Joël Epalle

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Personal information
Joël Epalle
Full name	Joël Dieudonné Martin Epalle Newaka
Date of birth	February 20, 1978 (1978-02-20) (age 30)
Place of birth	Matomb^[1], Cameroon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	VfL Bochum
Number	10
Youth clubs
1996-1997	Union Douala
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-	Ethnikos Piraeus Panachaiki Aris Thessaloniki Panathinaikos FC Iraklis VfL Bochum	53 0(3) 44 0(3) 36 0(1) 15 0(1) 57 (21) 43 0(9)
National team²
?	Cameroon	20 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 1, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

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

Joël Dieudonné Martin Epalle Newaka (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 transferred to Panachaiki. That was a disastrous season for Panachaiki (including a 8-0 loss against Panathinaikos FC), with Joel leaving them for Aris Salonika. 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. He is a cousin of his fellow Cameroonian international Timothée Atouba.^[2]

[edit] Honours

Panathinaikos

Greek Championship: 2003/2004
Greek Cup: 2003/2004

[edit] References

BBC: World Cup 2002

[edit] Links

Epalle.gr Official Site

v • d • e

VfL Bochum – current squad

1 Heerwagen • 2 Concha • 3 Meichelbeck • 4 Maltritz • 5 Dabrowski • 6 Drsek • 7 Bechmann • 8 Zdebel • 9 Šesták • 10 Epalle • 11 Mięciel • 13 Fuchs • 14 Auer • 15 Imhof • 16 Sand • 17 Byelik • 18 Schröder • 19 Grote • 20 Mavraj • 21 Pfertzel • 22 Azaouagh • 23 Ono • 24 Bönig • 25 Yahia • 26 Schmidtgal • 27 Laštůvka • 28 Zajas • 30 Fabian • 31 Renno • 35 Gündogan • Coach: Koller

v • d • e 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