18 Facts About Yussuf Poulsen

Yussuf Poulsen holds the RB Leipzig record for most appearances with over 300, and has scored over 80 goals for the club.

Yussuf Poulsen played in the DFB-Pokal final in 2019 and 2021.

Yussuf Poulsen was part of their squad at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the UEFA European Championship in 2020 and 2024, reaching the semi-finals of the 2020 tournament.

Yussuf Poulsen was born to a Tanzanian father and a Danish mother.

Yussuf Poulsen's father worked on a container ship, oscillating between Tanga and Denmark before he settled in Copenhagen.

Yussuf Poulsen died of cancer when Poulsen was six years old.

Yussuf Poulsen played his first match as a senior on 4 December 2011, when he came on the pitch against AC Horsens after 84 minutes, as a substitute for Mathias Tauber.

Yussuf Poulsen did not immediately establish himself in the starting eleven, and he was at the end of the season only on five appearances.

Yussuf Poulsen was a regular player in the starting 11, and played 32 matches, scoring eleven goals.

Yussuf Poulsen's achievements attracted the interest of foreign and domestic clubs, and on 3 July 2013, he signed a contract with the newly promoted 3.

Yussuf Poulsen's treble took him to 15 league goals for the campaign which meant he became only the third Danish player, after Ebbe Sand and Allan Simonsen to score more than 14 Bundesliga goals in a single season.

Yussuf Poulsen was then ruled out for the rest of the season with ankle ligament damage.

Yussuf Poulsen was eligible to play for Tanzania but did not receive any offers from the Tanzanian federation; as a result, he chose to represent his native Denmark.

Yussuf Poulsen made his debut for the Danish national team on 30 January 2013 against Mexico.

Yussuf Poulsen was selected in Denmark's squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however he rejected the call-up in order to cement his place at Leipzig.

Yussuf Poulsen was part of the Danish squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020 in the summer of 2021.

Yussuf Poulsen was part of the Danish squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

In 2015 Yussuf Poulsen founded a cafe in Copenhagen called Social with his friends Sebastian Streit Jeppesen and Frederik Nemo Andersen.