Roudolphe Douala
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roudolphe Douala M'bela | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saint-Étienne | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Saint-Étienne | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2004 | Boavista | 40 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | → Aves (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 2002–2004 | → União Leiria (loan) | 66 | (15) |
| 2004–2007 | Sporting CP | 47 | (5) |
| 2006–2007 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Saint-Étienne | 12 | (0) |
| 2008 | Asteras Tripoli | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Lierse | 11 | (2) |
| Total | 256 | (36) | |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2009 | Cameroon | 17 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Roudolphe Douala M'bela (born 25 September 1978), known as Douala, is a Cameroonian retired footballer. Mainly a winger he could also operate as a forward, and played professionally in five countries, mainly in Portugal. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 213 games and 34 goals over the course of nine seasons, notably representing in the competition Sporting (three years), Boavista and União de Leiria (two apiece).
Douala appeared for the Cameroonian national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.
Douala was born in Douala. He started his professional career at AS Saint-Étienne but did not make any Ligue 2 appearances for the French club, moving to Portugal when he was 20 and signing with Boavista FC.
After two loans, at Gil Vicente F.C. and U.D. Leiria (where he first made an impact in the national championship), Douala moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal, scoring five league goals in his debut season while also helping the Lions to the campaign's UEFA Cup final, notably scoring against Middlesbrough in a 3–2 away win. Never an undisputed starter, however, he would be loaned for 2006–07 to England's Portsmouth on the very last day of the summer transfer window, with a view to a permanent signing.
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