Albert Meyong
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| Full name | Albert Meyong Zé | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1980 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||
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| Current club | Vitória Setúbal | |||||||||||
| Number | 18 | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Canon Yaoundé | |||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Ravenna | 7 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Vitória Setúbal | 150 | (53) | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Belenenses | 26 | (17) | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Levante | 12 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2007 | → Albacete (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2008 | → Belenenses (loan) | 1 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Braga | 65 | (21) | |||||||||
| 2012– | Vitória Setúbal | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2004– | Cameroon | 12 | (4) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Albert Meyong Zé (born 19 October 1980 in Yaoundé), known as Meyong, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Vitória de Setúbal in Portugal, as a striker.
[edit] Football career
Meyong started playing in Europe still a youngster, for Italian club Ravenna Calcio. After one 1/2 seasons he moved to Portuguese first division side Vitória Futebol Clube. At Setúbal, he won the Portuguese Cup in 2005, having scored the winning goal in the final against S.L. Benfica.[1]
In summer 2005, Meyong signed a two-year contract with C.F. Os Belenenses (where he was the league's top goalscorer, despite the club's bottom-four finish), but moved to Levante UD a year later.[2] Due to late payment of salary, he was loaned to Albacete Balompié, after one appearance for Levante in 2007–08.
In January 2008, Meyong returned to Portugal and Belenenses, scoring the penalty winner against Associação Naval 1º de Maio in a 2–1 home win but, being this the third club he represented in 2007–08, which is against FIFA regulations, his registration was deemed illegal and Belenenses condemned to lose six points in the table (awarded 0–3 loss and three-point penalty in this match).[3]
In August 2008, Meyong joined another Portuguese club, Sporting de Braga.[4] On August 23, 2008, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win at F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He added a hat-trick on 18 September, in a UEFA Cup first round contest against Artmedia Bratislava, a 4–0 home success. Midway through 2008–09, he prolonged his contract for another year, until June 2011.
In the 2009–10 season, Meyong was an essential offensive figure for Braga, netting 11 league goals as the Minho club finished in the second position, a best-ever. During the campaign, for example, he found the net against Sporting Clube de Portugal (2–1 away triumph[5]), and also scored two late penalties against neighbours Vitória de Guimarães (3–2 home win).
In late December 2011, Meyong was released by Braga after very little playing time in his last two seasons, along with Rodrigo Galo, Marcos and Fran Mérida.[6] After being linked to C.D. Nacional and C.D. Feirense,[7][8] he eventually returned to Setúbal and Vitória, after nearly seven years.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Meyong magic seals Setúbal joy; UEFA.com, 29 May 2005
- ^ Strikers boost Levante and Atlético; UEFA.com, 25 July 2006
- ^ "Belenenses docked six points in Portugal". UEFA.com. 30 April 2008. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=690262.html. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
- ^ Braga bring Meyong back to Portugal; UEFA.com, 31 July 2008
- ^ Braga outplay uninspired Sporting; PortuGOAL, 22 August 2009
- ^ "Marcos, Mérida, Meyong e Galo já não se apresentaram [Marcos, Mérida, Meyong and Galo did not return]" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 27 December 2011. http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=306508. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Cimeira na Madeira envolve Luís Alberto [Summit in Madeira involves Luís Alberto]" (in Portuguese). Record. 2 January 2012. http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/sporting_braga/interior.aspx?content_id=733901. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Meyong é hipótese [Meyong is a possibility]" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 4 January 2012. http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=307823. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "O regresso do goleador [The return of the scorer]" (in Portuguese). Record. 13 January 2012. http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/vitoria_setubal/interior.aspx?content_id=735686. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Albert Meyong at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Yaoundé
- Cameroonian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Canon Yaoundé players
- Serie B footballers
- Ravenna Calcio players
- Primeira Liga players
- Vitória F.C. players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- S.C. Braga players
- La Liga footballers
- Levante UD footballers
- Albacete Balompié footballers
- Cameroon international footballers
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Cameroon
- Olympic gold medalists for Cameroon
- Olympic medalists in football
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
