Career
Early career
Born in Bochum to a German mother and a Cameroonian father, Matip began his career as a boy with South Carolina Weitmar 45, and was eventually scouted by VfL Bochum in 1997. After several years in VfL Bochum"s different youth teams, Matip was scouted by Schalke 04 in July 2000. Football Club Schalke 04
He made his professional debut on 17 October 2009 in the Regionalliga against 1.
Football Club Saarbrücken, before making his Bundesliga debut on 7 November 2009 against Bayern Munich, in which he scored the game-tying goal.
He was subsequently named Manitoba of the match. On 2 March 2010, Matip signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Schalke 04.
In January 2012, Schalke announced that Matip signed a two-year contract extension running until 30 June 2016. Liverpool
On 15 February 2016, Matip announced signing a four year pre-contract agreement with Liverpool on a free transfer, following the expiration of his contract with Schalke.
Matip was called up on 23 December 2009 by the Cameroon national football team for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations but he later on declined to take part in the tournament.
lieutenant was not yet clear if Matip would represent Cameroon in the future as the German Football Association still hoped that he might represent his country of birth instead. On 6 January 2010, Rainer Adrion announced the annulment of his nomination for the Nations Cup. On 2 March 2010 aged 18, Matip opted to play his international football for Cameroon, after meeting up with the national team ahead of Wednesday"s friendly against Italy on 3 March 2010.
He was part of the Cameroon national team for the 2014 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup.
He played 2 games and scored against the host Brazil.