Ali Gerba

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Ali Gerba
Personal information
Full name Ali Ngon Gerba
Date of birth July 27, 1982 (1982-07-27) (age 25)
Place of birth    Montreal, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club FC Ingolstadt 04
Youth clubs
1998-2000 Oakwood Soccer Club
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000
2001
2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005
2005
2006-2007
2006
2007
2008–present		 Montreal Impact
Miami Fusion
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Toronto Lynx
Montreal Impact
Toronto Lynx
Montreal Impact
GIF Sundsvall
IFK Göteborg
→ Odd Grenland (loan)
→ AC Horsens (loan)
FC Ingolstadt 04		 17 0(6)
00 0(0)
19 0(1)
25 0(6)
07 0(1)
32 (17)
08 0(5)
11 0(5)
05 0(0)
10 0(1)
15 0(4)
11 0(3)   
National team2
2005–present Canada 15 (5)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 11, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 12, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ali Ngon Gerba (born July 27, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian football (soccer) player currently playing for FC Ingolstadt 04 in the German Regionalliga Süd.

[edit] Biography

In 2000 Gerba signed with the Montreal Impact where he recorded 6 goals and 2 assists, a club record for a rookie. In 2001 Gerba signed with the Miami Fusion of the MLS but had little success with Miami. In 2002 Gerba returned to the USL First Division and signed with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds but late in the season he was traded to the Toronto Lynx.

In 2003 Gerba was the leading scorer for the Lynx scoring 6 goals but again Gerba was traded to the Impact late in the season. But Gerba returned to the Lynx in 2004 where he had an outstanding season where he scored 15 goals a club record. Gerba returned to the Lynx for the 2005 season where he scored 2 goals before getting traded to the Impact in exchange for Abraham Francois and Sita-Taty Matondo. Gerba left the Lynx as the clubs second highest all-time scorer with 24 goals in total.

With the Impact Gerba played an important role for the Impact helping the club stay undefeated in 15 games a league record, Gerba was rewarded by being selected to represent Canada in Gold Cup where he played 3 games and scored 1 goal. After the Gold Cup Gerba was signed by GIF Sundsvall where he scored 5 goals in 11 games but the team was relegated to the Superettan.

When GIF Sundsvall were relegated Gerba signed a three year deal with Swedish giants IFK Göteborg. In 2006 he was loaned to Odd Grenland in Norway, and in the beginning of 2007 he made a quite successful loan stay at Danish Superliga side AC Horsens. In January 2008 he signed with German FC Ingolstadt 04.

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