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Patrick M'Boma

Patrick Mboma
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Personal information
Full name Henri Patrick Mboma Dem
Date of birth (1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 46)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
0000–1990 Stade de l'Est Pavillonnais
1990–1992 Paris SG
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Châteauroux (loan) 48 (22)
1994–1995 Paris SG 8 (1)
1995–1996 Metz (loan) 17 (4)
1996–1997 Paris SG 8 (1)
1997–1998 Gamba Osaka 34 (29)
1998–2000 Cagliari 40 (15)
2000–2001 Parma 24 (5)
2002 Sunderland (loan) 9 (1)
2002–2003 Al-Ittihad 28 (12)
2003–2004 Tokyo Verdy 35 (17)
2004–2005 Vissel Kobe 10 (2)
Total 261 (109)
National team
1995–2004 Cameroon 57 (33)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 January 2007.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2007

Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970 in Douala, Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian football striker and the former all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroonian national team.

Mboma started his domestic football career in 1993, and during his career played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland (where he scored once against Tottenham Hotspur), Al Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe before retiring on 16 May 2005.

After first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics and victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups. He was named African Footballer of the Year for his efforts in 2000. He scored a memorable overhead kick against France in 1998. His trademark goal-scoring celebration was a two-gun shooting spree with both his hands. He was renowned for scoring long distance goals with his powerful left foot.


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