Patrick M'Boma
Henri Patrick M'Boma Dem ( * November 15, 1970 in Douala ) is a former Cameroonian football player.
Life
At the age of two years M'Boma moved with his family from their home in the French capital Douala to Paris. He was regarded more as a French talent in the subsequent period and moved in his youth from the first football stadium Stade de L' Est in the youth department of Paris St. Germain.
There they quickly noticed the strengths of center forward, which consist in a body-hugging style of play and a strong shot on goal with his left foot. At the age of 19 he stepped into the professional section of the club on, but first came to no use and was subsequently loaned in 1992 to the second division side LB Châteauroux.
In Châteauroux he got into his first season starting in the third league. On the direct re-emergence in the following season 1993/94 he had a large share in total with 17 goals and then returned to Paris.
There he still managed not the hoped-for breakthrough, he was loaned out to league rivals from Metz in only eight league matches and was used for the 1995/96 season. With the club, he won the League Cup and his first title launched by the end of the season his third attempt in Paris.
After he again failed to develop positive there, he took in the same year 1997, a supply of Japanese J. League club Gamba Osaka and was immediately awarded 25 goals for his new club, the one an athletic development from relegation candidates to serious championship candidate experienced. During this time M'Boma was known, given his achievements as a Black Panther of Osaka. Shortly after the start of the following season, 1998/99 and following the 1998 World Cup in France, he received an offer from the Italian Serie A climber Cagliari and from then played two years for the Sardinian club.
As Cagliari relegated from the top Italian league in 2000, M'Boma moved to Parma and first came while international operations at club level. He reached with his team to fourth place and missed the group stage of the UEFA Champions League scarce. During the winter break of the season then signed him to the English Premier League club Sunderland on loan from. There he was unable to convince the exception of a hit against Tottenham Hotspur.
There followed a short spell at Libyan club Al- Ittihad, which was headed by As- Saadi al - Qaddhafi, son of revolutionary leader Muammar al - Gaddafi. It drew him in 2003 back to Japan, where he joined the club Tokyo Verdy 1969. In his last season he played for Vissel Kobe, before he due to persistent injury problems announced the end of his footballing career in May 2005.
M'Boma scored 33 goals in 57 appearances for the Cameroon national football team. After his debut in 1995 he took part in the World Championships in France in 1998 and 2002 in Japan and South Korea. In addition, he won both the African Cup and the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. In the same year he was elected to the African Footballer of the year. In his last major success in 2002, he won the African Cup again.
Achievements
Title
- 2000: Gold medal at the Summer Olympics
- 2000: African Cup
- 2002: African Cup