Yannick Kakoko

Yannick Kakoko (born 26 January 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Yannick Kakoko
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990
Place of birth Saarbrücken, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
ESV Saarbrücken
0000–2004 1. FC Saarbrücken
2004 Metz
2004–2009 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Bayern Munich II 3 (0)
2009–2010 Greuther Fürth 1 (0)
2009–2010 Greuther Fürth II 31 (14)
2010–2011 VfR Aalen 5 (0)
2011 SV Wehen Wiesbaden II 13 (2)
2011–2012 Waldhof Mannheim 8 (1)
2012–2013 FC Homburg 27 (5)
2013–2014 FC Wohlen 29 (4)
2014–2016 Miedź Legnica 40 (3)
2016–2018 Arka Gdynia 51 (4)
2018–2019 F91 Dudelange 3 (0)
2019–2021 Titus Pétange 32 (0)
Total 243 (33)
International career
2007 Germany U-17 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Saarbrücken, Kakoko began his career with ESV Saarbrücken and later 1. FC Saarbrücken.[1] He left Saarbrücken in summer 2004, joining FC Metz, but returned to Germany after two years, joining Bayern Munich a youth contract. He made his debut in a 3. Liga match against VfR Aalen in March 2009, but had to be substituted due to injury.[2] He left Bayern Munich II in July 2009 and signed his first professional contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. After one year in the Greuther Fürth reserve team, he signed a contract for VfR Aalen on 9 June 2010, but was released by the club six months later. He spent half a season playing for SV Wehen Wiesbaden II before joining SV Waldhof Mannheim in July 2011. A year later he signed for FC Homburg.

Kakoko joined Union Titus Pétange ahead of the 2019–20 season on a three-year contract.[3]

He retired at the end of the 2020–21 season.[4]

International career

Kakoko was member of the Germany U-17 at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.[5]

Personal life

Kakoko's father, Etepe, was also a footballer, representing Zaire (as the DR Congo was then known) at the 1974 World Cup. He also played for VfB Stuttgart, and later 1. FC Saarbrücken, whom Yannick represented as a youth.[6]

Honours

Arka Gdynia

References
  1. "Kakoko, Yannick" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. "Yannick Kakoko" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  3. Le Titus Pétange se donne les moyens de ses ambitions, wort.lu, 24 June 2019
  4. Rodrigues, Ricardo J. (15 December 2021). "Der Preis der Freiheit". Luxemburger Wort (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. "Nationalspieler Yannick Kakoko" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  6. "Etepe reflects on Zaire's 1974 adventure". FIFA. 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.
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