🇨🇲 CMR · Defender · Age 33 · #32
Retired or currently unattached.
Joel Matip is from CMR 🇨🇲.
Joel Matip played as a Defender.
Joel Matip has played for 2 clubs across 2 leagues since 2009.
On PlayFutbol's 1–5 rarity model, Joel scores 3/5 — Mid-tier. Joel is a mid-tier pick — well-known to league followers, fair game on most puzzles.
Joel's career spans 17 years from 2009 to present, with a career chain length of 2.
Joel is eligible as an answer in 8 of our 12 games. Here's the full breakdown:
| Game | Status | Why | Play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Futbol Grid | Eligible | Eligible in Premier League grid | Play → |
| Futbol 11 | Eligible | Fills a Defender slot when their nationality is drawn | Play → |
| Futbol Wordle | Conditional | Limited to classic name-only mode — missing current club or jersey | Play → |
| Futbol Connections | Eligible | Pooled into nationality, era, and career-trait groups | Play → |
| Futbol Tic-Tac-Toe | Eligible | Valid pick for cells in PL | Play → |
| Futbol Top Five | Eligible | Candidate across our 47 ranking categories | Play → |
| Football Timeline | Eligible | Part of the 365-career chronological pool | Play → |
| Who Am I? | Conditional | Only 2 career clubs — clue sequence may be thin | Play → |
| Guess the Badge | N/A | Badge game is club-based, not player-based | — |
| Career Path | N/A | Only 2 career clubs (minimum is 4) | — |
| Futbol Bingo | Eligible | Matches several of the 100 bingo tasks | Play → |
| Missing XI | Eligible | Featured in 1 classic match lineup: 2019 Champions League Final XI | Play → |
Based on famous-club coverage. Joel is a mid-tier pick — well-known to league followers, fair game on most puzzles.
Below the 4-club minimum for Career Path.
See the full breakdown in the table above.
Joel Matip has played for 2 clubs across 2 leagues: FC Schalke 04, Liverpool FC.
Partially — Joel can appear in classic Wordle mode but lacks the full attribute set for the six-clue variant.
3/5 — Mid-tier. Joel is a mid-tier pick — well-known to league followers, fair game on most puzzles.
Notable teammates include Andrew Robertson (shared club: Liverpool FC); Benedikt Höwedes (shared club: FC Schalke 04); Ibrahima Konaté (shared club: Liverpool FC).
Joel is a conditional pick — only 2 career clubs — clue sequence may be thin.
No — Career Path requires at least 4 career clubs, and Joel currently has 2.
Try Futbol Grid, Futbol 11, Futbol Connections — each rotates eligible players like Joel into the daily pool.
Joel Matip played as a Defender.
Career data (clubs, appearances, goals) sourced from Transfermarkt and club official pages; cross-checked against Wikipedia. Trivia eligibility and rarity scores are computed directly from PlayFutbol's own puzzle generators.
Author: PlayFutbol Data Team · Questions or corrections? support@playfutbol.app