citation needed] This included playing the entire 120 minutes in the final in an eventual 3–3 loss in penalties to Argentina.[43]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 27 October 2024[44]
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
FC Liefering 2015–16 Austrian First League 16 0 — — — 16 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 15 0 1 0 5[b] 0 — 21 0
Total 17 0 1 0 5 0 — 23 0
RB Leipzig 2016–17 Bundesliga 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 28 3 2 0 11[c] 0 — 41 3
2018–19 Bundesliga 15 0 3 0 4[d] 0 — 22 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 28 0 2 0 8[e] 0 — 38 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 29 1 5 0 7[e] 0 — 41 1
Total 112 4 12 0 30 0 — 154 4
Bayern Munich 2021–22 Bundesliga 28 1 1 0 8[e] 0 1[f] 0 38 1
2022–23 Bundesliga 29 0 3 1 10[e] 0 1[f] 0 43 1
2023–24 Bundesliga 26 1 0 0 7[e] 0 1[f] 0 34 1
2024–25 Bundesliga 8 1 1 0 3[e] 0 0 0 12 1
Total 90 3 5 1 28 0 3 0 126 4
Career total 236 7 18 1 63 0 3 0 319 8
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ a b c Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

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As of match played 9 September 2024[44]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2020 3 1
2021 3 0
2022 6 0
2023 5 1
2024 10 0
Total 27 2
As of match played 9 September 2024
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Upamecano goal[44]
List of international goals scored by Dayot Upamecano
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2020 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 2  Croatia 3–2 4–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
2 24 March 2023 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 13  Netherlands 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

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Bayern Munich

France U17

France

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 12. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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  9. ^ Camara, Mouhamed (15 August 2022). "Upamecano, défenseur Bayern : "J'ai beaucoup parlé du Sénégal avec Sadio Mané"". Senenews - Actualité au Sénégal, Politique, Économie, Sport (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  10. ^ "JORF n° 0270 du 20 novembre 2002 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 19203. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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  12. ^ "Manchester United target Dayot Upamecano signs for FC Red Bull Salzburg". International Business Times. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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