Aurélien Joachim (born 10 August 1986) is a professional

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who plays for

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as a striker. Born in Belgium, he made 80 appearances for the

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

scoring 15 goals between 2005 and 2019. He is the younger brother of former cyclist

Benoît Joachim Benoît Joachim (born 14 January 1976) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg. Biography Joachim started his professional career at the age of 18 for a small Italian cycling team, Sonego Sport. After racing with them for ...

Club career

Joachim spent his time in the youth teams of Belgian clubs

Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the principal town ...

and

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch language, Dutch and , ; Picard language, Picard and Walloon language, Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Belgium, Belgian Hainaut Provinc ...

, before making his senior debut for Virton in the 2004–2005 season. He then played for the reserve teams of German

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sides

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

and

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

before making his debut in the

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in the second half of the 2007–2008 season. Joachim was transferred to

F91 Dudelange F91 Dudelange (; , ) is a Luxembourgish professional Association football, football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division. It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dudelange, ...

in May 2011. He has been a key figure in Dudelange's Champions League run in 2012–13, scoring 4 goals over 2 legs against S.P. Tre Penne of San Marino, and scoring in each leg of Dudelange's famous 4–4 aggregate draw with Red Bull Salzburg, helping his side through via the away goals rule to face

NK Maribor Nogometni klub Maribor () is a Slovenian professional Association football, football club based in Maribor, Slovenia. It competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top tier of the Football in Slovenia#League system, Slovenian football league system ...

in the third qualifying round, the furthest Dudelange have ever gone in the Champions League. On 29 August 2012, Joachim was loaned to Willem II until the end of the season. In July 2013, he signed a two-year deal with

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

after he had permanently left Dudelange as a free agent. Before the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Joachim signed with Bulgarian club

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

. He made his official debut for the side in a Europa League qualifier against

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on 17 July 2014. He played his last match for the "redmen" in April 2015, as he had to return to Luxembourg in order to undergo a

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operation. After one season with

, Joachim confirmed that he had been relegated to the club's B-team because he was not a part of the club's plans. However, he was promoted back to the first team at the end of October 2019. Joachim returned to FC Differdange 03 in July 2020.

International career

Joachim made his debut for

in a September 2005 World Cup qualification match against

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, at just 19 years of age. In his senior career, Joachim earned 80 caps, scoring 15 goals. Joachim announced his retirement from international football in July 2020.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Joachim goal''.

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joachim, Aurelien 1986 births Living people Men's association football forwards Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourg men's international footballers Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers VfL Bochum II players FC Differdange 03 players Lierse S.K. players Willem II Tilburg players RKC Waalwijk players R.E. Virton players PFC CSKA Sofia players Burton Albion F.C. players F91 Dudelange players Eredivisie players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria English Football League players 21st-century Luxembourgian sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in England