Yussuf

Poulsen

Yussuf Poulsen history

Yussuf Poulsen was born on 15 June 1994 in Kopenhagen and plays for RB Leipzig. He played for Boldklubben Skjold from 2000-2008, for Lyngby BK from 2008-2013 and has played for RB Leipzig since 2013.

Current season 2023/24

With one assist, Yussuf Poulsen currently has the third-most in his team along with Benjamin Henrichs, Dani Olmo, Loïs Openda and Mohamed Simakan. So far, Yussuf Poulsen has taken two shots at goal. With this result he has secured himself, along with Willi Orban and David Raum, 10th place on the team-internal leaderboard for this category. With two passes to a shot, Yussuf Poulsen presently occupies eighth place within the team statistics along with Timo Werner, Emil Forsberg and Mohamed Simakan. In three of the previous five games of the season, Yussuf Poulsen was in the starting line-up. Of these five games, he won 4 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for two games.

Yussuf Poulsen has suffered 12 fouls so far and shares third place in the league-wide statistics for this category with Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund).

Last game

The 29-year-old played his last game on the fifth matchday of the 2023/24 season (23 September 2023). Playing for RB Leipzig, he won against Borussia M'gladbach 1-0. He was substituted in and played as a forward for a total of 20 minutes in this game. In terms of total touches, Yussuf Poulsen had 15 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 15 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win six. He covered a distance of 3.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Yussuf Poulsen had a total of six sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

The player with the shirt number 9 has played 188 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 104. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of RB Leipzig. Here, Yussuf Poulsen has put a total of 42 balls in the net. With a total of 42 goals in his Bundesliga career so far, he presently takes 19th place on the active scoring chart.

International appointments

The 1.92m-tall forward won the DFB-Pokal in 2021/22 and 2022/23 with RB Leipzig. He won the Supercup in 2023 with RB Leipzig.