Amour Patrick Tignyemb (born 14 June 1985) is a

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 ...

ian 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 ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

Club career

Tignyemb formerly played for Coton Sport and

Tonnerre Yaoundé Tonnerre Kalara Club of Yaoundé is a football club based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The club was most prominent during the 1980s, winning all of their 5 national championships. They have also won the national cup 5 times. Among the club's most notabl ...

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 Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. Tignyemb also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He earned his first senior cap for his homeland on 9 February 2005 against Senegal national football team.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