Noël Aséko Nkili (born 22 November 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Regionalliga Bayern club Bayern Munich II.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noël Aséko Nkili[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany[2] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich II | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Hertha Zehlendorf | ||
| 2017–2022 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 2022– | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Bayern Munich II | 24 | (0) |
| 2023– | Bayern Munich | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Germany U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2022– | Germany U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:45, 18 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editAséko Nkili is a product of the youth academies of Hertha Zehlendorf and Hertha BSC.[4] On 13 July 2022, he transferred to the Bayern Munich youth academy.[5] He debuted professionally with Bayern Munich II for a 3–0 win Regionalliga match against TSV Rain am Lech on 24 September 2022.[6]
He was absent for the initial half of the 2023–24 season owing to an ankle injury.[7] In December 2023, he was called-up with the senior Bayern Munich squad, featuring on the bench and as an unused substitute for a Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart on 17 December 2023.[8]
On 6 January 2024, Aséko Nkili made his debut for the senior team after getting subbed on for Raphaël Guerreiro at the 67th minute of a 1–1 draw friendly match against Swiss Super League club Basel, in which he also scored his first goal for Bayern Munich at the 70th minute with his first ball contact of the game.[9] Later that year, in April, he sustained a knee injury, requiring surgery on his meniscus.[10] On 15 May, he signed his first professional contract with Bayern Munich until 2026.[11]
International career
editBorn in Germany to Equatorial Guinean parents,[12][13] Aséko Nkili is a youth international for Germany, having played up to the Germany U18s.[14] He also holds Equatorial Guinean nationality, making him eligible to represent the nation internationally.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 18 October 2024[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga Bayern | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 9 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| Bayern Munich | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Noël Aséko Nkili: Who is the young Bayern Munich midfielder?". Bundesliga. 7 January 2024.
- ^ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Top-Talent Noel Aseko Nkili". fcbayern.com. 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Noel Aseko Nkili | FC Bayern München | Player Profile". Bundesliga.
- ^ RND, Sportredaktion (13 July 2022). "Talente-Transfer fix: FC Bayern schnappt sich Junioren-Nationalspieler Noel Aseko Nkili von Hertha BSC". www.sportbuzzer.de.
- ^ "FC Bayern schnappt Hertha-Talent Noel Aseko Nkili". SPORT1. 13 July 2022.
- ^ "3:0-Auswärtssieg in Rain! Amateure zurück in der Erfolgsspur - Panter Pantelic". Tribuna.com. 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Who are the youth players at Bayern's training camp in Faro?". FC Bayern Munich. 15 January 2024.
- ^ NACHRICHTEN, n-tv. "FC Bayern kämpft das Problem der leeren Sessel weg". n-tv.de.
- ^ "Bayern held by Basel in friendly". FC Bayern Munich. 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Noel Aséko Nkili fehlt Amateuren im Saisonendspurt" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Profiverträge für Lovro Zvonarek, Noel Aseko Nkili und Adam Aznou" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 15 May 2024.
- ^ "EL TALENTO ALEMÁN DE ORIGEN ECUATOGUINEANO NOEL ASEKO NKILI SE UNE AL BAYERN MUNICH". asongaradio.com.
- ^ "Bayern Munich Sign Equatorial Guinea Midfielder Noël Aséko Nkili".
- ^ "So liefen die letzten Länderspiele des Jahres für die Campus-Talente". fcbayern.com. 12 December 2022.
- ^ Noël Aséko Nkili at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
External links
edit- Profile at the FC Bayern Munich website
- Noël Aséko at DFB (also available in German)