Jouan Patrice Abanda Etong (born 3 August 1978) is a Cameroonian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
central defender
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 ...
.
He played for
Apollon Kalamarias
Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sport's club from Thessaloniki founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god and its colors are red and black.
History
When thousands of Pontic ...
in Greece and
Sparta Prague
) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští''
, ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena
, capacity = 19,416
, clubname = Sparta Prague
, image = Sparta Praha logo.png
, image_size = 160px
, fu ...
in the Czech Republic.
He played for
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
and participated at the
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...
, and the
2000 Summer Olympics
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where Cameroon won the gold medal.
External links
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Profile at weltfussball.de
1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Yaoundé
Association football central defenders
Czech First League players
AC Sparta Prague players
PAOK FC players
Apollon Pontou FC players
FK Drnovice players
FK Teplice players
Besa Kavajë players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Cameroon international footballers
Cameroonian expatriate footballers
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Cameroonian footballers
Expatriate footballers in Albania
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Cameroon
Olympic gold medalists for Cameroon
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Albania
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Kategoria Superiore players
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