Carl Lombé (born 18 May 1986 in

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Despite being capped for Armenia at youth level, he is still eligible to play for Cameroon as he never played for Armenia in the senior team.

Biography

Lombé moved to Armenia in 2002 and signed a contract with

Pyunik FC Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik ("Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourhoo ...

in March 2003. In 2005, he joined

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along with

Apoula Edel Apoula Edima Bete Edel ( hy, Ապուլա Էդիմա Էդել Բետե; born 17 June 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Cameroon, he played for the Armenia national team. Club career Early career Ap ...

by unilaterally terminated his contract without just reason.

submitted the case to FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber, which the DRC passed a decision on 4 April 2007 and sent the decision to the parties on 3 August, which Lombé was ordered to pay Pyunik US$15,000. He also claimed he was forced to naturalise in the court as an excuse to leave the country in 2005. The parties submitted the appeal to the

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and CAS partially upheld the DRC decision and increased the fee to US$25,000 in 2008.

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* 1986 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate footballers Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Yaoundé FC Pyunik players FC Rapid București players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Aris Limassol FC players 2. Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Armenian Premier League players Cameroonian emigrants to Armenia {{Armenia-footy-bio-stub