Cody Gakpo
LWST
Netherlands27 years
Showing2026/27 seasonAll official competitions
Preferred Positions
Last 24 months · all competitions
LW
Left wingMain
6,845 min · 104 apps · 81 starts
ST
Striker
844 min · 10 apps · 10 starts
Squad importance
Current squad importance over the club’s last 40 recorded competitive games in this spell, including previous seasons. Starts and minutes contribute 70%; performance contributes 30%. Absences reduce the score gradually, with less weight when a player is outside the matchday squad.Current role at Liverpool · independent of the season filter
Important
Involvement76%
Performance46%
Through the match on 20 Sep 2026. Refreshed daily.
Profile
Career & playing style
Cody Gakpo is a Dutch forward whose attacking game becomes easier to understand from the left wing. Receiving the ball there lets him face a defender and decide whether to move inside towards goal or continue outside to cross. Shooting and supplying a teammate are connected parts of the same threat.
Born in Eindhoven, he developed through PSV’s youth teams before progressing through Jong PSV towards the first team. His Eredivisie debut came against Feyenoord in 2018. That June, Mark van Bommel formally promoted him to the senior squad alongside Donyell Malen, following a period of training with the first team.
Gakpo’s rise produced a decisive moment in the April 2022 Dutch Cup final: he scored the winner as PSV beat Ajax 2–1. His performances across the 2021–22 Eredivisie season also earned him the Gouden Schoen, the player-of-the-year award determined by De Telegraaf’s assessors.
He joined Liverpool in January 2023 and initially played largely through the middle under Jürgen Klopp. Arne Slot returned him to a more regular left-wing role in 2024. Gakpo explained that this gave him more opportunities to confront opponents one against one, with the option of moving inside to shoot or cross, or outside to deliver a cross.
Team honours followed in England: Gakpo collected a League Cup winner’s medal in 2024 and a Premier League winner’s medal in 2025.
For the Netherlands, he scored three times at the 2022 World Cup as they reached the quarter-finals. He also finished Euro 2024 among six joint top scorers on three goals. His display against Romania illustrated his range: he drove in from the left to score, then reached the byline and supplied Malen in a 3–0 win.
The 2026 World Cup brought another knockout-stage goal, but an earlier exit. Gakpo opened the scoring against Morocco in the round of 32 before the Netherlands drew 1–1 and lost the penalty shootout.
Latest stats & form
Match coverage through 27 September 2026 · club and country
Cody Gakpo is listed as a left winger for Liverpool. Across 8 covered appearances for club and country in 2026/27, he has 3 goals and 4 assists in 568 minutes, with 7 starts. That is 1.11 goals and assists combined per 90 minutes. His last 5 covered official appearances for club and country, from 12 September 2026 to 27 September 2026, produced 2 goals and 1 assist. Across the season coverage, 4 of his 7 recorded shots were on target.