Francis Mbome

Francis Mbome

Personal information
Full name	Francis Duclair Mbome Mbome
Date of birth	(1988-11-30) 30 November 1988
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Minnesota Twinstars
Number	8
Youth career
2002–2003	Sint-Truidense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	Pandores de Yaoundé
2005	Les Astres
2006	Espérance
2007–2008	Akonangui
2009–	Minnesota Twin Stars
International career
2008–	Equatorial Guinea	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Duclair Mbome Mbome (born 30 November 1988) is an Equatoguinean football midfielder, who plays for Minnesota Twinstars in the American NPSL (Midwest Division).

Career

Mbome's career spanned several countries, including Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and now he currently plays for Minnesota Twin Stars, making his NPSL debut in 2009, aged 21. He, along with several key players led the team to their second successive Midwest NPSL title.

International career

Mbome played in all six qualifiers against teams such as Nigeria, South Africa, and made his Equatorial Guinea national team debut on 1 June 2008 in a World Cup 2010 Qualifying match against Sierra Leone in Malabo. That day the Nzalang Nacional (the nickname of Equatorial Guinea national football team) won 2–0. Mbome received another call up on 29 March 2011 for a match vs Gambia, in a 1–0 victory.

Personal honours

Pandores:

• 2004: 2nd Place in 2nd Division Center Province

Les Astres:

• 2005: 3rd place in the 1st Division, and qualify to the CAF Cup

Akonangui:

• 2007: Equatoguinean Cup winner, 3rd place in the Equatoguinean Premier League and a place at the CAF Cup

Minnesota Twinstars:

• 2009: NPSL Midwest Regional Champion

External links

• Francis Mbome – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Francis Mbome at National-Football-Teams.com
• Francisco Mbome at MinnesotaTwinstars.com