Amour Patrick Tignyemb (born 14 June 1985) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Tignyemb formerly played for Coton Sport and Tonnerre Yaoundé.

International career

Tignyemb was part of the Cameroonian

2004 African Nations Cup The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004) is the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's footb ...

team, who finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Nigeria. Tignyemb also competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He earned his first senior cap for his homeland on 9 February 2005 against

Senegal national football team The Senegal national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football du Senegal''), nicknamed the ''Lions of Teranga'', represents Senegal in international association football and is operated by the Senegalese Football Federation. One of Africa' ...

.Cameroun-Sénégal : Amour Patrick Tignyemb remplace Mathurin Kameni

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* Living people 1985 births Association football goalkeepers Cameroonian footballers Cameroonian expatriate footballers Cameroon international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Cameroon South African Premier Division players Coton Sport FC de Garoua players Tonnerre Yaoundé players Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Chippa United F.C. players Expatriate soccer players in South Africa 2004 African Cup of Nations players {{Cameroon-footy-goalkeeper-stub