Derek Decamps aka Derek (born 2 May 1985) is a French
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
in the Norwegian
Tippeligaen for
Sandnes Ulf.
Career
Born in
Paris, France, Decamps began playing football with
AS Cannes, and moved to Greece to play for
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and
PAS Giannina F.C.
PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...
in the
Greek Superleague.
He moved to Spain and played for
Lorca Deportiva CF and
AD Alcorcón in the Spanish
Segunda División B
Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...
.
On 15 August 2009, the 24-year-old French defender left his Spanish club
Santa Eulàlia of the Spanish Segunda División B to join South African side
Ajax Cape Town. In the 2010–11 season he played a big part in Ajax's successful league campaign in which Ajax finished 2nd after only managing a draw in the last home game. A win would have won the championship for the Cape Town side.
On 27 June 2011, the Norwegian club
FK Haugesund announced that they had signed Decamps on a one-year contract. After one year Decamps was a regular starter for Haugesund in
Tippeligaen, and the club wanted to renew his contract, but Decamps chose to move home to his family in France when his contract expired on 31 July 2012.
In August 2013 he signed a loan contract with
Sarpsborg 08
Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening, commonly known as Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg (), is a Norwegian football club based in Sarpsborg, playing in Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 and its predecessors played in 1. divisjon from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, the ...
for the season.
In January 2014 he returned to the Tippeligaen joining
Sandnes Ulf.
References
External links
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Video album on Vimeo
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1985 births
Living people
French men's footballers
AS Cannes players
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
PAS Giannina F.C. players
Lorca Deportiva CF footballers
AD Alcorcón footballers
Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
FK Haugesund players
Sarpsborg 08 FF players
Sandnes Ulf players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian First Division players
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
French expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
French expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Men's association football central defenders