Ngassam Nana Falemi (born 5 May 1974) is a former
footballer
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who played as a
defensive midfielder
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. Born and raised in Romania to a Cameroonian father and a Romanian mother, he
capped
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for the
Cameroon national team.
International career
Nana Falemi played five games at international level for
Cameroon
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, making his debut under coach
Winfried Schäfer
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Playing career
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on 27 March 2003 when he came as a substitute and replaced
Bill Tchato
Bill Jackson Tchato Mbiayi (born 14 May 1975) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Caen, Valence, Nice, Montpellier, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Qatar SC, Al-Khor and Strasbourg and Sapins. Tch ...
in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against
Madagascar
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.
His following two appearances were a 0–0 against
United States
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in the group stage and a 1–0 victory against
Colombia
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in the semifinals of the
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
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where
Cameroon
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reached the final, but lost it with 1–0 in front of
France
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as Falemi did not play in it.
His last two games for the national team were friendlies, a 0–0 against Japan
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and a 3–0 loss against Bulgaria
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, he was also part of Cameroon
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's squad at the 2004 African Cup of Nations
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but did not play in any game.
Honours
Steaua București
*Divizia A
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: 2000–01, 2004–05
*Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994, ...
: 2001
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Cameroon
*]FIFA Confederations Cup
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runner-up: 2003
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Living people
1974 births
Men's association football midfielders
Romanian footballers
Cameroonian footballers
Cameroon men's international footballers
Romanian expatriate footballers
Cameroonian expatriate footballers
Footballers from Bucharest
N'Gassam, Nana Falemi
FC Petrolul Ploiești players
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
CS Sporting Vaslui players
FC Volyn Lutsk players
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in China
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Ergotelis F.C. players
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2004 African Cup of Nations players
Liga I players
Liga II players
Ukrainian Premier League players
China League One players
Jiangsu F.C. players
Expatriate footballers in China
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Romanian people of Cameroonian descent
Citizens of Cameroon through descent
Cameroonian people of Romanian descent
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