Eugene Mbome
Eugene Petit Mbende Mbome (Chinese: 麥保美; born 29 August 1986) is a Cameroon professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Tai Po.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eugene Petit Mbende Mbome | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Centre Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Tai Po | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Cintra Yaoundé[1] | ||
| 2004–2005 | Académica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Tarouca[1] | ||
| 2006–2008 | Pombal | ||
| 2008–2015 | Pegasus | 72 | (10) |
| 2011–2012 | → Sapling (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Eastern | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Metro Gallery (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Pegasus | 38 | (1) |
| 2019– | Tai Po | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Cameroon U17[2][3] | 10 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2011 | |||
Mbome played for the Cameroon national under-17 football team and played as vice-captain of Cameroon U17 for the 2003 African Under-17 Championship and the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[4]
Career
Hong Kong Sapling
Mbome joined Sapling from Pegasus as a foreign player to help the team.
On 22 November 2011, Mbome fainted before training and was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital. He woke up later but remained in hospital for observation.[5]
Pegasus
On 5 January 2012, it was announced that Mbome had returned to Pegasus, as coach Chan Hiu Ming wanted to improve the team's defensive ability in midfield.[6]
Eastern and Metro Gallery
On 12 June 2015, he joined Eastern. However, he was loaned to Metro Gallery for the rest of the season.[7][8]
Return to Pegasus
Mbome returned to Pegasus at the start of the 2016-17 season.
References
- (in Portuguese) Mbende Mbomé Eugéne Petit – My Best Play
- (in French) CAN-Cadets : Les Lions Indomptables Cadets à l’assaut du titre continental, Camfoot.com, 25 March 2003
- Report of 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, FIFA, September 2003
- Mbomè Eugène, Youtube, 17 November 2010
- (in Chinese)港菁麥保美 操練前暈倒送院 Oriental Daily. 23 November 2011.
- (in Chinese)晨曦周六鬥飛馬 爭做首循環冠軍 The Sun (Hong Kong). 5 January 2012. 文： 黎永淦
- (in Chinese)港超聯繼續簽 麥保美去埋東方Apple Daily (Hong Kong). 12 June 2015.
- (in Chinese)夢想駿其以老帶新東方日報. 18 July 2015.
- (in Chinese)"衛冕大埔改頭換面 郭嘉諾馮凱文「雙教練」掌帥". Sportsroad. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
External links
- Eugene Mbome at Soccerway
- Eugene Mbome at HKFA
- Eugene Mbome – FIFA competition record
- "アフリカユース選手権（U-17） 2003 スワジランド" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.