Francis Mbome
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francis Duclair Mbome Mbome | ||
Date of birth | 30 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2003 | Sint-Truidense | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004 | Pandores de Yaoundé | ||
2005 | Les Astres | ||
2006 | Espérance | ||
2007–2008 | Akonangui | ||
2009–2010 | Minnesota Twin Stars | ||
International career | |||
2008–2010 | Equatorial Guinea | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francis Duclair Mbome Mbome (born 30 November 1988) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Cameroon, he has represented Equatorial Guinea internationally.
Career
Mbome's career spanned several countries, including Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea,[1] 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.[2] Mbome received another call up on 29 March 2011 for a match vs Gambia, in a 1–0 victory.[3]
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
References
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea - Mbome - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ FIFA.com. "2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - Matches - Equatorial Guinea-Sierra Leone". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea vs. Gambia - 29 March 2011 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
External links
- Francis Mbome – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Francis Mbome at National-Football-Teams.com
- Francisco Mbome at MinnesotaTwinstars.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Yaoundé
- Equatoguinean men's footballers
- Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea
- Cameroonian emigrants to Equatorial Guinea
- Equatoguinean Roman Catholics
- Equatoguinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cameroon
- Akonangui FC players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Men's association football midfielders
- Les Astres FC players
- Equatoguinean football biography stubs