Alain Sylvain Amougou ( Ukrainian: Ален Сільвен Амугу born 6 September 1973 in Yaounde, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian retired professional footballer.

Career

South Africa

Recruited by Mamelodi Sundowns of the

South African Premier Division The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the DStv Premiership for sponsorship purposes, is the premier men's professional football/soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organized sinc ...

for 1999/00, Amougou racked 15 goals that season, showing the ability of his left foot but his next two years at Chloorkop were plagued by injuries and other problems. Speculation about him being arrested abated when he was called to front the Sundowns' attack in the first round of the

2000 CAF Champions League The 2000 CAF Champions League was the 36th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 4th prize under the CAF Champions League format. Hearts of Oak SC of Ghana d ...

Ukraine

Reinforcing Metalist Kharkiv of the Ukrainian Premier League in 2002, the first African to be in the club, the Cameroonian racked 4 league and 1 cup outing there, debuting on the 27th of July in a 1–1 tie with Obolon before being released by the end 2002. Two reasons for his release are that he did not lineup to expectations and that he did not like the Ukrainian environment.Львы-первопроходцы
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Sweden

Set to complete a move to IFK Norrköping of the Swedish

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in 2002, ''Peking'' rejected the forward, causing him to return home.Ingen Amougou i IFK
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References

External links

* Ukrainian Wikipedia Page
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1973 births Footballers from Yaoundé Association football forwards Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Expatriate footballers in Réunion Cameroonian footballers Living people Cameroonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players FC Metalist Kharkiv players SS Saint-Louisienne players Ukrainian Premier League players Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine {{Cameroon-footy-forward-stub