Marc Mboua

Marc Mboua
Personal information
Date of birth	26 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Bani Sweif
Youth career
1999–2001	Elpida de Yaoundé
2001–2002	Racing FC Bafoussam
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2004	Real Bamako
2004–2006	Al-Zamalek
2006–2007	SC Feignies
2007–2009	SC Cambuur
2009–2010	Fortuna Sittard
2010–2011	Al-Ittihad
2011–2012	Smouha
2012–	Bani Sweif
International career‡
2008	Cameroon Olympic team
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2008

Marc Mboua (born 26 February 1987) is a Cameroonian football player who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Telephonat Bani Sweif.

Career

Mboua, like so many other children, started to learn football on the streets of his home city, Cameroonian capital Yaoundé. In 1999, along with another 300 boys Mboua took part in trials at local club Elpida de Yaoundé. He stayed there, as part of their academy, for two years, before moving to Racing FC Bafoussam, where he spent only one season.

In 2002 Mboua signed for Mali based AS Real Bamako and began his senior career. In the 2003–04 season Mboua scored 13 times in 26 games, earning him a close-season move to Al-Zamalek in 2004.

In 2006, he followed the path of many African footballers to France, where he joined SC Feignies in the CFA2 division. Here he stayed for only one season^{[citation needed]} before moving to The Netherlands, to join Eerste Divisie side SC Cambuur.

His form for Cambuur, where he scored 11 times in 31 games, earned him a place in the Cameroon squad for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he made two appearances.

Personal life

During his time in Egypt, Mboua met a French woman, Sophie, whom he married. They now have a daughter together, Mélissa. On 18 April 2007 a DJ by the name of "DJ Sergio" released a track entitled "Buldo" – Mboua's nickname, a song that is a tribute to Mboua, his family and concerns the obstacles in his career.^{[citation needed]}

External links

Marc Mboua support flag made by Cambuur fans in 2008