Émile Mbamba
Émile Bertrand Mbamba (born 27 October 1982 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football striker, who currently plays for Indonesia Super League side Bhayangkara F.C.. He also played for Vitesse Arnhem, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Vitória Setúbal, Arema Malang, Daegu FC and Botev Plovdiv.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Émile Bertrand Mbamba | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Attacker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Free | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Vitesse Arnhem | 83 | (23) |
| 2004–2006 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 27 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | → Maccabi Petah Tikva (loan) | 16 | (9) |
| 2006–2007 | Vitória Setúbal | 18 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | Arema Malang | 24 | (15) |
| 2008–2009 | Daegu FC | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Botev Plovdiv | 20 | (11) |
| 2010–2011 | Potros Neza | 9 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Bontang FC | 17 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | Persema Malang | 19 | (10) |
| 2013–2014 | Persepar Palangkaraya | 25 | (16) |
| 2014–2015 | Persiba Bantul | 18 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Bhayangkara F.C. | 10 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Cameroon U-17 | |||
| Cameroon U-20 | |||
| Cameroon U-23 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2015 | |||
Club career
Vitesse
He was spotted at a youth tournament in France with the Cameroonian youth squad by Jan Streuer who brought him alongside Job Komol and Soné Masué Kallé in the Vitesse Arnhem youth-academy in The Netherlands in 1997. He played four years in the Eredivisie before he left for Israel
Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Emile signed Maccabi Tel-aviv at the summer 2004. His major achievement was the song that the fans made on him Mbamba not mbamba will not score a goal even if the goalkeeper fall.
Arema Malang
Mbamba scored his first goal for Arema Malang on 9 September 2007. In fact, he even scored two goals in that match against another Liga Indonesia contestant Deltras Sidoarjo.
Daegu FC
He was moved to Daegu FC on 24 February 2009 but made a 7 appearances after released on 30 June 2009.
Botev Plovdiv
On October 3, 2009, Mbamba signed a contract with Bulgarian Botev Plovdiv
