Cody Gakpo, forward - Liverpool FC
Liverpool FC added the reigning Dutch Footballer of the Year to their squad with the signing of versatile forward Cody Gakpo in January 2023.
Gakpo set out on his journey towards the professional game by trialling with PSV Eindhoven at the age of six, beginning a development that would see him blossom into a leading figure for club and country.
Having progressed all the way through the Eredivisie side's youth ranks, a first chance to represent the team he supported as a boy at senior level arrived in February 2018 with a brief substitute appearance against Feyenoord in league action.
The special moment of his maiden goal for PSV came later in the same year, with Gakpo opening the scoring in a 4-0 Dutch cup victory away at Excelsior Maassluis in the September.
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Date of birth
7 May 1999
Nationality
Dutch
Honours
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Video"I'd say 8/10!" - Cody Gakpo and Curtis Jones take AXA Player Portraits challenge. Cody Gakpo and Curtis Jones take up the challenge in the latest episode of AXA’s ‘Player Portraits’ series – watch in full now.
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Round-upInternationals: Dominik Szoboszlai scores late penalty for Hungary on Tuesday. Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai scored a late penalty for Hungary on Tuesday night in UEFA Nations League action.
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NewsCody Gakpo: Why I'm very proud of Ryan Gravenberch. Cody Gakpo has expressed his pride in seeing compatriot Ryan Gravenberch show off his qualities ‘to the whole world’.
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Round-upInternationals: Cody Gakpo scores as Netherlands beat Hungary. Cody Gakpo scored to help the Netherlands to a 4-0 win over Hungary in Saturday’s UEFA Nations League action.
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NewsCody Gakpo's Brighton stunner voted LFC Goal of the Month. Cody Gakpo's stunning first strike at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Carabao Cup has been voted Liverpool's Goal of the Month for October.
