Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph-Désiré Job | ||
Date of birth | 1 December 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Vénissieux, Rhône, France | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Attacking Midfielder Left Winger |
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Club information | |||
Current club | Free agent | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1993 | ASM Vénissieux | ||
1993–1996 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1996–1999 | Lyon | 41 | (11) |
1999–2000 | Lens | 24 | (4) |
2000–2006 | Middlesbrough | 94 | (19) |
2002 | → Metz (loan) | 13 | (2) |
2005–2006 | → Al-Ittihad (loan) | 28 | (9) |
2006–2007 | CS Sedan | 28 | (10) |
2007–2008 | OGC Nice | 12 | (3) |
2008–2009 | Al-Kharitiyath | 23 | (10) |
2009 | Diyarbakırspor | 8 | (0) |
2010–2011 | K. Lierse S.K. | 10 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
1998– | Cameroon | 52 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
Joseph-Désiré Job (born 1 December 1977 in Vénissieux, Rhône) is a French-born Cameroonian football striker. He also plays for the Cameroon national team.
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Job was born in the French city of Lyon and began training with the Olympique Lyonnais youth academy at the age of ten.[1] He made his debut for the club in the Intertoto Cup when he was nineteen years old in 1997, scoring a hat-trick as the club beat Polish club Odra Wodzisław 5-2.
Job joined Lens on 1 August 1999.
He scored a number of goals for Lens in the UEFA Cup 1999–2000 as they reached the semi-final stage.
Middlesbroughs then manager Bryan Robson signed Job in 2000 for £3million where he scored 19 goals in 94 appearances for the club. After struggling to hold down a regular place in the team, he was sent on loan to French Ligue 1 club FC Metz in December 2001, until the end of the season.
On 31 December 2002 Job cracked his skull in a clash of heads with West Bromwich Albion player Darren Moore and he was knocked unconscious on the pitch. On 29 September 2003 Job twisted his knee in training and was expected to be out of action for four months, just after scoring the clubs winning goal against Everton with then Middlesbrough manager, Steve McClaren saying, "It's a huge blow for Joseph because he has been playing well lately and he also got our winner against Everton. We'll miss him. The highlight of his career at Middlesbrough came in the 2004 Football League Cup Final on 29 February 2004 when he scored a second minute goal to help the club to win their first ever major trophy, in a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, a result which also saw the club qualify for the UEFA Cup.
On 15 December 2004 Job scored Middlesbrough's second goal in a 3–0 UEFA Cup Group E win over Serbian club FK Partizan at the Riverside Stadium as they qualified, as winners of the group, for the knockout stages.Middlesbrough went out of the competition in the Round of 32 to Portuguese club, Sporting Clube de Portugal with Job again scoring in the home leg on 10 March 2005.
In the 2005-06 season he was again sent on loan, this time to Saudi Arabia on 31 August 2005, where he played for Al-Ittihad on a season-long loan. He helped the club win the AFC Champions League in 2005, scoring in the second leg of the final against United Arab Emirates club, Al Ain FC on 5 November 2005 in Jeddah. Job's struggle to win a first-team place became even more difficult following the signings of established Premiership strikers Mark Viduka, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Yakubu. His contract with Middlesbrough expired after his loan spell with Al-Ittihad. He spent part of the 2006/2007 pre-season training with Watford but was not offered a contract.
Job joined Ligue 1 club CS Sedan on 19 September 2006 on a one year contract. He capped 28 times and scored 10 goals.
Job moved to Ligue 1 club Nice in summer 2007, signing a two-year contract.On 22 June 2008 the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported that Job was set to sign for English Football League Championship club Blackpool on a free transfer from Nice.
On 15 March 2010 Lierse SK signed the Cameroonian 32-year old forward as free agent.[2] At the start of the 2009-2010 Season, Lierse SK were the major favorites to win the championship in the Belgian second division (EXQI League) but when Job arrived, they were struggling in the deciding moments. Job played his first game against KV Turnhout. He entered the game in the second half, when Lierse was behind 0-1 at home and playing bad. He scored 2 goals and gave 1 assist to help Lierse win the match 3-1 and ultimately helped them win the championship, as he also scored the second goal in the deciding match at home against Red Star Waasland (2-0 win).
Job signed a new contract for Lierse for 2 seasons on 21 June 2010.[3]
Job was tipped early on to be a future French International player, however he instead accepted a call-up to the Cameroon national team, and made his debut in a 2-0 defeat to England at Wembley Stadium in 1997. He has played at two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1998 and 2002. He also played in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003. He also played for Cameroon at the 2002 African Cup of Nations. However, his next call up to the Camerood squad came five years later in March 2007 when he was called up to the squad for a 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Liberia. In January 2008 he scored three goals in two games, scoring once as Cameroon beat Sudan 2–0 in a friendly match and he then scored twice as Cameroon beat Zambia 5–1 in a 2008 AFrican Cup of Nations qualifying match.He was also in the Cameroon squad for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.
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