Guy Stéphane Essame (born 25 November 1984) is a Cameroonian former

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Career

Club

In 2008, he signed for the Chechen club

Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

, before he played in Boavista where he has played since 2005, playing 22 matches but has yet to score a goal. On 27 July 2009

FC Nizhny Novgorod FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород») or FC Pari NN for short is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 seaso ...

have signed the Cameroonian midfielder on loan from

Atyrau

In December 2013, Essame signed for

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

side

FC Atyrau Football Club Atyrau ( kk, "Атырау" футбол клубы, ''"Atyraý" fýtbol klýby'') is a professional association football, football club based in Atyrau, who last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh ...

. On the last day of the

2014 Kazakhstan Premier League The 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 15 March 2014 and was finished in November. Aktobe were the defending champions hav ...

transfer window, 9 July 2014, Essame moved on loan to

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. Th ...

, with Marat Shakhmetov going the opposite way, till the end of the season. At the end of the

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season, Essame signed a new one-year contract with Atyrau. However the contract never reached the

, with the Director of Atyrau cancelling the contract in January 2017, after Essame had taken part in the club's first pre-season training camp.

International

After a long spell in the Brasseries football academy, also responsible for forming the likes of

Rigobert Song Rigobert Song Bahanag (born 1 July 1976) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who is the manager of the Cameroon national team. Known for his defensive skills, Song usually played as a centre-back but could also operate at right-back ...

and

Geremi Njitap Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso (born 20 December 1978), known simply as Geremi, is a Cameroonian former footballer. He was a versatile player able to play at right back, right midfield or defensive midfielder, known for his power, pace, combative ...

, he captained the U17 Cameroon's national team to two continental competitions. A brief stop in Paraguay was then followed by a departure for Portugal, in Boavista. He made his first cap for

Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team ( French: ''équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédéra ...

in the 2010 WCQ match against

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on 11 October 2008.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 11 February 2009''

Honours

;Astana *

(1):

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Other activities

In 2009, Guy Stephane Essame founded

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in Cameroon coached by Thomas Libiih. In September 2010, it became a

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FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

References

1984 births Living people Footballers from Douala Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Primeira Liga players Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Belarusian Premier League players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players FC Neman Grodno players FC Atyrau players FC Astana players Sportivo Luqueño players Boavista F.C. players FC Akhmat Grozny players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Men's association football midfielders {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub