Vincent Aboubakar

Vincent Aboubakar
Aboubakar with Beşiktaş in 2023
Personal information
Full name Vincent Aboubakar[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Garoua, Cameroon[3]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[4]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Beşiktaş
Number 10
Youth career
2006–2008 Coton Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Coton Sport 15 (19)
2010–2013 Valenciennes 72 (9)
2011–2013 Valenciennes B 4 (3)
2013–2014 Lorient 37 (17)
2014–2020 Porto 83 (36)
2016–2017Beşiktaş (loan) 27 (12)
2019 Porto B 1 (0)
2020–2021 Beşiktaş 26 (15)
2021–2023 Al Nassr 34 (12)
2023– Beşiktaş 38 (18)
International career
2009 Cameroon U20 14 (22)
2010– Cameroon 104 (43)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2017 Gabon
Third place 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Vincent Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and captains the Cameroon national team.

Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport and moved to Europe in 2010, playing for Ligue 1 clubs Valenciennes and Lorient, totalling 109 appearances and 26 goals in France's top division. In 2015, he signed for Porto, where he played 125 games and scored 58 goals, winning a Primeira Liga title. He won the Turkish Süper Lig while on loan at Beşiktaş in 2017, and again in 2021.

Aboubakar has earned 100 caps for Cameroon since his international debut in May 2010. He was part of their squads for the 2010, 2014 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023. He scored the winning goal in the final of the 2017 tournament, and was the top goalscorer of the 2021 edition.

Aboubakar is the third-highest scorer in the history of the Cameroonian national team, behind Roger Milla with 43 goals and Samuel Eto'o with 56 goals.

  1. ^ "Vincent Aboubakar". Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Vincent Aboubakar Childhood Story Plus Untold Biography Facts". 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Vincent Aboubakar". Beşiktaş J.K. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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