PLAYER PROFILE / Defensive Midfield
Charles Pickel.
Sharjah FC · DR Congo
TM 243879 · Current player profileAge today29
Recorded moves14
Peak recorded value€3.80m
Current market value€2.50m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Charles Monginda Pickel
- Born
- 15 May 1997
- Nationality
- DR Congo
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 187
- Joined current club
- 06 Jul 2026
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2028
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- RCD Espanyol BarcelonaLast recorded move · 13 Jul 2026
- US CremoneseLast recorded move · 27 Aug 2025
- FC FamalicãoLast recorded move · 22 Jul 2022
- Grenoble Foot 38Last recorded move · 22 Aug 2021
- Grasshopper Club ZurichLast recorded move · 02 Jul 2019
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCSLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2019
- FC SchaffhausenLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2018
- FC Basel 1893 U21Last recorded move · 28 Feb 2017
- FC Basel 1893 U18Last recorded move · 01 Feb 2015
- FC Basel 1893 U17Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2014
- FC Basel 1893 U16Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2013
- FC Solothurn YouthLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2011
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Jun 2026 | 29 | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | €2.50m |
| 12 Dec 2025 | 28 | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | €2.50m |
| 02 Oct 2025 | 28 | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | €3.00m |
| 02 Jun 2025 | 28 | US Cremonese | €2.40m |
| 23 Dec 2024 | 27 | US Cremonese | €2.40m |
| 03 Jun 2024 | 27 | US Cremonese | €3.00m |
| 27 Dec 2023 | 26 | US Cremonese | €2.70m |
| 11 Oct 2023 | 26 | US Cremonese | €3.20m |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 26 | US Cremonese | €3.80m |
| 11 Nov 2022 | 25 | US Cremonese | €3.80m |
| 27 Sep 2022 | 25 | US Cremonese | €3.80m |
| 31 May 2022 | 25 | FC Famalicão | €2.50m |
| 27 Dec 2021 | 24 | FC Famalicão | €2.00m |
| 25 Jun 2021 | 24 | Grenoble Foot 38 | €700k |
| 11 Nov 2020 | 23 | Grenoble Foot 38 | €700k |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 22 | Grenoble Foot 38 | €550k |
| 06 Jan 2020 | 22 | Grenoble Foot 38 | €700k |
| 30 Sep 2019 | 22 | Grenoble Foot 38 | €700k |
| 04 Jun 2019 | 22 | Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | €750k |
| 15 Apr 2019 | 21 | Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | €750k |
| 21 Jan 2019 | 21 | Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | €750k |
| 12 Jul 2018 | 21 | Grasshopper Club Zurich | €750k |
| 08 Jan 2018 | 20 | Grasshopper Club Zurich | €1.00m |
| 12 Jul 2017 | 20 | Grasshopper Club Zurich | €500k |
| 16 Jul 2016 | 19 | FC Basel 1893 U21 | €200k |
| 18 Dec 2015 | 18 | FC Basel 1893 U21 | €25k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2026 | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | Sharjah FC | Transfer | Free |
| 27 Aug 2025 | US Cremonese | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | Transfer | €1.00m |
| 22 Jul 2022 | FC Famalicão | US Cremonese | Transfer | €3.80m |
| 22 Aug 2021 | Grenoble Foot 38 | FC Famalicão | Transfer | €1.50m |
| 02 Jul 2019 | Grasshopper Club Zurich | Grenoble Foot 38 | Transfer | €400k |
| 30 Jun 2019 | Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | Grasshopper Club Zurich | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 07 Sep 2018 | Grasshopper Club Zurich | Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Jun 2018 | FC Schaffhausen | Grasshopper Club Zurich | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 30 Jan 2018 | Grasshopper Club Zurich | FC Schaffhausen | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 28 Feb 2017 | FC Basel 1893 U21 | Grasshopper Club Zurich | Transfer | — ? |
| 01 Feb 2015 | FC Basel 1893 U18 | FC Basel 1893 U21 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2014 | FC Basel 1893 U17 | FC Basel 1893 U18 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2013 | FC Basel 1893 U16 | FC Basel 1893 U17 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2011 | FC Solothurn Youth | FC Basel 1893 U16 | Transfer | — ? |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.