Born in Germany to a Cameroonian father and German mother, Joël Matip joined Schalke 04's youth system when he was just nine years old. He made his Bundesliga debut in 2009 and was a regular in the second half of that 2009/10 season, scoring three times in twenty appearances. Matip was part of a squad that made the...
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