Jean-Manuel Mbom (born 24 February 2000) is a German professional
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
midfielder for
Werder Bremen. He has represented Germany internationally at various youth levels.
Career
Mbom made his professional debut for
KFC Uerdingen
KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s but now plays in the fifth-level Oberliga.
History
The ...
in the
3. Liga
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
on 21 July 2019, starting in the home match against
Hallescher FC before being substituted out in the 55th minute for
Dennis Daube
Dennis Daube (born 11 July 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for SC Preußen Münster.
Career
Daube was born in Hamburg. In July 2015, after eleven years with FC St. Pauli, Daube moved to fellow 2. B ...
, with the match finishing as a 1–0 win.
Mbom made his
Bundesliga debut on the
2020–21 season's second matchday on 26 September 2020, in a 3–1 win away to
Schalke 04. He started the match and played on the right side of midfield.
Personal life
Mbom was born in
Bovenden
Bovenden is a municipality in the Göttingen (district), district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2020 the population in the eight villages belonging to the municipality was 13,891.
Geography
Bovenden is situated on the river Leine, ...
,
Lower Saxony and is of Cameroonian descent.
In 2021, he featured in ', a documentary detailing the experiences of
Black players in German professional football.
Career statistics
Honours
Individual
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Fritz Walter Medal U17 Silver:
2017
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References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
People from Göttingen (district)
Sportspeople from Göttingen
German people of Cameroonian descent
German footballers
Footballers from Lower Saxony
Association football midfielders
Germany under-21 international footballers
Germany youth international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
SV Werder Bremen II players
SV Werder Bremen players
KFC Uerdingen 05 players
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