Axel Tape
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Axel Tape-Kobrissa | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Bondy, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2020 | FC Bobigny | ||
| 2020–2025 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | France U19 | 1 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:27, 27 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025 | |||
Axel Tape-Kobrissa (born 10 August 2007) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Paris Saint-Germain
[edit | edit source]Born in Bondy,[1][2] Axel Tape joined the Paris Saint-Germain Academy as a teenager, where he became a standout for David Suarez's under-19, both in the national competition and the Youth League.[1][2][3]
He was first called to the first team by Luis Enrique in November 2024 as a cover in defence, as both Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Presnel Kimpembe and Naoufel El Hannach where ruled out for the Ligue 1 game against Toulouse.[1][4][5] He was an unused substitute during the 3–0 home win against Toulouse on 22 November.[6]
Tape made his debut with Paris Saint-Germain on 15 January 2025, playing 72 minutes in a 2024–25 Coupe de France game against National 3 (5th tier) side Espaly, as PSG won the game 4–2.[7] On 3 May, he made his Ligue 1 debut, by starting in a 2–1 away defeat against Strasbourg.[8]
Bayer Leverkusen
[edit | edit source]On 11 June 2025, Tape signed a long-term contract with Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[9]
International career
[edit | edit source]Born in France, Tape is of Ivorian descent.[10] He is a youth international for France, first receiving a call with the under-18 in November 2024, when he made his debut during a 1–0 loss to Turkey.[1][11]
Style of play
[edit | edit source]Able to play both as a box-to-box midfielder or a central defender, Tape is described as an athletic player with great activity and forward projection.[1][2][3]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 1 October 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
Honours
[edit | edit source]Paris Saint-Germain U19
- Championnat National U19: 2023–24,[12] 2024–25[13]
Paris Saint-Germain
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Axel Tape at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Axel Tape at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2007 births
- Living people
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Bondy
- Paris Saint-Germain FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany