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Chadrac Akolo
Akolo training with VfB Stuttgart in 2017
Personal information
Full name Chadrac Akolo Ababa
Date of birth (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Sion 58 (18)
2016 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 16 (9)
2017–2019 VfB Stuttgart 38 (5)
2019–2022 Amiens 61 (10)
2021 → SC Paderborn (loan) 8 (1)
2022–2025 St. Gallen 100 (27)
2025– Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 0 (0)
International career‡
2017– DR Congo 27 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:37, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Chadrac Akolo Ababa (born 1 April 1995) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as forward for V.League 1 club Thep Xanh Nam Dinh and the DR Congo national team.[2]

Early life and childhood

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Born in the DR Congo, Akolo left the country with his family due to the political upheaval there and journeyed across the Mediterranean, arriving in Switzerland at age 14.[3] It was there he caught the eye of FC Sion of the Swiss Super League.[3]

Club career

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On 1 February 2016, Kinshasa-born Akolo joined Neuchâtel Xamax on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[4]

On 9 July 2017, Akolo signed a four-year deal with VfB Stuttgart.[5]

In July 2019, he moved to Amiens SC.[6]

He joined SC Paderborn on loan until the end of the season in February 2021.[7]

On 3 July 2022, Akolo moved to St. Gallen in Switzerland on a two-year contract.[8]

On 7 October 2025, Akolo signed for Vietnamese club Thep Xanh Nam Dinh alongside his fellow countryman Arnaud Lusamba.[9]

International career

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Akolo made his debut for the DR Congo national team in a 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Tunisia on 5 September 2017.[10]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 24 May 2025[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
U-21 Sion 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion 3 1 – – – 3 1
2013–14 1. Liga Promotion 20 7 – – – 20 7
2014–15 1. Liga Promotion 12 7 – – – 12 7
2015–16 1. Liga Promotion 3 2 – – – 3 2
Total 38 17 – – – 38 17
Sion 2013–14 Swiss Super League 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2014–15 Swiss Super League 16 0 2 0 – – 18 0
2015–16 Swiss Super League 7 0 2 0 – – 9 0
2016–17 Swiss Super League 34 15 6 3 – – 40 18
Total 59 15 10 3 – – 69 18
Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 16 9 – – – 16 9
VfB Stuttgart 2017–18 Bundesliga 22 5 3 1 – – 25 6
2018–19 Bundesliga 18 0 1 0 – – 19 0
Total 40 5 4 1 – – 44 6
Amiens 2019–20 Ligue 2 15 2 0 0 1 0 – 16 2
2020–21 Ligue 2 13 2 1 0 – – 14 2
2021–22 Ligue 2 33 6 5 4 – – 38 10
Total 61 10 6 4 1 0 – 68 14
Paderborn (loan) 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 8 1 – – – 8 1
St. Gallen 2022–23 Swiss Super League 32 7 4 5 – – 36 12
2023–24 Swiss Super League 37 14 2 1 – – 39 15
2024–25 Swiss Super League 31 6 1 0 – 11[c] 5 43 11
Total 100 27 7 6 – 11 5 118 38
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 2025–26 V.League 1 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Career total 332 84 27 14 1 0 11 5 361 104
  1. ^ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France, Vietnamese Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Apperances in UEFA Conference League

International

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As of match played 9 September 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
DR Congo 2017 1 0
2018 3 0
2019 7 1
2021 7 1
2022 3 0
2023 3 0
2024 3 0
Total 27 2
Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akolo goal.
List of international goals scored by Chadrac Akolo
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 October 2019 Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France 10  Ivory Coast 1–2 1–3 Friendly
2 7 October 2021 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo 16  Madagascar 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chadrac Akolo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. ^ Chadrac Akolo at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b "Chadrac Akolo's heroic path from refugee to Stuttgart and Bundesliga star".
  4. ^ "Chadrac Akolo est prêté à Xamax pour le deuxième tour" (in French). Footvaud. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ^ "VfB sign Chadrac Akolo". VfB Stuttgart. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Chadrac Akolo departs for SC Amiens". VfB Stuttgart. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Paderborn verpflichtet Ex-Stuttgarter Akolo". kicker (in German). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. ^ "FCSG verpflichtet Chadrac Akolo" (in German). St. Gallen. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ^ "CLB Nam Định công bố liền lúc 2 hợp đồng bom tấn". vov.vn (in Vietnamese). VOV. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  10. ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Congo DR-Tunisia". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  11. ^ Chadrac Akolo at Soccerway
  12. ^ "Swiss Cup Games and Statistics". www.schweizercup.ch. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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