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Breel Embolo
Breel Donald Embolo is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Switzerland national team.
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sports · Footballer (born 1997) · association football player · also Breel Embolo, Breel Donald Embolo, Embolo
Born 14 February 1997 · Q15956282
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Won: Swiss Super League with Basel (2015–16).
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2026· 9 entries
Yahoo Sports: Stade Rennais’ Breel Embolo set to join MLS side Atlanta United
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Public attention spiked: 157,758 Wikipedia readers in one day, 122.9× the usual 1,284, with 34 article edits. Coverage that week: “Switzerland hit out at VAR after ‘mistaken identity’ check ends in Breel Embolo red card” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Switzerland hit out at VAR after ‘mistaken identity’ check ends in Breel Embolo red card
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Public attention spiked: 44,266 Wikipedia readers in one day, 34.5× the usual 1,284, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 59,048 Wikipedia readers in one day, 46× the usual 1,284, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: International
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Public attention spiked: 14,610 Wikipedia readers in one day, 11.4× the usual 1,284, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 24,000 Wikipedia readers in one day, 18.7× the usual 1,284, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 58,324 Wikipedia readers in one day, 45.4× the usual 1,284, with 13 article edits. Editors noted: Career statistics
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2025· 1 entry
Played for Stade Rennais F.C. (2025) — 31 appearances, 8 goals.
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2022· 2 entries
fact checker rated the claim “A video shows Cameroonian fans attacking Breel Embolo's family home after he scored against his country.” misleading.
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Played for AS Monaco FC (2022–2025) — 66 appearances, 19 goals.
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2021· 1 entry
Scored the opener in their first group game, a 1–1 draw with Wales in Baku
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2020· 1 entry
“For example, I assigned referees [to matches] or sent out fines. At first I thought: ‘it can’t be that I have to suspend a footballer for five weeks.’ That’s how I learned to think twice today about what I say to the referee.”
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2019· 2 entries
Joined Mönchengladbach in 2019.
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Played for Borussia Mönchengladbach (2019–2022) — 88 appearances, 22 goals.
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2018· 1 entry
Embolo has two children with his girlfriend Naomi; his daughter was born in 2018 and his son in 2019.
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2016· 7 entries
Won the Swiss Super League with FC Basel (2015-2016).
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Won: Swiss Super League with Basel (2015–16).
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Won award: Swiss Super League Player of the Year (2015–16).
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Won award: Swiss Super League Team of the Year (2015–16).
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Joined Schalke 04 in 2016.
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Played for Schalke 04 (2016–2019) — 48 appearances, 10 goals.
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2020, and 2024, and at the FIFA World Cup in 2018, 2022 and 2026
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2015· 7 entries
Won the Swiss Super League with FC Basel (2014-2015).
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Runner-up: Swiss Cup with Basel (2014–15).
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Won award: Swiss Super League Young Player of the Year (2014–15).
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Won award: Swiss Cup top scorer (2014–15).
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Won award: Swiss Footballer of the Year (2015).
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Won: Swiss Super League with Basel (2014–15).
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Played for Switzerland men's national football team (2015) — 92 appearances, 26 goals.
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2014· 8 entries
Won the Swiss Super League with FC Basel (2013-2014).
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Won: Swiss Super League with Basel (2013–14).
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Runner-up: Swiss Cup with Basel (2013–14).
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Joined FC Basel in 2014.
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Played for Switzerland national under-21 football team (2014–2015) — 2 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Switzerland national under-20 association football team (2014–2015) — 3 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for FC Basel (2014–2016) — 61 appearances, 21 goals.
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Embolo received Swiss citizenship in 2014.
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2013· 2 entries
Won award: FC Basel Young Player of the Year (2013).
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Played for Switzerland national under-20 association football team (2013–2014) — 5 appearances, 0 goals.
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2012· 1 entry
Played for Switzerland national under-16 association football team (2012–2013) — 4 appearances, 1 goals.
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1997· 1 entry
Born 1997-02-14.
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