Aldo Angoula (born 4 May 1981) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...

, Angoula began his career at

Championnat de France Amateurs The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue ...

side FUSC Bois-Guillaume, in 2007 he joined

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

side

US Boulogne Union Sportive de Boulogne-sur-Mer Côte d'Opale (commonly referred to as US Boulogne or frequently, simply Boulogne) is a French association football club based in the commune of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The club was founded in 1898 and currently pla ...

, in December 2008 left the club and moved to

Croix de Savoie Gaillard Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...

. Angoula retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Personal life

Angoula was born in France to a Cameroonian father.Le Havre d’Angoula (Le Havre of Angoula)
His brother

Gaël Gaël (Gallo: ''Gaèu'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It lies southwest of Rennes between Saint-Méen-le-Grand and Mauron. In the 18th century, a fair was held twice a year in August and ...

played from 2005 to 2007 with him by FUSC Bois-Guillaume.

References

Living people 1981 births Footballers from Le Havre French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Le Havre AC players USF Fécamp players US Boulogne players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players LB Châteauroux players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent {{france-footy-defender-1980s-stub