Personal life[edit]

Matip was born in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia,[52] to a German mother[53] and former

Cameroonian footballer Jean Matip.[54] He is the brother of the fellow Cameroon international Marvin
Matip[55] and is a cousin of Joseph-Désiré Job.[56] He attended the Gesamtschule Berger Feld.[57]
He married long-term partner Larissa Stollenwerk in the aftermath of Liverpool's 2020 Premier
League title,[58] and in June 2021 they welcomed their first child, a son.[59]

Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
As of match played 13 April 2022[60]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

National League
League Europe Other Total
Cup[a] Cup[b]
Sea
Club
son
Divisio Ap Go Ap Go Ap Go Ap Go Ap Go Ap Go
n ps als ps als ps als ps als ps als ps als

Region
2009
alliga 3 1 — — — — 3 1
–10
West

Schal
ke 04 Region
2010
II alliga 1 0 — — — — 1 0
–11
West

Total 4 1 — — — — 4 1

2009 Bundes
20 3 2 0 — — — 22 3
–10 liga
Schal
ke 04
2010 Bundes
26 0 4 0 — 11[c] 1 1[d] 0 42 1
–11 liga
 2011 Bundes 13[e
30 3 3 1 — 1 1[d] 0 47 5
–12 liga ]

2012 Bundes
32 3 1 0 — 6[c] 0 — 39 3
–13 liga

2013 Bundes
31 3 3 0 — 8[c] 1 — 42 4
–14 liga

2014 Bundes
21 2 1 1 — 3[c] 0 — 25 3
–15 liga

2015 Bundes
34 3 2 0 — 5[e] 1 — 41 4
–16 liga

19 25
Total 17 16 2 — 46 4 2 0 23
4 8

2016 Premier
29 1 0 0 3 0 — — 32 1
–17 League

2017 Premier
25 1 2 0 0 0 8[c] 0 — 35 1
–18 League

2018 Premier
22 1 0 0 1 0 8[c] 0 — 31 1
Liver –19 League
pool

2019 Premier
9 1 1 0 0 0 1[c] 0 2[f] 1 13 2
–20 League

2020 Premier
10 1 0 0 0 0 2[c] 0 0 0 12 1
–21 League

2021 Premier 25 1 0 0 4 0 7[c] 0 — 36 1

 –22 League

12 15
Total 6 3 0 8 0 26 0 2 1 7
0 9

31 42
Career total 24 19 2 8 0 72 4 4 1 31
8 1

1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
3. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
4. ^ Jump up to:a b Appearance in DFL-Supercup
5. ^ Jump up to:a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. ^ One appearance and one goal in FA Community Shield, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International[edit]
Source:[61]

Appearances and goals by national team and

year

National team Year Apps Goals

2010 6 0

2011 3 0

2012 4 0

Cameroon

2013 6 0

2014 7 1

2015 1 0
 Total 27 1

Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matip goal [61]

List of international goals scored by Joël Matip

Opponen
No. Date Venue Cap Score Result Competition Ref.
t

Estádio
Nacional
23
Mané 2014 FIFA
1 June 26  Brazil 1–1 1–4 [62]

Garrincha, World Cup

2014
Brasília,
Brazil

Honours[edit]
Schalke 04

 DFB-Pokal: 2010–11[63]
 DFL-Supercup: 2011[64]
Liverpool

 Premier League: 2019–20[65]
 EFL Cup: 2021–22[66]
 UEFA Champions League: 2018–19[34]
 UEFA Super Cup: 2019[67]
Individual

 PFA Player of the Month: September 2019[68]

 Premier League Player of the Month: February 2022[69]
 CAF Team of the Year: 2019[70]