Noah Okafor

Noah Okafor
Okafor with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000[2]
Place of birth Binningen, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United
Number 19
Youth career
2008–2009 FC Arisdorf
2009–2018 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Basel 39 (3)
2020–2023 Red Bull Salzburg 71 (25)
2023–2025 AC Milan 39 (7)
2025 → Napoli (loan) 4 (0)
2025– Leeds United 27 (7)
International career‡
2014–2015 Switzerland U15 3 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U17 7 (3)
2017–2018 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U19 7 (1)
2019– Switzerland 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:40, 04 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor (born 24 May 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Leeds United.

Career

Okafor began his career with FC Arisdorf. In 2009, he joined FC Basel, where he played on all youth teams. In January 2018, he joined the first team of Basel. He debuted versus FC Luzern in the last round of the season. He scored his first league goal in the second round of the next season against Neuchâtel Xamax.

In January 2020, he went to Austria and signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg till 2024.[3] He scored his first goal for Salzburg in round 24 versus Rapid Wien.[4] He moved to AC Milan in 2023.[5] He left AC Milan in 2025 to join Leeds United.[6]

National team

He played for all Swiss youth teams from U15 to U21. On 9 June 2019, he played his first match for the national team versus England.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 October 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel U21 2017–18 Swiss Promotion League 131——131
2018–19 21——21
Total 152——152
Basel 2017–18 Swiss Super League 10——10
2018–19 243311[a]0284
2019–20 140217[b]2233
Total 3935282527
Red Bull Salzburg 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 113311[a]0154
2020–21 186407[c]0296
2021–22 219528[d]33414
2022–23 217308[e]33210
Total 712515324611034
AC Milan 2023–24 Serie A 92001[d]0102
Career total 1343220533818745
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 28 March 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201910
202121
202291
202320
Total142
As of match played 2 June 2022[8]
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Okafor goal.
List of international goals scored by Noah Okafor
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
115 November 2021Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland Bulgaria1–04–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
22 June 2022Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic1–11–22022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Basel

  • Swiss Cup: 2018–19

Red Bull Salzburg

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References

  1. ↑ "2025/26 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Sport.ch
  4. ↑ Okafor Torstatistik
  5. ↑ AC Milan Homepage
  6. ↑ "Leeds United reach agreement with AC Milan to sign Noah Okafor in €21m deal". Yahoo Sports. 19 August 2025. Archived from the original on 13 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Kicker.de
  8. 1 2 3 Noah Okafor at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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