Vincent Aboubakar
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Aboubakar with Beşiktaş in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vincent Paté Aboubakar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Garoua, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Coton Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Coton Sport | 15 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Valenciennes | 72 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Valenciennes B | 4 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Lorient | 37 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Porto | 83 | (36) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 27 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Porto B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Beşiktaş | 26 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Al Nassr | 34 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Beşiktaş | 38 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Hatayspor | 25 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cameroon U20 | 14 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Cameroon | 112 | (45) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Vincent Paté Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Süper Lig club Hatayspor and captains the Cameroon national team.
Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport and moved to Europe in 2010, playing for Ligue 1 clubs Valenciennes and Lorient, totalling 109 appearances and 26 goals in France's top division. In 2015, he signed for Porto, where he played 125 games and scored 58 goals, winning a Primeira Liga title. He won the Turkish Süper Lig while on loan at Beşiktaş in 2017, and again in 2021.
Aboubakar has earned over 110 caps for Cameroon since his international debut in May 2010. He is currently the second-highest scorer in the history of the national team, behind only Samuel Eto'o. He was part of their squads for the 2010, 2014 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023. Aboubakar scored the winning goal in the final of the 2017 tournament, and was the top goalscorer of the 2021 edition.