Christian Bekamenga (born 9 May 1986) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a

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. In 2016, he made on appearance for the Cameroon national team.

Career

Bekamenga previously played for Negeri Sembilan FA of

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. and Persib Bandung of

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. He scored 17 goals in 19 appearances. Because of his success at Persib Bandung, he was transferred to French club

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in January 2008. He helped the Olympic Lions to qualify for the

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billed for

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, China. During the summer 2015 transfer window Bekamenga moved to Troyes AC, however within a month the striker was reported to have moved again, to Turkish side

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. On the last day of the January transfer market, Bekamenga was one of 22 players on two hours, that signed for Turkish club Elazığspor. had been placed under a transfer embargo but managed to negotiate it with the Turkish FA, leading to them going on a mad spree of signing and registering a load of players despite not even having a permanent manager in place. In just two hours, they managed to snap up a record 22 players - 12 coming in on permanent contracts and a further 10 joining on loan deals until the end of the season. On 24 January 2020, Bekamenga was registered for Turkish-Cypriot club Gençlik Gücü in

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, Cyprus. However, he only played one game for the club on 25 January 2020, before his registration was cancelled again.

Honors

International

Cameroon U23 * African Games:

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References

External links

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All Time Persib Players
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Christian Bekamenga
at TFF 1986 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Cameroon Men's association football forwards Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players TFF First League players Chinese Super League players Persib Bandung players Negeri Sembilan FC players FC Nantes players US Orléans players USJA Carquefou players Stade Lavallois players ES Troyes AC players Liaoning F.C. players Balıkesirspor footballers Erzurumspor F.K. footballers Elazığspor footballers Tonnerre Yaoundé players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in China {{Cameroon-footy-forward-stub