Vincent Aboubakar
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Aboubakar with Cameroon in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vincent Paté Aboubakar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Garoua, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Neftçi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Coton Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Coton Sport | 15 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Valenciennes | 72 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Lorient | 37 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Porto | 83 | (36) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 27 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Beşiktaş | 26 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Al Nassr | 34 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Beşiktaş | 38 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Hatayspor | 25 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Neftçi | 12 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cameroon U20 | 14 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Cameroon | 117 | (45) | |||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vincent Paté Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as striker for Azerbaijani Premier League club Neftçi 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 2015, 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 Beşiktaş in 2017, and again in 2021.
Aboubakar has earned over 110 caps for Cameroon since his international debut in May 2010. He is currently the second-highest scorer in the history of the national team, behind only Samuel Eto'o. He was part of their squads for the 2010, 2014 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023. Aboubakar scored the winning goal in the final of the 2017 tournament, and was the top goalscorer of the 2021 edition.