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Franck Etoundi

Franck Etoundi
Personal information
Full name Franck M'bia Etoundi
Date of birth (1990-08-30) 30 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2004–2008 Dragons Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Ouragan FC 14 (3)
2009–2011 Neuchâtel Xamax 4 (1)
2010–2011FC Bienne (loan) 26 (12)
2011–2013 St. Gallen 46 (12)
2013–2016 Zürich 74 (18)
2016–2018 Kasımpaşa 15 (1)
2018 Boluspor 8 (0)
2019 Sochaux 12 (1)
2019–2021 Slaven Belupo 26 (3)
2021–2022 AS Vitré 13 (5)
2022 UN Käerjéng 97 10 (2)
International career
2014–2015 Cameroon 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:52, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Franck M'bia Etoundi (born 30 August 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker.[1] At international level, he made eleven appearances for the Cameroon national team scoring once.

Career

Born in Douala, Etoundi began his career 2004 with Dragons Yaoundé[2] and joined 2009 to Ouragan FC de Biyem Assi.[3]

In September 2009, Etoundi left his club Ouragan FC to sign his first professional contract in Europe for Neuchâtel Xamax, earning his first professional cap in the Swiss Super League on 14 February 2010 against FC Basel. On 27 April 2010, Neuchâtel Xamax confirmed his expiring contract would not renewed and he could leave the club.[4]

On 17 May 2010, he began a trial with the Swiss club FC Biel-Bienne[5] and signed a contract with the Swiss Challenge League team three days later.[6]

In 2011–2012 Etoundi signed a new contract with FC St. Gallen until 2013 with an option for an additional year.[7]

After 2+12 years in Turkey, he left Boluspor in December 2018 and signed a six-month contract in January 2019 with Sochaux in France.[8]

Following the expiration of his contract with Sochaux, Etoundi was a free player, until he signed on 10 December 2019 with the Croatian side Slaven Belupo.[9]

Personal life

Franck is the younger brother of Stéphane Mbia.[10]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 January 2015 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaounde, Cameroon  DR Congo 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

St. Gallen

FC Zürich

References