Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Player Summary for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting |
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Club | Bayern Munich |
Position | Forward |
Jersey Number | 13 |
Height | 191cm ► 6' 3" |
Age | 35 years old |
Birthday | March 23, 1989 |
Nationality | Cameroonian/German |
Contract Expires | June 2024 |
Weekly Pay | £114,596.00 |
Additional Info
Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is a professional footballer who plays as a striker (Center-Forward) for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Cameroon national team. He was born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany, to a Cameroonian father and a German mother.
Choupo-Moting joined FC Bayern in the autumn of 2020. He joined FC Bayern from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), but his football beginnings can be traced back to his home city of Hamburg. There he played for Altona 93, FC St. Pauli and Hamburger SV, among others. That was followed by spells at Mainz 05, Schalke 04, and Stoke City in England.
In addition, Choupo-Moting is particularly strong in duels and in the air. In his very first year at FC Bayern, he won the Bundesliga as well as the FIFA Club World Cup.
At the international level, Choupo-Moting has a German passport and has represented his country of birth Germany at the under-19 and under-21 levels.
In May 2010, he earned his first call-up for the Cameroon national team and represented Cameroon at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.