Breel Embolo
Switzerland · FW · age 29
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Switzerland
- Position
- FW
- Squad role
- Projected starter · #7
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 85
- Intl goals
- 23
- Intl assists
- 17
- Composite rating
- 0.63(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 27.7%
See Breel Embolo on the full Switzerland scoring list →
Recent form
Cooling
2025/26 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.32 vs 0.39).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 5 | 309 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| World Cup 2022 | 4 | 328 | 2 | 0 | 2.4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Euro 2020 | 5 | 374 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| World Cup 2018 | 4 | 159 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| All tournaments | 18 | 1,170 | 5 | 1 | 5.2 | 29 | 11 | 31 | 82 | 7 | 6 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
149
Career matches
8,763
Career minutes
38
Goals
13
Assists
39.6
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.39
58
xG / 90
0.41
94
xAG / 90
0.17
93
vs 189 FW players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 7 | 341 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 21 | 919 | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| 2018-19 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 20 | 1,345 | 5 | 1 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| 2019-20 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 28 | 1,550 | 8 | 5 | 10.4 | 4.3 |
| 2020-21 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 31 | 1,440 | 5 | 2 | 7.7 | 1.3 |
| 2021-22 | M'Gladbach | Bundesliga | 29 | 2,166 | 9 | 3 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
| 2022-23 | Monaco | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1,002 | 6 | 2 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.