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Zachary Athekame

Zachary Athekame
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-12-13) 13 December 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 24
Youth career
2012–2013 Athlétique-Régina FC
2013–2018 Olympique de Genève FC
2018–2019 Servette FC
2019 Meyrin FC
2019–2020 Servette FC
2020–2022 Meyrin FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Neuchâtel Xamax 30 (1)
2023– Young Boys 11 (0)
2024 →Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 17 (1)
International career‡
2023– Switzerland U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:46, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Zachary Athekame (born 13 December 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss club Young Boys.

Club career

Athekame is a youth product of the Swiss clubs Athlétique-Régina FC, Olympique de Genève FC, Servette FC and Meyrin FC.[1] He moved over to Neuchâtel Xamax in February 2022 and started playing the Swiss Challenge League, and signed his first professional contract with them on 12 December 2022.[2] On 30 December 2023, he signed a contract with Young Boys until 2028 and was loaned back to Neuchâtel Xamax for the second half of the 2023–24 season.[3]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Athekame is of Nigerian descent.[4] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played for the Switzerland U21s in September 2023.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Neuchâtel Xamax 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League 12 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 14 0
2023–24 Swiss Challenge League 18 1 1 0 — — 19 1
Total 30 1 1 0 — 2 0 33 1
Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 2023–24 Swiss Challenge League 17 1 0 0 — — 17 1
Young Boys 2024–25 Swiss Super League 11 0 0 0 4[b] 0 — 15 0
Career total 58 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 65 2
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in Swiss Challenge League Promotion play-off
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ "Xamax: la trajectoire exemplaire de Zachary Athekame". ArcInfo.
  2. ^ Grafener, Carim (23 December 2022). "littoralfoot.ch - Xamax offre un premier contrat pro à Zachary Athekame". littoralfoot.ch.
  3. ^ Neuchâtel, www rtn ch, RTN, Radio Télévision (30 December 2023). "Zachary Athekame : de Xamax à YB". www.rtn.ch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Feller, Bastien (17 November 2023). "Zachary Athekame: "Il y a un poste à aller chercher"". Blick (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
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