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Years: 2016-2024
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Appearances: 201
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Goals: 11
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Trophies: Champions League (2019), UEFA Super Cup (2019), Premier League (2019-20), League Cup (2022), FA Cup (2022)
Joel Matip won practically the lot during an eight-year spell at Liverpool in which he also quietly earned admiration and appreciation.
An astute free-transfer signing from Schalke in 2016, the centre-back possessed a mix of physical attributes and footballing class.
He featured almost 100 times across his first three seasons with the Reds as, under Jurgen Kloppthey reasserted themselves at home and abroad.
A return to Champions League qualification was followed by an appearance in the 2018 final, before in the next campaign Liverpool narrowly missed out on the Premier League title and lifted the European Cup.
Matip was a constant throughout the Reds’ run to Madrid and concluded the showpiece against Tottenham Hotspur with a clean sheet, an assist, and a winner’s medal around his neck.
