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Zachary Athekame

Zachary Athekame
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-12-13) 13 December 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Vanløse, Denmark[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 AC Milan
Number 24
Youth career
2012–2013 Athlétique-Régina FC
2013–2016 Olympique de Genève FC
2016–2019 Servette
2019–2022 Meyrin
2022 Neuchâtel Xamax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Neuchâtel Xamax 30 (1)
2024–2025 Young Boys 34 (0)
2024 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 17 (1)
2025– AC Milan 0 (0)
International career‡
2023– Switzerland U21 10 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:13, 10 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:45, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Zachary Athekame (born 13 December 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club AC Milan.

Club career

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Athekame spent his youth career at Swiss clubs Athlétique-Régina FC, Olympique de Genève FC, Servette and Meyrin.[3] He joined Neuchâtel Xamax in February 2022, then playing in the Swiss Challenge League, subsequently signing his first professional contract with the club on 12 December 2022.[4]

On 30 December 2023, Swiss Super League club Young Boys announced an agreement to sign Athekame until 2028, and he was loaned back to Neuchâtel Xamax for the second half of the 2023–24 season.[5]

On 15 August 2025, Athekame signed a five-year contract with Italian Serie A club AC Milan.[1][6]

International career

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Born in Vanløse, Denmark,[1] Athekame's father is Nigerian and his mother is Swiss from Neuchâtel.[7] He is a Swiss youth international, having debuted for the Switzerland U21s in September 2023.[7] [8] [9]

Career statistics

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As of match played 10 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Neuchâtel Xamax 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League 12 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 14 0
2023–24[b] Swiss Challenge League 35 2 2 0 — — 37 2
Total 47 2 2 0 — 2 0 51 2
Young Boys 2024–25 Swiss Super League 30 0 5 1 8[c] 0 — 43 1
2025–26 Swiss Super League 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
Total 34 0 5 1 8 0 — 47 1
AC Milan 2025–26 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 81 2 7 1 8 0 2 0 98 3
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in Swiss Challenge League Promotion play-off
  2. ^ Part of the season spent on loan from Young Boys
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

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  1. ^ a b c "OFFICIAL STATEMENT: ZACHARY ATHEKAME". acmilan.com. AC Milan. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Zachary Athekame". AC Milan. Archived from the original on 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Xamax: la trajectoire exemplaire de Zachary Athekame". ArcInfo.
  4. ^ Grafener, Carim (23 December 2022). "littoralfoot.ch - Xamax offre un premier contrat pro à Zachary Athekame". littoralfoot.ch.
  5. ^ Neuchâtel, www rtn ch, RTN, Radio Télévision (30 December 2023). "Zachary Athekame : de Xamax à YB". www.rtn.ch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Milan, ecco Athekame: effettuate le visite mediche e contratto firmato, manca solo l'ufficialità". SportMediaset. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b Feller, Bastien (17 November 2023). "Zachary Athekame: "Il y a un poste à aller chercher"". Blick (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  8. ^ https:www.littoralfoot.ch/2023/12/31/zachary-athekame-portera-les-couleurs-dyb-des-la-prochaine-saison/
  9. ^ https://www.proxifoot.ch/geneve/2023/10/zachary-athekame-le-genevois-qui-se-fait-un-nom-a-neuchatel/
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