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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.

Cody Gakpo

Gakpo in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Cody Mathès Gakpo
Date of birth	(1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 23)
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	100	(35)
National team‡
2016–2017	Netherlands U18	3	(0)
2018	Netherlands U19	3	(0)
2018	Netherlands U20	5	(4)
2019–2021	Netherlands U21	13	(7)
2021–	Netherlands	9	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:38, 6 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022

A PSV academy graduate, Gakpo made his first-team debut for the club in February 2018. In the 2021–22 season, he won the Dutch Footballer of the Year award after scoring 21 goals in 47 games in all competitions.

Gakpo played youth international football for the Netherlands from under-18 to under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in June 2021 at Euro 2020.

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

Gakpo made his first team debut for PSV as an injury-time substitute in a 3–1 victory over Feyenoord on 25 February 2018.[8] 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] 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]

Gakpo scored the winning goal for PSV in a 2–1 win over Ajax in the 2022 KNVB Cup Final.[16] On 31 August 2022, he scored his first hat-trick in a 7–1 win over Volendam.[17]

While there was a lot of talk of Gakpo leaving PSV in the summer of 2022, with Manchester United, Leeds United and Southampton among interested clubs, in the end the player stayed at the club of his youth.[18]

International career

Gakpo was eligible to play for the Netherlands, Ghana or Togo at international level.[19][20] He played youth international football for the Netherlands at under-18,[21] under-19,[22] under-20[23] and under-21 levels.[24]

Gakpo was called up to the senior 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.[25] Thereby, he became the first Netherlands player to make his international debut in European Championship since Martien Vreijsen in 1980.[26]

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 6 October 2022[27]

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[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	19	2
	2019–20	Eredivisie	25	7	2	0	11[lower-alpha 2]	1	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	39	8
	2020–21	Eredivisie	23	7	1	0	5[lower-alpha 4]	4	—		29	11
	2021–22	Eredivisie	27	12	4	2	15[lower-alpha 5]	7	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	47	21
	2022–23	Eredivisie	8	8	0	0	6[lower-alpha 6]	3	1[lower-alpha 3]	1	15	12
	Total		100	35	9	3	38	15	3	1	150	54
Career total			126	52	9	3	38	15	3	1	176	71

International

As of match played 25 September 2022[28]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2021	4	1
	2022	5	2
Total		9	3

As of match played 25 September 2022[28]

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gakpo goal.

List of international goals scored by Cody Gakpo

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
2	14 June 2022	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	7	Wales	2–0	3–2	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
3	22 September 2022	Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland	8	Poland	1–0	2–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2017–18[29]
• KNVB Cup: 2021–22
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2021,[30] 2022[31]

Individual

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2021–22[32]

References

External links

• Cody Gakpo at Soccerway
• Cody Gakpo – UEFA competition record (archive) 

На других языках

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- [en] Cody Gakpo

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[es] Cody Gakpo

Cody Gakpo (Eindhoven, 7 de mayo de 1999) es un futbolista neerlandés que juega en la demarcación de extremo para el PSV Eindhoven de la Eredivisie.

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[fr] Cody Gakpo

Cody Gakpo, né le 7 mai 1999 à Eindhoven aux Pays-Bas, est un footballeur néerlandais qui évolue actuellement au poste d'ailier gauche au PSV Eindhoven.

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[it] Cody Gakpo

Cody Mathès Gakpo (Eindhoven, 7 maggio 1999) è un calciatore olandese, attaccante del PSV e della nazionale olandese.

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[ru] Гакпо, Коди

Коди Матес Гакпо (нидерл. Cody Mathès Gakpo; род. 7 мая 1999 года, Эйндховен) — нидерландский футболист, нападающий клуба ПСВ и сборной Нидерландов.

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