Patrick M'Boma
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Henri Patrick Mboma Dem | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 November 1970 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
–1990 | Stade de l'Est Pavillonnais | |||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1992–1997 | Paris Saint-Germain | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||
1992–1994 | → Châteauroux (loan) | 48 | (22) | |||||||||||
1995–1996 | → Metz (loan) | 17 | (4) | |||||||||||
1997–1998 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | (29) | |||||||||||
1998–2000 | Cagliari | 40 | (15) | |||||||||||
2000–2001 | Parma | 24 | (5) | |||||||||||
2002 | → Sunderland (loan) | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||
2002–2003 | Al-Ittihad | 28 | (12) | |||||||||||
2003–2004 | Tokyo Verdy | 35 | (17) | |||||||||||
2004–2005 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||
Total | 261 | (109) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2000 | Cameroon Olympic (O.P.) | 6 | (4) | |||||||||||
1995–2004 | Cameroon | 57 | (33) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the fourth all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team.
Club career[edit]
Born in Douala, Cameroon, Mboma started his domestic football career in 1993. During his career he played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland (where he scored once against Tottenham Hotspur),[1] Al-Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe before retiring on 16 May 2005.
International career[edit]
After first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics and victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups. He was named African Footballer of the Year for his efforts in 2000. He scored a memorable overhead kick against France in 2000 .
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | 1990–91 | Division 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
1991–92 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
1994–95 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | ||
1996–97 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 6 | ||
Châteauroux | 1992–93 | Division 2 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 5 | ||||||
1993–94 | Championnat National | 29 | 17 | 29 | 17 | |||||||
Total | 48 | 22 | 48 | 22 | ||||||||
Metz | 1995–96 | Division 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 6 | ||
Gamba Osaka | 1997 | J1 League | 28 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | – | 34 | 29 | |
1998 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 4 | |||
Total | 34 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 33 | ||
Cagliari | 1998–99 | Serie A | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 8 | ||
1999–00 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 6 | – | – | 31 | 14 | ||||
Total | 40 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 22 | ||
Parma | 2000–01 | Serie A | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | |
2001–02 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
Total | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 7 | ||
Sunderland (loan) | 2001–02 | Premier League | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||
Al-Ittihad | 2002–03 | Libyan Premier League | 28 | 12 | 28 | 12 | ||||||
Tokyo Verdy | 2003 | J1 League | 23 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 29 | 16 | |
2004 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | – | 17 | 8 | |||
Total | 35 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 24 | ||
Vissel Kobe | 2004 | J1 League | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | |
2005 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
Career total | 261 | 109 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 312 | 135 |
International[edit]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cameroon | 1995 | 1 | 0 |
1996 | 1 | 1 | |
1997 | 10 | 6 | |
1998 | 8 | 1 | |
1999 | 4 | 3 | |
2000 | 9 | 9 | |
2001 | 9 | 4 | |
2002 | 10 | 5 | |
2003 | 1 | 0 | |
2004 | 4 | 4 | |
Total | 57 | 33 |
Honours[edit]
Paris Saint-Germain
Metz
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1996
Parma
Cameroon
Individual
- African Footballer of the Year: 2000
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000[5]
- African Nations Cup top scorer: 2002
- J.League Top Scorer: 1997
- J.League Best XI: 1997
- Coppa Italia top scorer: 1999–2000[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ferdinand foils Black Cats". BBC. 2 March 2002. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ Patrick M'Boma at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Patrick M'Boma at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ RSSSF
- ^ "Historique du meilleur footballeur africain BBC". BBC Afrique. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Roberto Di Maggio; Davide Rota (4 June 2015). "Italy – Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
External links[edit]
- Patrick M'Boma – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Patrick M'Boma at National-Football-Teams.com
- Patrick M'Boma at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Living people
- 1970 births
- Footballers from Douala
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- African Footballer of the Year winners
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Metz players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- LB Châteauroux players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- Gamba Osaka players
- Tokyo Verdy players
- Vissel Kobe players
- Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- J1 League players
- Serie A players
- Premier League players
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Cameroon
- Olympic gold medalists for Cameroon
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 African Cup of Nations players
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Libya
- Expatriate men's footballers in Libya
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Libyan Premier League players
- People with acquired French citizenship