Cyrill Akono (born 29 February 2000) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a forward for club

Hallescher FC Hallescher FC, formerly known as Hallescher FC Chemie, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga, the fourth highest l ...

Club career

Mainz 05

On 20 May 2019,

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club

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

announced that they had signed Akono from

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

side SC Preußen Münster for the upcoming 2019–20 season.

Lübeck

He joined 3. Liga club

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, in the country's north. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...

on loan until the end of the season in January 2021.

Verl

In May 2021, it was announced that Akono would join

SC Verl SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football. The club was promoted to the profe ...

on a three-year contract for the 2021–22 season.

Borussia Dortmund II

In December 2022, it was announced that Akono would join

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund, currently playing in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. The team won the Regionalliga West in 2009 and became the second ...

on a one-year and half contract for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 season.

Return to Lübeck

On 24 June 2023, Akono signed a two-year contract with

Career statistics

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* * 2000 births Living people Footballers from Münster German men's footballers Cameroonian men's footballers German people of Cameroonian descent Men's association football forwards SC Preußen Münster players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players VfB Lübeck players SC Verl players Borussia Dortmund II players Hallescher FC players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-stub