Serge Branco

Serge Branco
	Serge Branco
Personal information
Date of birth	11 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Youth career
	Les Brasseries du Cameroon
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1998	Unisport Bafang
1998–2000	Eintracht Braunschweig
2000–2003	Eintracht Frankfurt
2003–2004	VfB Stuttgart
2004	Leeds United
2004–2005	Queens Park Rangers
2005	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2006–2007	Krylia Sovetov
2008–2009	MSV Duisburg
2009–2010	Levadiakos
2010–2011	Wisła Kraków
2012–2013	Al-Muharraq
2013–2014	Al Yarmouk
International career
2000	Cameroon U23
2001	Cameroon
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Cameroon
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serge Branco (born 11 October 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender and as a midfielder.

Club career

Branco was born in Douala. In 1998, he left Cameroon to spend the initial years of his career in Germany. He started out at Regionalliga Nord side Eintracht Braunschweig, where he spent two seasons. After returning from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Branco transferred to Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in October 2000.^[1] Frankfurt were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001, but Branco stayed on for two more seasons at the club before returning to the Bundesliga by signing with VfB Stuttgart in 2003. However, he did not become a regular in Stuttgart, making only three league appearances in 2003–04.

He signed for Leeds United in August 2004,^[2] but was released on 13 September for fitness reasons. From 2005 to 2007 he played in the Russian league, before returning to Germany for a stint with MSV Duisburg.

International career

Branco represented the victorious Cameroonian national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[3] He was capped once for the Cameroonian senior national team, in a World Cup qualification match against Zambia in 2001.^[4]

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 2010–11

Cameroon

Olympic gold medal: 2000

References

^ "Magath holt Gold-Boy" (in German). berliner-kurier.de. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
^ "Leeds holt Serge Branco" (in German). kicker.de. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
^ "Serge Branco". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
^ "Match report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

External links

Serge Branco at WorldFootball.net
Serge Branco at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Magath holt Gold-Boy" (in German). berliner-kurier.de. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

[2] "Leeds holt Serge Branco" (in German). kicker.de. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

[3] "Serge Branco". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

[4] "Match report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

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