Nicolas N'Koulou

Nicolas Alexis Julio N'Koulou N'Doubena (born 27 March 1990 in Yaounde ) is a Cameroonian football player at the position of central defender. He currently plays for Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1, the highest French league.

Career

N'Koulou began his career at Kadji Sports Academy, where players such as Samuel Eto'o, Carlos Kameni and Eric Djemba -Djemba were trained. In 2007 he moved to the youth department of AS Monaco.

In the Principality, he came first, in the amateur team to use before he was included in the squad for the first team in 2008/ 09. His first championship game played N'Koulou 13 September 2008 against FC Lorient in the fifth round. He was replaced in the 65th minute against Cédric Mongongu from the DRC. Monaco won 2-0. Already in the preparation for this new season N'Koulou could accumulate in the games against FC Toulouse and Dinamo Zagreb. From that moment on the center-back came in almost every game the Red -Whites used. At the end of the season he was with the Monegasque eleventh. In June 2011, his change was known to Olympique Marseille.

National

On 19 November 2008, he made ​​his debut in the dress of the Cameroonian national team. In a friendly against South Africa played by N'Koulou. In addition, he participated for Cameroon at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In the group matches against Honduras and Italy N'Koulou was used. In Viertelfinalaus against Brazil, he also played through and got in the 20th minute of extra time a yellow card, but the game ended 0:2 nV