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Full name | Albert Legrand Baning | ||
Date of birth | 19 March 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | free agent | ||
Youth career | |||
Brasseries Cameroun | |||
2001–2002 | Dalian Shide | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2003–2005 | Dalian Shide | 0 | (0) |
2003 | → Shanghai United (loan) | ? | (?) |
2004–2005 | → Zhuhai Zhongbang (loan) | ? | (?) |
2005–2006 | Aarau | 17 | (3) |
2006–2010 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Sedan (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Grenoble (loan) | 19 | (1) |
2010 | → Strasbourg (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
2006– | Cameroon | 2 | (0) |
2008 | Cameroon U23 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
Albert Legrand Baning, (born 19 March 1985) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently is a free agent.
Baning is an internationally recognized player who has played in countries like China, Switzerland, France and Israel.
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Baning played for Swiss side FC Aarau before joining his former club Paris Saint-Germain in July 2006 for a reported €1 million transfer amount (other reported as €3 million). [1]
His transfer was largely engineered by new team president Alain Cayzac. PSG's coach, Guy Lacombe, has admitted to never actually having seen him play. [2]
He joined the club RC Strasbourg, January 26, 2010 as a loan.
On June 27 Baning signed a one year contract with the famous Israeli club of Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1] On Sep 1 2010 Maccabi announced that Baning is released[2] from his contract due to mutual consent following an injury he is suffering from.
True to his name, Baning was sent off twice in three games for Cameroon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics..
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