Valentine Atem
Valentine Atem Fondongbeze ( born August 26, 1978 in Kumba, South Province, Cameroon), called Vallygoal, is a Cameroonian football player. The striker is currently in Tiko United.
Breath is used in the offensive both behind the strikers as well as on the left or right side. It is therefore considered as a versatile attacker.
- 2.1 Achievements in the club
- 2.2 Personal Awards
Life
Origin, childhood and adolescence
Valentine breath comes from a polygamous family from Buea and was the third of six children of his mother. After he started in childhood with playing football, he was in college football already quite familiar with eleven years.
His youth club Les Brasseries du Cameroon wore the Top Cup, a youth tournament where breath as he took part because both were voted the best player and top scorer was. After these successes committed in 1997, the second division Olympic Muyuka the 18 -year-old.
Rise in Cameroon
In his first season at Muyuka was breathing with 27 goals scorer in the second Cameroonian league. Then he committed the second class also playing club Victoria Shooting Stars of Limbe, in which he was again one of the top scorers. During this time, breathing was also appointed to the Cameroonian youth team, where he remained a reservist, however, and for which he never played a competitive match.
With the then newly promoted Kumbo Strikers played breath in the 1999 calendar year in his first season in the Cameroon Première Division and finished with his club the eleventh of 16 places in the table. In 2000, he played for the Mount Cameroon FC, who came from his home town of Buea and with whom he initially took in the second division; from 2001 to then played in the premiere division. In 2002, respiratory won with his club, the two major national trophies, the Cameroon Coupe and the Super Coupe Roger Milla. Thanks to his skill level, he was appointed at this time to captain the team. The team in 2001 and 2002 and finished sixth in the league in 2003 to fifth place. At international level, respiratory joined with Mount Cameroon 2003 African Cup Winners' Cup in, in which his team was eliminated in the second round against Asante Kotoko of Ghana. His later as "brilliant" designated play in these games sparked between Asante and its national competitors Obuasi Goldfields from a feud around him, which ultimately resulted in a change of club to Obuasi.
Premier League in Ghana
After he was changed in 2003 to the Obuasi Goldfields, was Valentine Atem soon as one of the best strikers in Ghana Premier League. At times he would accept the proposal of some official of the Ghana Football Association and the citizenship of the country to play for the national team. For the Cameroonian selection was breathing whose native language is English, not taken into account. He says he got the impression of an " exclusion of the English-language " in the national team of Cameroon. After Ghana had qualified for the World Cup 2006 in Germany, breath coming for coach Ratomir Dujković not for the World Cup squad of Ghanaians in question, and he rejected the plans to change his nationality. During his time at Ashanti breathing had to deal with many injuries. His expiring contract was extended until the end of 2004 to 31 December 2006. After this period, he left the club.
Germany and Azerbaijan
In January, after the expiry of Valentine breath contract the German second division side Eintracht Braunschweig him committed as part of the campaign team wins for the second division, with the relegation-threatened club at this time wanted to achieve in the league in the 2nd Bundesliga. By the end of the 2006/07 season denied breath for the Brunswick 13 league games in which reach three goals to him. The club still rose at end of the season as Table in the Regionalliga, whereupon breath left him.
For the season 2007/ 08 remained Valentine Atem in Germany and joined the second division Wehen on to which of Eintracht Braunschweig Benjamin Siegert and Patrick Bick changed. Also breath compatriot Carl Lombé stood until December 2007 at the Wiesbadenern under contract. Although he was to start the season as the hope of the riser, to breath in labor could be developed only as the Joker, and showed fluctuating performances. For the eighth place in the table of the Wiesbaden he wore in 21 appearances scoring three times with.
His 2008 after a year of expiring contract was not renewed, and he descended straight out of the Bundesliga League rivals of the Wehen MSV Duisburg joined. He signed with the zebra initially a contract until the end of the season 2008 /09. Having, however, also in Duisburg with six brief appearances had not been able to enforce, he moved in January 2009 again the club and joined the Azerbaijani first division club Neftchi Baku. With the black and white he reached the end of the season half a year later the eighth League place.
Cameroons
On 20 November 2010 he returned to his native Cameroon and signed with Tiko United. There he was in his first season player of the year of the club and the best scorer.
Achievements
Achievements in the club
- Cameroon Cup ( 1): 2002
- Super Coupe Roger Milla ( 1): 2002
- Promotion to the Première Division (1 ): 2000
Personal Awards
- Scorer of the second Cameroonian League (1): 1997/98