Vincent Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr 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 2014, 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 Besiktas in 2017, and again in 2021.
Aboubakar has earned 90 caps for Cameroon since his international debut in May 2010. He was part of their squads for the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017 and 2021. He scored the winning goal in the final of the 2017 tournament, and was the top goalscorer of the 2021 edition.
In November 2017, Goal.com's Solace Chukwu wrote that Aboubakar had much in common with his Porto strike partner Moussa Marega in that both are physically imposing but have insufficient technical ability. He added that Yacine Brahimi's skill set made up for this deficit and was a factor in the team's success. |
