Arlet Junior Zé

Arlet Junior Zé
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-03-22) 22 March 2006
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Eintracht Braunschweig
Number 19
Youth career
–2020 Grasshoppers
2021–2023 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2025 Basel II 40 (9)
2023–2026 Basel 16 (1)
2026 → Midtjylland (loan) 1 (0)
2026– Eintracht Braunschweig 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Switzerland U16 3 (1)
2022–2023 Switzerland U17 15 (6)
2023–2024 Switzerland U19 11 (2)
2025– Switzerland U19 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2026

Arlet Junior Zé (born 22 March 2006) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for German 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig. He plays mainly in the position as left winger, but also as midfielder. He has been Swiss youth international at various levels.

Career

FC Basel

Junior Zé played his youth football with Grasshoppers and during the winter break of 2020–21 season he moved to youth department of FC Basel. He was a member of the FCB U-18 team that celebrated winning the Swiss championship at the end of June 2023. On 21 July the club announced that he would join Basel's first team for their 2023–24 FC Basel season under head coach Timo Schultz.[2]

After appearing in three test games Junior Zé played his Swiss Super League debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 30 July, as he was substituted in during the match that Basel won 5–2 against Winterthur.[3] He scored his first goal for his new team in the Swiss Cup away game on 20 August. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 8–1 against amateur club FC Saint-Blaise.[4]

At the same time Junior Zé remained part of the U-19 team that was playing in the UEFA Youth League. On 25 October during the first round match between Basel and Gent he scored the goal to the final score in the 2–0 win.[5]

In the Swiss Super League match against St. Gallen on 26 November Junior Zé suffered a broken toe and had to undergo an operation. He was not able to play football again until the New Year.[6]

FC Midtjylland

On 26 January 2026, 19-year-old Junior Zé joined Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland on a loan deal from Swiss club FC Basel for the remainder of the 2025–26 season. The agreement included an option for Midtjylland to make the transfer permanent.[7] He was assigned the number 39 shirt. [8]

Eintracht Braunschweig

On 3 July 2026, Junior Zé signed a three-season contract with Eintracht Braunschweig in German 2. Bundesliga.[9]

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Junior Zé is of Cameroonian descent.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel II 2022–23 Swiss Promotion League 100——100
2023–24 Swiss Promotion League 141——141
2024–25 Swiss Promotion League 168——168
Total 409——409
Basel 2023–24 Swiss Super League 90111[a]0110
2025–26 Swiss Super League 71312[b]0122
Total 1614230233
Midtjylland (loan) 2025–26 Danish Superliga 10000010
Career total 571042306411
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Conference League
  2. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Basel

Midtjylland

References

  1. ↑ Arlet Junior Zé at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (21 July 2023). "Junior Ze, Avdullahu und Kayombo neu im Kader Ersten Mannschaft" [Junior Ze, Avdullahu and Kayombo new in the first team squad] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (30 July 2023). "FC Basel - FC Winterthur 5:2 (1:1)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (20 August 2023). "FC Saint-Blaise - FC Basel 1:8 (1:5)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ UEFA.com (25 October 2023). "Basel 2–0 Gent". UEFA. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (26 November 2023). "Junior Zé fällt mit gebrochenem Zeh aus" [Junior Zé is out with a broken toe] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "FC Midtjylland henter Junior Zé i FC Basel". FC Midtjylland. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Officielt: FCM henter Junior Zé". Bold.dk. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Für die Offensive: Eintracht holt Außenbahnspieler Junior Zé" [For the offense: Eintracht signs winger Junior Zé] (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Junior Zé, Arlet Junior Zé - Footballer | BDFutbol". www.bdfutbol.com.
  11. ↑ "Thousands celebrate the championship title in Basel during the ESC". blue News.
  12. ↑ Thrane, Kasper (14 May 2026). "Midtjysk dødbold afgjorde grim pokalfinale" [Midtjylland set piece settled ugly cup final]. DR (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
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