Marvin Job Matip (born 25 September 1985) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in Germany, he represented the Cameroon national team at international level.

Club career

Born in Bochum, Matip began his career with

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundesli ...

, but moved to

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballsp ...

in 2005. On 1 February 2010, he was loaned to

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...

International career

Matip represented German youth sides at Under 19 and Under-21 level in competitions including the

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and the

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, but was called up to the Cameroon national team in 2007 after announcing his desire to represent Cameroon. However, his career with Cameroon was delayed after the correct paperwork was not filed with FIFA in time. He made his international debut with ''Les Lions Indomptables'' in a friendly match against

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on 2 June 2013.

Personal life

Matip was born to a

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

ian father and a German mother, and as such was eligible to represent either nation. His father Jean is a former footballer and his brother Joël Matip plays for

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. He is also the cousin of

Joseph-Désiré Job Joseph-Désiré Job (born 1 December 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-winger or attacking midfielder. Born in France, Job represented the Cameroon national team. After starting his career in France, Job moved t ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matip, Marvin 1985 births Living people Footballers from Bochum German people of Cameroonian descent Cameroonian people of German descent Sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Citizens of Cameroon through descent German men's footballers Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players Karlsruher SC players FC Ingolstadt 04 players