Joël Epalle

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Personal information
Joël Epalle
Full name	Joël Dieudonné Epalle
Date of birth	February 20, 1978
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	175 cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	VfL Bochum
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-1997 1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Union Douala Ethnikos Piraeus Panachaiki Aris Thessaloniki Panathinaikos Iraklis VfL Bochum	? (?) 53 (3) 44 (3) 36 (1) 15 (1) 57 (21) ? (?)
National team²
?	Cameroon	29 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 26, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 26, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Competitor for Cameroon
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

Joël Dieudonné Epalle (born February 20, 1978) is a Cameroonian football player. He begun his career in his local team called Union Douala. Soon after, he was brought to Greece to play for Ethnikos Piraeus and in 2001/2002 he was transfered to Panachaiki. Although Panachaiki had a disastrous season (including a 8-0 loss against Panathinaikos FC), Aris Salonika and in 2004 he signed for Greek giants Panathinaikos FC. He missed the chance to be a first team player, although he played a few great matches, including a Panathinaikos FC 3-1 win against Rangers FC in Glasgow, where Epalle showed his potential ability but this match was not enough and in 2005 he left the club. Iraklis Salonika decided to buy him, and in January 2007 VfL Bochum bought him for 450.000 € and a 3 year deal.

He is capped with Cameroon and was a participant at the 2000 Olympic Games and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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BBC: World Cup 2002

VfL Bochum - Current Squad
1 Skov-Jensen \| 2 Lense \| 3 Meichelbeck \| 4 Maltritz \| 5 Dabrowski \| 6 Imhof \| 7 Bechmann \| 8 Zdebel \| 9 Fábio Júnior \| 10 Wosz \| 11 van Hout \| 13 Renno \| 14 Iličević \| 15 Drsek \| 16 Misimović \| 17 Butscher \| 18 Schröder \| 19 Grote \| 20 Auer \| 21 Trojan \| 22 Gekas \| 24 Bönig \| 25 Rathgeber \| 26 Bade \| 36 Pallas \| 40 Epalle

	Cameroon squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Boukar \| 2 Tchato \| 3 Wome \| 4 Song \| 5 Kalla \| 6 Njanka \| 7 Ndo \| 8 Geremi \| 9 Eto'o \| 10 Mboma \| 11 Ndiefi \| 12 Lauren \| 13 Mettomo \| 14 Epalle \| 15 Alnoudji \| 16 Songo'o \| 17 Foé \| 18 Suffo \| 19 Djemba‑Djemba \| 20 Olembé \| 21 Job \| 22 Kameni \| 23 Ngom Kome \| Coach: Schäfer