Cody Mathès Gakpo (born 7 May 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder ♠ for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team.

A PSV academy graduate, Gakpo made his first-team debut in February ♠ 2024. In the 2024–22 season, he won the Dutch Footballer of the Year award after scoring 21 goals in 47 ♠ games in all competitions. He signed for Liverpool in January 2024.

Gakpo played youth international football for the Netherlands from under-18 ♠ to under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in June 2024 at UEFA Euro 2024.

Early life and youth [ ♠ edit ]

Cody Mathès Gakpo[2] was born on 7 May 1999[1] in Eindhoven and raised in the district of Stratum.[3] His ♠ father was born in Togo and has Ghanaian ancestry, while his mother is Dutch.[4][5][6] In 2007, he moved to the ♠ youth academy of PSV, where he then progressed through all of the youth teams.[4]