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Yussuf Poulsen
Danish association football player

Yussuf Poulsen

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Danish association football player
A.K.A.
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen
Work field
Gender
Male
Religion(s):
Place of birth
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Age
30 years
Residence
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Stats
Height:
193 cm
Weight:
78 kg
Sports Teams
RB Leipzig (Germany)
Lyngby Boldklub (Denmark)
Denmark national under-17 football team (Denmark)
Denmark national under-17 football team (Denmark)
Denmark national under-19 football team (Denmark)
Denmark national under-19 football team (Denmark)
Denmark national under-19 football team (Denmark)
Denmark national under-21 football team (Denmark)
Denmark League XI national football team (Denmark)
Denmark national association football team (Denmark)
Denmark national under-16 football team (Denmark)
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Biography

Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈjusuf ˈpʰʌwlsn̩]; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national team. He sometimes uses Yurary as his shirt name.

After starting his professional career with Lyngby, he transferred to RB Leipzig in 2013, helping them from the 3. Liga to the Bundesliga in the space of three seasons. He holds the RB Leipzig record for most appearances with over 300, and has scored over 80 goals for the club. He played in the DFB-Pokal final in 2019 and 2021.

Poulsen made his international debut for Denmark in 2014 and has earned over 70 caps. He was part of their squad at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the UEFA European Championship in 2020 and 2024, reaching the semi-finals of the 2020 tournament.

Early life

Poulsen was born to a Tanzanian father and a Danish mother. His father worked on a container ship, oscillating between Tanga and Denmark before he settled in Copenhagen. He died of cancer when Poulsen was six years old.

Club career

Early career

Poulsen began playing football at BK Skjold. At first he was a defensive player and in Kenneth Zohore he had a teammate, with whom he was to play later in the Danish youth national teams. After Zohoré joined FC Copenhagen, Poulsen was moved to a position as a striker.

Lyngby BK

At the age of 14 he joined the youth ranks of Lyngby BK. He played his first match as a senior on 4 December 2011, when he came on the pitch against AC Horsens after 84 minutes, as a substitute for Mathias Tauber. Poulsen did not immediately establish himself in the starting eleven, and he was at the end of the season only on five appearances. His club, Lyngby were also relegated from Superligaen. 5 August 2012 he scored his first goal at senior level, as well as for his club, when he in the second match in the 1. Division (second Danish league) scored the 1-0 winning goal against AB Gladsaxe. He was a regular player in the starting 11, and played 32 matches, scoring eleven goals.

RB Leipzig

His achievements attracted the interest of foreign and domestic clubs, and on 3 July 2013, he signed a contract with the newly promoted 3. Liga German side RB Leipzig. He made his club debut on 19 July 2013 in a 1–0 win at Hallescher FC, and scored his first goals in a 2–0 home win over Rot-Weiss Essen on 24 August, and netted two more in the final game on 10 May 2014 to win 3–1 at Stuttgarter Kickers. He finished the 2013–14 season with 10 goals in 36 appearances as his team were promoted as runners-up.

In his first season in the 2. Bundesliga, Poulsen scored 12 goals in 32 appearances during the 2014–15 season as his team came fifth. He was sent off on 23 February in a 1–1 draw at Eintracht Braunschweig.

Yussuf Poulsen
Poulsen in action for Leipzig against Zenit in October 2019

Poulsen scored seven goals in 32 appearances during the 2015–16 season as RB Leipzig won promotion as runners-up to SC Freiburg. On 28 August 2016, he played in RB Leipzig's first Bundesliga match, and in the sixth match of the 2016–17 season, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–1 victory at home against FC Augsburg on 30 September. He finished the 2016–17 season with five goals in 30 appearances.

Poulsen finished the 2017–18 season five goals in 41 appearances. This included one on 14 October 2017 in a 3–2 win at Borussia Dortmund, the hosts' first home defeat in 41 games.

