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Manuel Akanji
Manuel Obafemi Akanji is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Switzerland national team.
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sports · Swiss footballer (born 1995) · association football player · also Manuel Akanji, Manuel Obafemi Akanji, Akanji
Born 19 July 1995 · Q19938984
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2026· 9 entries
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Won: Coppa Italia with Inter Milan (2025–26).
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Won: Serie A with Inter Milan (2025–26).
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Played for Inter Milan (2026).
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2025· 3 entries
Runner-up: FA Cup with Manchester City (2024–25).
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Helping the side win a Serie A and Coppa Italia double before joining the club permanently the following season
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Played for Inter Milan (2025–2026) — 33 appearances, 2 goals.
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2024· 6 entries
Won the English FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2024).
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Won the English Premier League with Manchester City (2023-2024).
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Won: FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2024).
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Runner-up: FA Cup with Manchester City (2023–24).
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Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2023–24).
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Won award: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament (2024).
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2023· 8 entries
Won the English Premier League with Manchester City (2022-2023).
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Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Manchester City (2023).
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Won the English FA Cup with Manchester City (2022-2023).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Manchester City (2023).
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Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2022–23).
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Won: FA Cup with Manchester City (2022–23).
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Won: UEFA Champions League with Manchester City (2022–23).
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Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Manchester City (2023).
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2022· 2 entries
Winning a continental treble in his first season with the club, as well as numerous other trophies, including one more Premier League title in 2023–24
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Played for Manchester City F.C. (2022–2026) — 85 appearances, 2 goals.
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2021· 2 entries
Won: DFB-Pokal with Borussia Dortmund (2020–21).
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Was named in the Swiss squad for UEFA Euro 2020
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2020· 1 entry
And 2024, as well as three FIFA World Cups, in 2018, 2022 and 2026
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2019· 2 entries
Won: DFL-Supercup with Borussia Dortmund (2019).
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UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished fourth
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2018· 4 entries
Won award: Swiss Super League Team of the Year (2017–18).
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Joined Dortmund in 2018.
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Played for Borussia Dortmund (2018–2022) — 119 appearances, 4 goals.
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Showed excellent skills at mental calculation
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2017· 5 entries
Won: Swiss Cup with FC Basel (2016–17).
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Won: Swiss Super League with FC Basel (2016–17).
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Played for Switzerland men's national football team (2017) — 86 appearances, 4 goals.
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Already a professional player, he completed his vocational training as a tradesman (″Kaufmann″)
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After featuring for the under-20 and under-21 sides
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2016· 1 entry
Won: Swiss Super League with FC Basel (2015–16).
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2015· 3 entries
Where he won consecutive league titles in 2015–16 and 2016–17, the latter of which was a double that included the Swiss Cup
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Played for FC Basel (2015–2018) — 42 appearances, 5 goals.
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Joined FC Basel in 2015.
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2014· 5 entries
Played for FC Winterthur (2014–2015) — 35 appearances, 1 goals.
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When he made his debut for the then-Swiss Challenge League club, having also previously played for the club's second team
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Played for Switzerland national under-21 football team (2014–2015) — 6 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Switzerland national under-20 association football team (2014–2014) — 2 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined FC Winterthur in 2014.
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2007· 1 entry
Joined FC Winterthur in 2007.
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1995· 1 entry
Born 1995-07-19.
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