Jacques Zoua

Jacques Zoua

Jacques Zoua at practice with HSV in 2013.
Personal information
Full nameJacques Zoua Daogari
Date of birth6 September 1991
Place of birthGaroua, Cameroon
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Erciyesspor
(on loan from Hamburger SV)
Number9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2009Cotonsport Garoua
2009–2013Basel86(14)
2013–Hamburger SV27(2)
2014–→ Erciyesspor (loan)15(4)
National team‡
2009Cameroon U-207(3)
2011–Cameroon5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:09, 3 December 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 April 2014

Jacques Zoua Daogari (born 6 September 1991 in Garoua) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish Süper Lig club Erciyesspor, on loan from Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.

Club career

Cotonsport Garoua

On 22 September 2008, he signed a two-year contract with Cotonsport Garoua.[1]

Basel

After a successful test game 31 March 2009[2] he transferred to and signed his contract with FC Basel in Switzerland on his 18th Birthday.[3] He was first included in the first team squad in November 2009 and played his first game for the club against rivals FC Zürich in the Swiss Cup on 20 November. His first game in a starting position was on 15 March 2010 against FC Luzern.[4] He scored his first league goal for the club on 24 March 2010 in the 4–1 home win against FC Zürich.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, Zoua won the national Double with Basel and a year later won League Championship title again. At the end of the 2011–12 season, he won his second Double, the League Championship title[5] and the Swiss Cup[6] with the club.

In a long season for Basel with a total of 76 games (62 in League, Cup, European Champions League, Europa League and 14 test matches) Zoua had a total of 53 appearances. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title[7] and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel.[8] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2–5 on aggregate.[9]

Hamburger SV

In June 2013, he signed for Hamburger SV.[10]

International career

Zoua is also a regular in the Cameroon youth squads. He took part in the 2009 African Youth Championship, where he scored three goals, but Cameroon lost in the Final against Ghana 2–0. He also played in the squad at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but his team finished last in the group C.

Honours

Basel

References

  1. ↑ "LISTING DES CONTRATS DES JOUEURS ET DES ENTRAINEURS HOMOLOGUES PAR LA COMMISSION DU STATUT DU JOUEUR AU 24 AOÛT 2009" (PDF) (in French). fecafootonline.com.
  2. ↑ Zindel, Josef (31 March 2009). "Gelungener Test: 4:1 gegen La Chaux-de-Fonds" (in German). FC Basel. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "FCB verpflichtet Stürmertalent" (in German). NZZ Online. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "FC Basel: Huggel erfüllt Finks Wunsch" (in German). badische-zeitung.de. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Meister, Remo (29 April 2012). "Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher" (in German). FC Basel. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern" (in German). football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Schifferle, Michael (10 June 2013). "Season review: Switzerland". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Haylett, Trevor (3 May 2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "HSV sign Jacques Zoua from FC Basel". Hamburger SV. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

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