On 30 March 2019, during a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC, he became the first-ever Leipzig player to score a hat-trick in the Bundesliga and in the process helped the club record its 50th ever win in the competition. His treble also took him to 15 league goals for the campaign which meant he became only the third Danish player, after Ebbe Sand and Allan Simonsen to score more than 14 Bundesliga goals in a single season. In the same month, he extended his contract by a year to 2022. His team were runners-up in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final; he scored in 3–1 wins in the first round at FC Viktoria Köln and the semi-final at Hamburger SV.

Poulsen became the first Leipzig player to 250 appearances on 24 May 2020, when he scored in a 5–0 win at 1. FSV Mainz 05. He was then ruled out for the rest of the season with ankle ligament damage.

He scored five times on the way to the 2021 DFB-Pokal final, including two in a 4–0 home win over VfL Bochum in the last 16. On 28 October 2021, he reached 300 matches in a 2–1 home loss to Club Brugge KV in the Champions League group stage.

International career

Poulsen was eligible to play for Tanzania but did not receive any offers from the Tanzanian federation; as a result, he chose to represent his native Denmark.

He made his debut for the Danish national team on 30 January 2013 against Mexico. On 13 June 2015, he scored his first goal for his country, against Serbia in a 2–0 win. Poulsen was selected in Denmark's squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however he rejected the call-up in order to cement his place at Leipzig.

In May 2018, he was named in Denmark's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. On 16 June, he scored the lone goal in their opening game against Peru, and was named man of the match. Earlier in the game he conceded a penalty with a foul on Christian Cueva, which the Peruvian missed.

Poulsen was part of the Danish squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020 in the summer of 2021. He scored his first goal in the European Championship in a 2–1 defeat to Belgium on 17 June, adding another four days later in a 4–1 win over Russia.

He was also part of the Danish squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2024
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyngby2011–12Danish Superliga500050
2012–13Danish 1st Division3011203211
Total3511203711
RB Leipzig2013–143. Liga3610103710
2014–152. Bundesliga2911313212
2015–162. Bundesliga32720347
2016–17Bundesliga29510305
2017–18Bundesliga3042190415
2018–19Bundesliga311562824519
2019–20Bundesliga2253080335
2020–21Bundesliga27565814111
2021–22Bundesliga2563190377
2022–23Bundesliga192425000284
2023–24Bundesliga285207010385
Total3087533125431039690
Career total34386351254310433101

International

As of match played 16 June 2024
National teamYearAppsGoals
Denmark201430
201582
201671
201760
2018122
201972
202070
2021154
202230
202371
202451
Total8013
As of match played 16 June 2024. Denmark score listed first, score column indicates score after each Poulsen goal.
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 June 2015Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark5 Serbia1–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
217 November 2015Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark11 Sweden1–22–2UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
38 October 2016National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland16 Poland2–32–32018 FIFA World Cup qualification
49 June 2018Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark28 Mexico1–02–0Friendly
516 June 2018Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia29 Peru1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup
610 June 2019Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark39 Georgia4–15–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
712 October 2019Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark42  Switzerland1–01–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
82 June 2021Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria53 Germany1–11–1Friendly
917 June 2021Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark56 Belgium1–01–2UEFA Euro 2020
1021 June 2021Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark57 Russia2–04–1UEFA Euro 2020
117 September 2021Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark62 Israel1–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1217 October 2023San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino73 San Marino2–12–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
138 June 2024Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark79 Norway3–13–1Friendly

Honours

RB Leipzig

  • DFB-Pokal: 2021–22, 2022–23; runner-up: 2018–19, 2020–21
  • DFL-Supercup: 2023

Individual

  • Bundesliga Goal of the Month: October 2020

Personal life

In 2015 Poulsen founded a cafe in Copenhagen called Social with his friends Sebastian Streit Jeppesen and Frederik Nemo Andersen. The cafe is known for its coffee and vegan food

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