Geremi
Geremi training for Chelsea in 2007
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| Full name | Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1978 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bafoussam, Cameroon | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Right back, Midfielder | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Racing Bafoussam | 28 | (5) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Gençlerbirliği | 57 | (9) | |||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Real Madrid | 45 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 33 | (7) | |||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Chelsea | 72 | (4) | |||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Newcastle United | 49 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Ankaragücü | 12 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2010–2011 | AEL | 10 | (0) | |||||||||
| Total | 312 | (29) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1996–2010 | Cameroon | 118 | (13) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso (born 20 December 1978), known simply as Geremi, is a Cameroonian former footballer. He was a versatile player able to play at right back, right midfield or center back, known for his power, combative style and free kick ability.
The most successful periods of Geremi's club career came at Real Madrid and Chelsea, winning two UEFA Champions League titles with the first and a full set of domestic honours with the latter.
He earned 116 caps for Cameroon from 1996 to 2010, scoring 13 goals. He was a member of their squad for 7 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning in 2000 and 2002, as well as the World Cup in 2002 and 2010 and a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics.
Geremi was born in Bafoussam, Cameroon. Raised into a footballing family, Geremi was encouraged to remain focused on school by his father, a former player. But as duties for his club and national teams pulled him away from his studies, he eventually decided to pursue his playing career. Geremi gave up on studying for his university entrance exams and began playing professionally.
Geremi began his career with a local side in Bafoussam, Racing FC, in 1995. A first-division club in the Cameroon's MTN Elite One, Racing had won the league championship the year before 16-year-old Geremi arrived and won the league cup, the Cameroonian Cup, in his only season as a professional at the club.
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