Serge Branco
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| Full name | Serge Branco | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1980 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Defender, Midfielder | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| Les Brasseries du Cameroon | |||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||
| 1995–1998 | Unisport Bafang | ||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 48 | (1) | ||||||
| 2000–2003 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 42 | (3) | ||||||
| 2003–2004 | VfB Stuttgart | 3 | (0) | ||||||
| 2004 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2004–2005 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | (0) | ||||||
| 2005 | FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | 24 | (0) | ||||||
| 2006–2007 | FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | 38 | (3) | ||||||
| 2008–2009 | MSV Duisburg | 13 | (0) | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | Levadiakos FC | 18 | (0) | ||||||
| 2010–2011 | Wisła Kraków | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| 2013 | Al Yarmouk | ||||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 2000 | Cameroon U-23 | ||||||||
| 2001 | Cameroon | 1 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2011. † Appearances (Goals). | |||||||||
Serge Branco (born 11 October 1980 in Douala) is a Cameroonian footballer.
Career
Club
In 1998, Branco left Cameroon to spend the initial years of his career in Germany. He started out at Regionalliga Nord side Eintracht Braunschweig, where he spent two seasons. After returning from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Branco transferred to Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in October 2000.[1] Frankfurt were releagted to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001, but Branco stayed on for two more seasons at the club before returning to the Bundesliga by signing with VfB Stuttgart in 2003. However, he did not become a regular in Stuttgart, making only three league appearances in 2003–04.
He signed for Leeds United in August 2004,[2] but was released on 13 September for fitness reasons. From 2005 to 2007 he played in the Russian league, before returining to Germany for a stint with MSV Duisburg.
International
He represented the victorious Cameroonian national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3] He was capped once for the Cameroonian senior national team, in a World Cup qualification match against Zambia in 2001.[4]
Honours
- Wisła Kraków
References
- ↑ "Magath holt Gold-Boy" (in German). berliner-kurier.de. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Leeds holt Serge Branco" (in German). kicker.de. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ↑ "Serge Branco". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Match report". fifa.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
External links
- Serge Branco at worldfootball.net
- Serge Branco at National-Football-Teams.com
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