Yussuf Poulsen

Yussuf Poulsen
Poulsen in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yussuf Yurary Poulsen
Date of birth (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 9
Youth career
BK Skjold
Lyngby BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Lyngby BK 35 (11)
2013– RB Leipzig 163 (41)
National team‡
2010 Denmark U16 1 (0)
2010–2011 Denmark U17 19 (2)
2011–2012 Denmark U18 7 (4)
2012–2013 Denmark U19 12 (8)
2012 Denmark U20 3 (0)
2013–2015 Denmark U21 15 (4)
2013 Denmark League XI 1 (0)
2014– Denmark 31 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:04, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2018

Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈjusuf ˈpɒwlsn̩]; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for German club RB Leipzig[2] as a striker or winger. He also sometimes used Yurary as his shirt name.

Club career

Early career

Yussuf Yurary Poulsen began playing football at BK Skjold. At first he was a defensive player and in Kenneth Zohore he had a teammate, with whom he was to play later in the Danish youth national teams. After Zohoré joined FC Copenhagen, Yussuf Yurary Poulsen was moved to a position as a striker.[3]

Lyngby BK

At the age of 14 he joined the youth ranks of Lyngby BK. He played his first match as a senior on 4 December 2011, when he came on the pitch against AC Horsens after 84 minutes, as a substitute for Mathias Tauber. Yussuf Yurary Poulsen did not immediately establish himself in the starting eleven, and he was at the end of the season only on five appearances. His club, Lyngby were also relegated from Superligaen. 5 August 2012 he scored his first goal at senior level, as well as for his club, when he in the second match in the 1. Division (second Danish league) scored the 1-0 winning goal against AB Gladsaxe. He was a regular player in the starting 11, and played 32 matches, scoring eleven goals.[4]

RB Leipzig

His achievements attracted the interest of foreign and domestic clubs, and on 3 July 2013, he signed a contract with the newly promoted 3. Liga German side RB Leipzig.[3][5] He finished the 2013–14 season with 10 goals in 27 appearances.[6] Yussuf Yurary Poulsen earned promotion with Leipzig to the 2. Bundesliga in 2014 and the German top-flight Bundesliga in 2016. He had scored 12 goals in 32 appearances during the 2014–15 season[7] and seven goals in 32 appearances during the 2015–16 season.[8] On the 6th match of the 2016–17 season, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–1 victory at home against FC Augsburg.[9][10] He finished the 2016–17 season with five goals in 30 appearances.[10] He finished the 2017–18 season five goals in 41 appearances.[11]

International career

Poulsen made his debut for the Danish national team on 11 October 2014 against Albania.[12] On 13 June 2015, he scored his first goal against Serbia in Denmark's 2–0 win. Poulsen was selected in Denmark's squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however he rejected the call-up in order to cement his place at Leipzig.[13] In May 2018 he was named in Denmark's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[14] On 16 June 2018, Poulsen scored the lone goal in Denmark's first matchup of the World Cup against Peru. His general performance on the pitch led to his nomination as the man of the match.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of matches played on 7 October 2018.
ClubSeasonLeagueCup[lower-alpha 1]ContinentalTotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyngby2011–12Superliga5000—50[4]
2012–131st Division3011203211[4]
Totals351120—3711—
RB Leipzig2013–143. Liga361010—3710[6]
2014–152. Bundesliga2911313212[7]
2015–1632720347[8]
2016–17Bundesliga29510305[10]
2017–18304219[lower-alpha 2]0415[11]
2018–1974114[lower-alpha 3]1126[4]
Totals1634110313118645—
Career totals1985214113122554—
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Danish Cup and German Cup.
  2. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
  3. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.

International

International statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 1 July 2018.[15]
Denmark
YearAppsGoals
201430
201582
201671
201760
201872
Total315

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.[16]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 June 2015Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark Serbia1–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2.17 November 2015Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark Sweden1–22–2UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
3.8 October 2016Warsaw National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland Poland2–32–32018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.9 June 2018Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark Mexico1–02–0Friendly
5.16 June 2018Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia Peru1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup

Personal life

Yussuf Yurary Poulsen is the son of a Danish mother and a Tanzanian father.[17] His father worked on a container ship, oscillating between Tanga and Denmark before he settled in Copenhagen.[3] He died of cancer when Yussuf was only six years old. Yussuf visited Tanzania several times as a child in 1996 and 2002, and again in 2008 and 2011. Yussuf was eligible to play for Tanzania but did not receive any offers from the Tanzanian federation; as a result, he chose to represent his native Denmark.[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Yussuf Poulsen". danskfodbold.
  3. 1 2 3 RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH (publisher) (2013). "AUS DEM KLUBMAGAZIN: Yussuf Yurary Poulsen UND SEIN WEG ZU RB LEIPZIG!". DIE ROTEN BULLEN (Vereinswebsite von RB Leipzig) (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Y. Poulsen". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (publisher) (4 July 2013). "Poulsen wird ein roter Bulle". kicker online (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Record-setting Leipzig up to third after beating Augsburg". DW.COM. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Yussuf Poulsen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Danmark - Albanien 1 - 1".
  13. ↑ "Olympics: Dane turns down Rio to prepare for Bundesliga". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists - Goal.com".
  15. ↑ Yussuf Poulsen at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ↑ "YUSSUF YURARY POULSEN". DBU. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  17. ↑ Unterschrieben: Yussuf Poulsen verstärkt RB Leipzig – erste Einsätze am Wochenende, www.lvz-online.de vom 4. Juli 2013
  18. ↑ Venner fra barnsben: Yussuf Yurary Poulsen hjælper Højbjerg igennem sorgen, http://www.bt.dk 10 October 2015
  19. ↑ Derfor brød Pierre-Emile sammen i gråd: Poulsen og Højbjerg har en fælles fortid, http://www.bt.dk 14 June 2015
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