Eloge Enza Yamissi

Eloge Enza Yamissi
Personal information
Full name Eloge Ethisse Enza Yamissi
Date of birth (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983
Place of birth Bangui, Central African Republic
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 La Roche VF 6 (1)
2002–2003 Olympique Alès 4 (0)
2003–2005 Nîmes Olympique 52 (4)
2005–2013 Troyes 210 (5)
2013–2018 Valenciennes 110 (3)
National team‡
2010– Central African Republic 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:25, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 March 2017

Eloge Ethisse Enza Yamissi (born 23 January 1983) is a Central African football midfielder.

Club career

Born in Bangui, Central African Republic, Yamissi started his playing career at Bordeaux. He was there one season and did not make a first team appearance. He then signed for La Roche VF, spending one season there, playing six games. He then moved to Olympique Alès, where he played only four games, before moving to Nîmes Olympique, where his career began to take off, playing 52 games and scoring four goals.

His potential was noticed by Troyes AC, which promptly signed him in 2005, when it was in Ligue 1. He experienced several ups and downs at the club, being relegated twice, and winning promotion twice too. From 2011, he was club captain, which he led to promotion to Ligue 1 once again at the end of the 2011–2012 season.

International career

Since its reformation in 2010, Enza Yamissi is a member of the Central African national team, which he captained on several occasions.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first.[2]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 June 2016Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui, Central African Republic Angola2–03–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Attributes

Although he is predominately a defensive or left midfielder, Yamissi can play many positions. He can play across the midfield, centre attacking midfield, and left back.

Personal life

Eloge is the brother of the Central African Republic national football team player Manassé Enza-Yamissi.[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110224010422/http://www.liberation-champagne.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/472196/
  2. ↑ "Enza-Yamissi, Éloge". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Le contingent des footballeurs centrafricains évoluant en Europe (centrafriquefootball.com) Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.


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