Yannick Kakoko

Yannick Kakoko
Personal information
Date of birth	26 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Saarbrücken, West Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	ESV Saarbrücken
0000–2004	1. FC Saarbrücken
2004	Metz
2004–2009	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009	Bayern Munich II
2009–2010	Greuther Fürth
2009–2010	Greuther Fürth II
2010–2011	VfR Aalen
2011	SV Wehen Wiesbaden II
2011–2012	Waldhof Mannheim
2012–2013	FC Homburg
2013–2014	FC Wohlen
2014–2016	Miedź Legnica
2016–2018	Arka Gdynia
2018–2019	F91 Dudelange
2019–2021	Titus Pétange
Total
International career
2007	Germany U-17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yannick Kakoko (born 26 January 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[1]

Career[edit]

Born in Saarbrücken, Kakoko began his career with ESV Saarbrücken and later 1. FC Saarbrücken.^[1] He left Saarbrücken in summer 2004, joining FC Metz, but returned to Germany after two years, joining Bayern Munich a youth contract. He made his debut in a 3. Liga match against VfR Aalen in March 2009, but had to be substituted due to injury.^[2] He left Bayern Munich II in July 2009 and signed his first professional contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth.^{[citation needed]} After one year in the Greuther Fürth reserve team, he signed a contract for VfR Aalen on 9 June 2010,^{[citation needed]} but was released by the club six months later.^{[citation needed]} He spent half a season playing for SV Wehen Wiesbaden II before joining SV Waldhof Mannheim in July 2011. A year later he signed for FC Homburg.

Kakoko joined Union Titus Pétange ahead of the 2019–20 season on a three-year contract.^[3]

He retired at the end of the 2020–21 season.^[4]

Kakoko's father, Etepe, was also a footballer, representing Zaire (as the DR Congo was then known) at the 1974 World Cup. He also played for VfB Stuttgart, and later 1. FC Saarbrücken, whom Yannick represented as a youth.^[6]

Arka Gdynia

^ ^a ^b "Kakoko, Yannick" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ "Yannick Kakoko" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ Le Titus Pétange se donne les moyens de ses ambitions, wort.lu, 24 June 2019
^ Rodrigues, Ricardo J. (15 December 2021). "Der Preis der Freiheit". Luxemburger Wort (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Nationalspieler Yannick Kakoko" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ "Etepe reflects on Zaire's 1974 adventure". FIFA. 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.