Cody Gakpo

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Cody Gakpo
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Gakpo in 2017
Personal information
Full name Cody Mathès Gakpo
Date of birth (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 PSV
Number 11
Youth career
2006–2007 EVV Eindhoven
2007–2019 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Jong PSV 26 (17)
2018– PSV 85 (23)
National team‡
2021– Netherlands 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:28, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:35, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Cody Mathès Gakpo (born 7 May 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands national team.

Club career[]

PSV[]

Early career[]

Gakpo was born in Eindhoven and raised in the district of Stratum.[1] His father was born in Togo and has Ghanaian ancestry, while his mother is Dutch.[2][3][4] In 2007, he moved to the youth academy of PSV Eindhoven, where he then progressed through all of the youth teams.[2] For the 2016–17 season he was part of the reserve team Jong PSV for the first time, but mainly featured in the U19 team. Gakpo made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong PSV on 4 November 2016 in a game against Helmond Sport.[5] In the rest of the season he only made one more appearance for Jong PSV. After his production increased in the following season's U19 Eredivisie with seven goals and five assists in 13 league games, he was finally promoted to the reserves at the turn of the year. In his second appearance in the second-tier Eerste Divisie, on 19 January 2017 in a 3–2 away win against De Graafschap, he scored a brace and made the assist for the third goal of his team.[6] For Jong PSV, he managed to score seven goals in the 2017–18 season, which he achieved in 12 league games.[7]

First team[]

In the 2018–19 season, Gakpo was able to further improve his performances. This was also noticed by first team coach, Mark van Bommel. He was selected several times for the matchday squad of the first team in the first half of the season. He would initially, however, remain an unused substitute.[7] Instead, he made his debut in a 4–0 away win against Excelsior Maassluis in the KNVB Cup on 26 September, where he also scored a goal.[8] In the 5–1 home win against the Go Ahead Eagles on 3 December 2018, he scored the first hat-trick of his professional career.[9] After he scored a goal and got an assist in the 5–2 home win against Almere City on 21 December,[10] he made his debut in the Eredivisie just one day later. In the 3–1 home win against AZ, he was substituted on for Steven Bergwijn in the closing stages.[11] He scored nine goals in ten league games for Jong PSV by the end of the year and was subsequently promoted to become a regular member of the first team.[7] On 3 February 2019, he scored his first league goal in his second appearance in a 5–0 home win over Fortuna Sittard and also assisted another goal.[12] By the end of the season he made 14 league appearances, but without being able to record another goal.[7]

In the 2019–20 season, he made his breakthrough in the Eredivisie and recorded seven goals and as many assists in 25 league games.[7]

On 13 September 2020, the first matchday of the 2020–21 Eredivisie season, Gakpo scored his first brace for PSV, contributing to a 3–1 win over Groningen.[13] He scored another brace on 24 September in the 5–1 victory in the UEFA Europa League qualifier against NŠ Mura, allowing PSV to qualify for the play-off round.[14] He was again decisive there, on scoring PSV's second goal in a 2–0 win over Rosenborg on 1 October.[15] He finished the season with 29 appearances, in which he scored 11 goals.[7]

International career[]

He was called up to the Netherlands squad for UEFA Euro 2020 and made his debut in the third match of the group stage against North Macedonia as a substitute in the 79th minute for Frenkie de Jong.[16] Thereby, he became the first Netherlands player to make his international debut in European Championship since Martien Vreijsen in 1980.[17]

Style of play[]

Usually deployed on the left wing, Gakpo often cuts inside on his right foot to move to a more central attacking position, and uses his speed and dribbling skills to take on defenders until he finds the space to make an attempt on goal.[1]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 17 March 2022[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong PSV 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 2 0 — — — 2 0
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 13 7 — — — 13 7
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 11 10 — — — 11 10
Total 26 17 — — — 26 17
PSV Eindhoven 2017–18 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2018–19 Eredivisie 16 1 2 1 1[a] 0 0 0 19 2
2019–20 Eredivisie 25 7 2 0 11[b] 1 1[c] 0 39 8
2020–21 Eredivisie 23 7 1 0 5[d] 4 — 29 11
2021–22 Eredivisie 20 8 3 1 13[e] 7 1[c] 0 37 16
Total 85 23 8 2 30 12 2 0 125 37
Career total 111 40 8 2 30 12 2 0 151 54
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League, three appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League

International[]

As of match played 8 October 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2021 4 1
Total 4 1
As of match played 4 September 2021. Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gakpo goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 September 2021 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 3  Montenegro 4–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

PSV

References[]

  1. ^ a b Boeringa, Reon (9 October 2019). "Cody Gakpo: van Stratum naar de spotlights". Voetbal International (in Dutch).
  2. ^ a b Elfrink, Rik (1 June 2019). "Cody Gakpo leeft de droom van bijna elke Eindhovense jongen". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  3. ^ "Ghana coach reveals talks with Dutch players". Football Oranje. 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghanaian sensation Cody Gakpo extends contract with Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven - Kickgh.com". kickgh.com. 12 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Game Report". WorldFootball.net. 4 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Gakpo bezorgt Jong PSV driepunter". psv.nl (in Dutch). 19 January 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Cody Gakpo » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ Radstaat, Erwin (26 September 2018). "KNVB Beker | Excelsior Maassluis kansloos ten onder tegen reserves van PSV". Voetbal247.nl (in Dutch).
  9. ^ Elfrink, Rik (3 December 2018). "Jong PSV maakt met grootse Gakpo schroot van de aspiraties van Go Ahead Eagles". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  10. ^ Velthoven, Florian van (21 December 2018). "Gakpo en Piroe zijn nieuwe groeibriljantjes van PSV: 'Hoofdmacht halen is realistischer geworden'". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch).
  11. ^ "Dutch Eredivisie (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  12. ^ Beek, Yvonne van (3 February 2019). "Aanvoerder De Jong trots op honderdste doelpunt: 'Fantastisch in vijf seizoenen PSV'". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  13. ^ Elfrink, Rik (13 September 2020). "PSV pakt belangrijke uitzege in Groningen, met dank aan Cody Gakpo". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch).
  14. ^ "PSV cruise to a 5-1 win over NS Mura". PSV. 24 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Rosenborg BK - PSV". PSV (in Dutch). 26 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Frank de Boer maakt EK-selectie bekend". OnsOranje.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Gakpo schrijft historie met Oranje-debuut". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 21 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Cody Gakpo » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Super Cup". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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