Patrick Ekeng

Patrick Ekeng

Ekeng playing for Lausanne-Sport in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng
Date of birth (1990-03-26) 26 March 1990
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo București
Number 14
Youth career
2006–2008 Canon Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2009 Canon Yaoundé 29 (7)
2009–2013 Le Mans 35 (1)
2011 → Rodez (loan) 13 (0)
2013–2014 Lausanne-Sport 28 (2)
2014–2016 Córdoba 14 (1)
2016– Dinamo București 0 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Cameroon U20 10 (1)
2015– Cameroon 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2015

Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng (born 26 March 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Romanian club Dinamo București as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Ekeng joined Canon Yaoundé's youth setup in 2006, aged 16, and made his senior debuts with the club's main squad in 2008. On 4 July 2009 he signed a three-year deal with Le Mans FC,[1] and was initially assigned to the reserve squad in CFA.

Ekeng played his first match as a professional on 20 August 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 home loss against LB Châteauroux for the Ligue 2 championship. He continued to appear regularly with the B-side, however.

On 14 January 2011 Ekeng joined Championnat National side Rodez AF on loan until June.[2] He featured regularly as his side was eventually relegated.

Ekeng returned to Le Mans in June, and appeared regularly for the side in the following two campaigns, the second finishing in relegation. He left the club on 8 July 2013,[3] and signed a two-year deal with FC Lausanne-Sport in the same day.[4]

On 14 July 2014, Ekeng signed a two-year deal with newly promoted side Córdoba CF.[5] He made his La Liga debut on 30 August, replacing Aritz López Garai in the 74th minnute of a 1–1 home draw against Celta de Vigo.[6]

Ekeng scored his first goal in the main category of Spanish football on 3 October, netting the first of a 1–1 away draw against Getafe CF.[7] On 31 August of the following year, after suffering relegation as dead last, he rescinded his contract.[8]

International career

Ekeng appeared with Cameroon under-20 in the 2009 African Youth Championship, as his side finished second after losing to Ghana by 2–0. He also played in that year's FIFA U-20 World Cup, as Les Lions failed to qualify from the group stage.

On 7 January 2015 Ekeng made his full squad debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw against DR Congo.[9] Two days later, he was included in Volker Finke's 23-men list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Transfert Le Mans : Ekeng Ekeng pour 3 ans" [Transfers Le Mans: Ekeng Ekeng for three years] (in French). Top-News. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Le Mans FC. Ekeng-Ekeng prêté à Rodez" [Le Mans FC. Ekeng Ekeng loaned to Rodez] (in French). Ouest France. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ekeng Ekeng quitte Le Mans" [Ekeng Ekeng quits Le Mans] (in French). L'Équipe. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Transfert au LS" [Transfer to LS]. FC Lausanne-Sport (in French) (Lausanne-Sport's official website). 8 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Patrick Ekeng, nuevo futbolista del Córdoba CF (Patrick Ekeng, new footballer of Córdoba CF); Córdoba's official website, 14 July 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Fede da el primer punto (Fede gives the first point); Marca, 30 August 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Diawara salvages point for Getafe; ESPN FC, 3 October 2014
  8. ↑ El centrocampista camerunés Patrick Ekeng rescinde su contrato con el Córdoba (Cameroonian central midfielder Patrick Ekeng rescinds his contract with Córdoba); El Mundo Deportivo, 1 September 2015 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Cameroun - RD Congo (1-1). Les Lions demeurent indomptables à 9 jours du coup d’envoi de la phase finale CAN Guinée Equatoriale 2015. Franck Kom blessé !; Cameroon-Info, 7 January 2015 (French)
  10. ↑ Nations Cup 2015: Finke sticks with core group; BBC Sport, 9 January 2015

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