Aurélien Joachim
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Aurélien Joachim (born 10 August 1986) is a professional association football, footballer who plays for FC Arlon, Arlon as a striker (association football), striker. Born in Belgium, he made 80 appearances for the Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg scoring 15 goals between 2005 and 2019. He is the younger brother of former cyclist Benoît Joachim.


Club career

Joachim spent his time in the youth teams of Belgian clubs R.E. Virton, Virton and R.E. Mouscron, Mouscron, before making his senior debut for Virton in the 2004–2005 season. He then played for the reserve teams of German Bundesliga sides VfL Bochum and Alemannia Aachen before making his debut in the Luxembourg National Division in the second half of the 2007–2008 season. Joachim was transferred to F91 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 FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg, helping his side through via the away goals rule to face NK Maribor 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 (football club), Willem II until the end of the season. In July 2013, he signed a two-year deal with RKC Waalwijk after he had permanently left Dudelange as a free agent. Before the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Joachim signed with Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia. He made his official debut for the side in a 2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round, Europa League qualifier against FC Zimbru Chișinău, Zimbru Chișinău 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 Meniscus (anatomy), meniscus operation. After one season with R.E. Virton, Virton, 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 Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg in a September 2005 World Cup qualification match against Liechtenstein national football team, Liechtenstein, 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''.


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Voetbal International profile
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