Olivier Boumal
Olivier Boumal (born 17 September 1989) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as an winger for Al-Merrikh SC. Between 2017 and 2019 he made six appearances for the Cameroon national team. Career Boumal began his career with George Fominyen FC before moving to Europe in 2005 signing with CFF Paris. After one year with the team from Paris he joined the youth and reserve team of AS Saint-Étienne. In January 2010, he signed a 2.5-year contract with Superleague club Panetolikos, after a successful trial. He also played for Levadiakos and Iraklis Psachna. In summer 2014, Boumal signed a two-year contract to Panionios for an undisclosed fee. At the end of 2014–15 season, he was linked with a move to Turkish club Mersin İdmanyurdu. On 23 December 2015, Boumal joined Panathinaikos on a 2.5-year contract for a reported transfer fee of €400,000 plus one Panathinaikos player Christos Donis, Kostas Triantafyllopoulos and Diamantis Chouchoumis. On 11 January 2016, he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the commercial and economic capital of Cameroon and the entire Economic Community of Central African States, CEMAC region comprising Gabon, Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic and Cameroon. Consequently, it handles most of the country's major exports, such as Petroleum, oil, Cocoa bean, cocoa and coffee, timber, metals and fruits. , the city and its surrounding area had an estimated population of 5,768,400. The city sits on the estuary of Wouri River and its climate is tropical. History The first Europeans to visit the area were the Portuguese people, Portuguese in about 1472. At the time, the estuary of Wouri River was known as the Rio dos Camarões (Shrimp River). By 1650, it had become the site ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Morocco National Football Team
The Morocco national football team,french: Équipe du Maroc de football nicknamed "the Barbary lion, Atlas Lions", represents Morocco in men's international Association football, football competitions. It is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, also known as FRMF. The team's colours are red and green. The team is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Internationally, Morocco won the 1976 African Cup of Nations, two African Nations Championships, a FIFA Arab Cup, and finished fourth in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. They have participated in the FIFA World Cup six times. They made history in 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1986, when they were the first African national team to finish top of a group at the World Cup and first to reach the 1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage, knockout stages R16. However, they narrowly lost to eventual runners-up Germany national football team, West Germany 1–0. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Morocco became the first ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was played mid-year, resulting in both that year's U-20 and 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, U-17 World Cups being played at the end of the year. The tournament was won by Ghana national under-20 football team, Ghana after they defeated Brazil national under-20 football team, Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to win the tournament. Player eligibility Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete. Venues Qualification Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Egypt received automatic entry to the cup, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament. :1.Teams that made their debut. Match officials Squad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cameroon National Under-20 Football Team
The Cameroon national under-20 football team, more commonly known as The Indomitable Lions, represents Cameroon in international youth football competitions. The Stade Omnisports (Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo) in Yaounde is used for home games. Appearances Honors * African Youth Championship ** Winners (1): 1995 ** Runners-up (4): 1981, 1993, 2009, 2011 ** Third Place (1): 1999 *Jeux de la Francophonie ** Third Place: 1997 ** Fourth Place: 2001, 2005 Squad The following squad was selected for the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations The 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations ( ar, كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2023, french: Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football des moins de 20 ans 2023), known as the 2023 U20 AFCON or 2023 AFCON U20 for short and as the 2023 Tota .... Past squads The squad that played the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup Head coach: Martin Mpile Ndtoungou References {{Football in Cameroon under-20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Erovnuli Liga
The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union. From 2017 the Erovnuli Liga switched to a spring-autumn system, with only 10 clubs in the top flight. Format Below is a complete record of how many teams have played in each season throughout the league's history: UEFA Country Ranking *39 (''39'') Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (6.500) *40 (''40'') Erovnuli Liga (6.375) uefa.com, accessed 6 June 2017 *41 [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in China, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The league was established in 2004 by the rebranding of the former top division, Chinese Jia-A League. Initially contested by 12 teams in its inaugural year, the league has since expanded, with 18 teams competing in the 2022 season. A total of 35 teams have competed in the CSL since its inception, with 8 of them winning the title: Guangzhou (eight), Shandong Taishan (four), Shenzhen, Dalian Shide, Changchun Yatai, Beijing Guoan, Shanghai Port, and Jiangsu (all one title). The current Super League champions are Shandong Taishan, who won the 2021 edition. The Chinese Super League is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in China, with an average ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Platanias F
Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about west from the city of Chania and east of Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platanias (and the neighbouring village of Agia Marina) is a popular tourism village with beaches, several hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and souvenir shops. The area is especially popular with Scandinavian tourists with the season running from April to October. Not far from the coast is the island of Agioi Theodoroi. Municipality The municipality Platanias was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Kolymvari *Mousouroi *Platanias *Voukolies The municipality has an area of , the municipal unit . It lies within the Chania regional unit and is numbered 6 on the map of the Chania region. It is on the north coast, forming the eastern shore of Kissamos B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kalloni F
Kalloni ( el, Καλλονή) is a town in the west-central part of the island of Lesbos, Greece. It is the seat of the West Lesbos municipality and the Kalloni municipal unit within it. Prior to 2011 the current municipal unit was a municipality. The name also existed in ancient times, though the conventional transcription of the classical name in English is "Callone". It has a land area of 241.946 km². At the 2011 census it had a population of 8,504 inhabitants. The municipal seat was the town of Kalloní (pop. 1,978). The unit's largest other towns are Agra (955), Parákoila (818), Dáfia (992), Fília (653), Skalochóri (534), Anemotia (449), and Kerámi (584). Kalloni was known as ''Kalonya'' during Ottoman rule, when it was a ''nahiya'' (township) center in the Molova ''kaza'' of the Midilli ''sanjak''. Lesbos became part of the Kingdom of Greece in 1912. Description Kalloni is surrounded by the gulf waters, and supplied by a plain of 100 km², through which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Diamantis Chouchoumis
Diamantis Chouchoumis ( gr, Διαμαντής Χουχούμης; born 17 July 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League club Panetolikos. Club career On 29 October 2012, during a Superleague match against OFI Crete, he made his official debut for the men's team with Panathinaikos. He plays as left back and comes from the club's youth ranks. On 22 December 2014 he scored his first goal for Panathinaikos against Kerkyra. On 1 April 2014, he signed a new contract with Panathinaikos till 2018. On 29 July 2017, Slovan Bratislava officially announced the signing of Chouchoumis on a one-year contract for an undisclosed fee, as the 23-year-old player was not in the season plans of Greek manager of ''The Greens'', Marinos Ouzounidis. On 11 July 2018, Chouchoumis signed a two-year-deal with the Serbian club Vojvodina Novi Sad. On 25 February 2019, Chouchoumis and Vojvodina mutually terminated the contract. On 10 July 2019, he joined Apoll ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
Konstantinos "Kostas" Triantafyllopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; born 3 April 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze. Career On 30 September 2012, during a Superleague match vs. Asteras Tripolis, he made his debut for the men's team with Panathinaikos. In his first season as a Panathinaikos' player, Triantafyllopoulos was able to become the first choice for the center of defence. At the end of the season, Triantafyllopoulos signed a contract extension for three years. On 22 January 2016, Triantafyllopoulos signed a 3,5 years contract with Asteras Tripolis, despite the rumours that he will sign to Panionios, as part of Olivier Boumale transfer to Panathinaikos. His former club will keep a percentage of the profit from his next transfer. On 13 June 2019, he joined Pogoń Szczecin on a two-year deal. On 10 August 2019, he scored his first goal with the cl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christos Donis
Christos Donis ( el, Χρήστος Δώνης, born 9 October 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Radomiak Radom. Career Panathinaikos Donis is a product of Panathinaikos' youth ranks. He promoted to the first team on July 1, 2012, signing a contract which keeps him in Panathinaikos until 2015. He made his debut at the 4–0 win against Proodeftiki for the Greek Cup. He made his championship debut at a game against Levadiakos on the 18th of December 2013, scoring his first goal with the team. On 15 February 2016, Panathinaikos officially announced the loan of Christos Donis to Swiss club Lugano until the end of the season, with a contract option to purchase him. The 21-year-old midfielder wοuld have his younger brother, Tasos (who joined Zdeněk Zeman’s team on loan from Juventus), as a teammate. On 27 June 2016, after an unsuccessful semester with Lugano, his club officially announced his loan to the Superleague club PAS Gian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |