Joseph-Désiré Job

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Joseph-Désiré Job
Personal information
Full name	Joseph-Désiré Job
Date of birth	December 1, 1977 (1977-12-01) (age 32)
Place of birth	Vénissieux, Rhône, France
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder, Left Winger
Club information
Current club	Diyarbakirspor Turkey
Number	99
Youth career
1992-1993 1993-1996	ASM Vénissieux Lyon
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1999 1999-2000 2000-2006 2002 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-	Lyon Lens Middlesbrough → Metz (loan) → Al-Ittihad (loan) CS Sedan OGC Nice Al-Kharitiyath Diyarbakırspor	41 (11) 24 (4) 94 (19) 13 (2) 28 (9) 28 (10) 12 (3) 23 (10) 7 (0)
National team2
1998-	Cameroon	46 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:33, 04 July 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Joseph-Désiré Job (born December 1, 1977 in Vénissieux, Rhône) is a French-born Cameroonian footballer striker who currently plays for Turkish Super League side Diyarbakırspor.. He also plays for the Cameroon national team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Lyon

Job was born in the French city of Lyon and began training with the Olympique Lyonnais youth academy at the age of ten.^[1] He made his debut for the club in the Intertoto Cup when he was nineteen years old in 1997, scoring a hat-trick as the club beat Polish club Odra Wodzisław 5-2.

[edit] RC Lens

Job joined Lens on 1 August 1999.

He scored a number of goals for Lens in the UEFA Cup 1999–2000 as they reached the semi-final stage.

[edit] Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbroughs then manager Bryan Robson signed Job in 2000 for £3million where he scored 19 goals in 94 appearances for the club. After struggling to hold down a regular place in the team, he was sent on loan to French Ligue 1 club FC Metz in December, 2001 until the end of the season.

On 31 December 2002 Job cracked his skull in a clash of heads with West Bromwich Albion player Darren Moore and he was knocked unconscious on the pitch. On 29 September 2003 Job twisted his knee in training and was expected to be out of action for four months, just after scoring the clubs winning goal against Everton with then Middlesbrough manager, Steve McClaren saying, "It's a huge blow for Joseph because he has been playing well lately and he also got our winner against Everton. We'll miss him. The highlight of his career at Middlesbrough came in the 2004 Football League Cup Final on 29 February 2004 when he scored a second minute goal to help the club to win their first ever major trophy, in a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, a result which also saw the club qualify for the UEFA Cup.

On 15 December, 2004 Job scored Middlesbrough's second goal in a 3–0 UEFA Cup Group E win over Serbian club FK Partizan at the Riverside Stadium as they qualified, as winners of the group, for the knockout stages.Middlesbrough went out of the competition in the Round of 32 to Portuguese club, Sporting Clube de Portugal with Job again scoring in the home leg on 10 March 2005.

In the 2005-06 season he was again sent on loan, this time to Saudi Arabia on 31 August 2005, where he played for Al-Ittihad on a season-long loan. He helped the club win the AFC Champions League in 2005, scoring in the second leg of the final against United Arab Emirates club, Al Ain FC on 5 November, 2005 in Jeddah. Job's struggle to win a first-team place became even more difficult following the signings of established Premiership strikers Mark Viduka, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Yakubu. His contract with Middlesbrough expired after his loan spell with Al-Ittihad. He spent part of the 2006/2007 pre-season training with Watford but was not offered a contract.

[edit] CS Sedan

Job joined Ligue 1 club CS Sedan on 19 September 2006 on a one year contract. He capped 28 times and scored 10 goals.

[edit] OGC Nice

Job moved to Ligue 1 club Nice in summer 2007, signing a two-year contract.On 22 June 2008 the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported that Job was set to sign for English Football League Championship club Blackpool on a free transfer from Nice.

[edit] Sheffield United

On 6 October 2009, Job joined Sheffield United on trial. Job is expected to join Leeds United on trial.

[edit] International career

Job was tipped early on to be a future French International player, however he instead accepted a call-up to the Cameroon national team, and made his debut in a 2-0 defeat to England at Wembley Stadium in 1997. He has played at two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1998 and 2002. He also played in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003. He also played for Cameroon at the 2002 African Cup of Nations. However, his next call up to the Camerood squad came five years later in March 2007 when he was called up to the squad for a 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Liberia. In January 2008 he scored three goals in two games, scoring once as Cameroon beat Sudan 2–0 in a friendly match and he then scored twice as Cameroon beat Zambia 5–1 in a 2008 AFrican Cup of Nations qualifying match.He was also in the Cameroon squad for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

[edit] Honours

• Club
  • Midlesbrough
    • Football League Cup winner: (1) 2004

• • Al-Ittihad
    • AFC Champions League winner: (1) 2005

[edit] External links

• Joseph Desire Job career stats at Soccerbase
• International appearance statistics at fifa.com
• Joseph-Désiré Job French league stats at frenchleague.com

[edit] References

1. ^ "Muslims in Britain - Who's who men". salaam.co.uk. September, 2003. http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/september03_index.php?l=9#job. Retrieved 2006-11-30. 

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v • d • e Cameroon squad – 2000 African Nations Cup Winners (4th Title) 1 Boukar • 2 Atouba • 3 Wome • 4 Song • 5 Kalla • 6 Njanka • 7 Tchoutang • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Mboma • 11 Ndiefi • 12 Lauren • 13 Mettomo • 14 Pensée • 15 Ndo • 16 Bekono • 17 Foé • 18 Hamga • 19 Mahouvé • 20 Olembé • 21 Job • 22 Hamidou • Coach: Lechantre

v • d • e Cameroon squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Boukar • 2 Tchato • 3 Wome • 4 Song • 5 Kalla • 6 Njanka • 7 Tchoutang • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Mboma • 11 Lauren • 12 Songo'o • 13 Mettomo • 14 Epalle • 15 Alnoudji • 16 Tchatchoua • 17 Foé • 18 Ndiefi • 19 Pensée • 20 Olembé • 21 Job • 22 Kome • Coach: Lechantre

v • d • e Cameroon squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Alioum • 2 Tchato • 3 Wome • 4 Song • 5 Kalla • 6 Njanka • 7 Ndo • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Mboma • 11 Ndiefi • 12 Lauren • 13 Mettomo • 14 Epalle • 15 Alnoudji • 16 Songo'o • 17 Foé • 18 Suffo • 19 Djemba‑Djemba • 20 Olembé • 21 Job • 22 Kameni • 23 Ngom Kome • Coach: Schäfer

v • d • e Cameroon squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Kameni • 2 Tchato • 3 Perrier-Doumbé • 4 Song • 5 Atouba • 6 Njanka • 7 M'bami • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Emana • 11 Ndiefi • 12 Kwekeu • 13 Mettomo • 14 Epalle • 15 Bahoken • 16 Mezague • 17 Foé • 18 Idrissou • 19 Djemba-Djemba • 20 Falemi • 21 Job • 22 Ngon Adjam • 23 Eboué • Coach: Schäfer

v • d • e Cameroon squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up 1 Kameni • 2 Binya • 3 Tchato • 4 R. Song • 5 Atouba • 6 Angbwa • 7 M'bami • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Emana • 11 Makoun • 12 N'Kong • 13 N'Guémo • 14 Epalle • 15 A. Song • 16 Hamidou • 17 Idrissou • 18 Tomou • 19 Mbia • 20 Essola • 21 Job • 22 Mbarga • 23 Bikey • Coach: Pfister