Ismail Jakobs

Ismail Jakobs
Jakobs playing for Senegal at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Ismail Jakobs[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back, left winger
Team information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2012 BC Bliesheim
2012–2018 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Köln II 28 (3)
2019–2021 Köln 43 (3)
2021– Monaco 82 (1)
International career‡
2020–2021 Germany U21 9 (0)
2022– Senegal 19 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2021 Hungary-Slovenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Ismail Jakobs (born 17 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco.[3] Born in Germany, he plays for the Senegal national team.

Club career

1. FC Köln

After starting his career at BC Bliesheim, Jakobs joined the youth academy of 1. FC Köln in 2012. In 2017, having progressed through all of the club's youth sides, he was introduced into Köln's U21 team competing in the fourth-tier Regionalliga West.[4]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season Jakobs was promoted to the club's first team by then manager Achim Beierlorzer. On 8 November 2019, he made his debut appearance in a match against TSG Hoffenheim.[5] On 18 December 2019, Jakobs scored his first goal as a professional in a 2–4 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.[6] In March 2020, the club announced that Jakobs' contract had been extended until 2022.[7] In October of the same year, he signed a further extension keeping him at Köln until July 2024.[8]

AS Monaco

On 12 July 2021, Jakobs was transferred to Ligue 1 side AS Monaco, where he signed a contract until 2026.[3] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win over Sparta Prague in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League on 3 August.

On 7 October 2023, he scored his first goal for Monaco against Stade de Reims during a 3-1 win in Champagne.[9]

International career

On 21 August 2020, Jakobs was nominated for Germany's under-21 national team by manager Stefan Kuntz.[10] He was a member of the squad that won the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[11]

Jakobs made his debut for the Senegal senior national team in 2022, appearing against Bolivia on 24 September.[12] He played in all four of Senegal's matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup as the nation reached the round of 16 for the first time since its debut in 2002.[13]

In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[14]

Personal life

Born in Germany, Jakobs is Senegalese by his father.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[16]
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Köln II 2017–18 Regionalliga West 8 0 – – 8 0
2018–19 Regionalliga West 17 3 – – 17 3
2019–20 Regionalliga West 3 0 – – 3 0
Total 28 3 – – 28 3
Köln 2019–20 Bundesliga 20 2 0 0 – 20 2
2020–21 Bundesliga 23 1 2 1 – 25 2
Total 43 3 2 1 – 45 4
Monaco 2021–22 Ligue 1 28 0 5 0 6[a] 0 39 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 32 0 1 0 8[b] 0 41 0
2023–24 Ligue 1 22 1 1 0 – 23 1
Total 82 1 7 0 14 0 103 1
Career total 153 7 9 1 14 0 176 8
  1. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 26 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2022 6 0
2023 6 0
2024 7 0
Total 19 0

References

  1. ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ismail Jakobs". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Fix: Kölns Jakobs wechselt zur AS Monaco". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Ismail Jakobs". kicker.de. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Nach Remis gegen Augsburg. Die Spieler des 1. FC Köln in der Einzelkritik". Kölnische Rundschau. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Aus 0:2 mach 4:2 – Kölner Wahnsinn in Frankfurt". kicker.de. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Jakobs: "Automatische" Vertragsverlängerung in Köln". kicker.de. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Jakobs verlängert: "Der FC ist mein Verein"". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Efficace, Monaco reprend son trône ! - Débrief et NOTES des joueurs (Reims 1-3 ASM)". www.maxifoot.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Wirtz, Maina & Co.: Kuntz beruft sieben Neue in die U21". kicker.de. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Verbandswechsel! U21-Europameister wird Teamkollege von Mane". Sky Deutschland (in German). 18 September 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  12. ^ "¡Otro bombazo! Senegal podría dejar fuera de Qatar a su 'Byron Castillo'". La República (in Spanish). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Senegal Squad". ESPN UK. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Afcon 2023: Senegal and Sadio Mane set for defence of title". BBC Sport Africa. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  15. ^ Kemper, Jürgen; Zenge, Martin (19 December 2019). ""Leistungsprinzip steht im Vordergrund": Striptease & Rekord – so ticken die FC-Bubis". Express.de.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "I. Jakobs". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

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