Yannick Kakoko

Yannick Kakoko
Personal information
Full name	Yannick Kakoko
Date of birth	26 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Saarbrücken, West Germany
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Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Arka Gdynia
Number	20
Youth career
	ESV Saarbrücken
0000–2004	1. FC Saarbrücken
2004	FC Metz
2004–2009	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009	Bayern Munich II
2009–2010	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2009–2010	SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
2010–2011	VfR Aalen
2011	SV Wehen Wiesbaden II
2011–2012	SV Waldhof Mannheim
2012–2013	FC Homburg
2013–2014	FC Wohlen
2014–2016	Miedź Legnica
2016-	Arka Gdynia
International career
2007	Germany U-17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2016

Yannick Kakoko (born 26 January 1990 in Saarbrücken) is a German footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a forward for Arka Gdynia.^[1]

Career

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 FC 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 reserve team of Greuther Fürth, 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'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.^{[citation needed]}