André-Joël Eboué (born 25 June 1974) 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 retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

, Eboué's 17-year senior career was spent mainly in lower league football, his first team being

Olympic Mvolyé Olympic Mvolyé, also known as Olympique Mvolyé, is a Cameroonian association football, football club based in Mvolyé. Olympic enjoyed some success in the 1990s as they won the Cameroonian Cup twice in 1992 and 1994 and then went on to compe ...

, and he also represented in his country

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 ...

. Abroad, he represented R.A.A. Louviéroise (Belgium, no games),

Sevilla Atlético Sevilla Atlético is a Spanish football team based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1950, it is the reserve team of Sevilla FC. It plays in Segunda Federación, and holds home games at '' Estadio Jesús Navas'', w ...

(Spain), O Elvas CAD, S.C. Freamunde (both in Portugal),

A.S. Varese 1910 Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Varese Calcio, commonly referred to as Varese, was an Italian football club based in Varese, Lombardy. It was founded as Varese Football Club on 22 March 1910. It became Associazione Sportiva Varesina in 1923, ...

(Italy), Stade Beaucairois, Blanc-Mesnil SFB, Villemomble Sports and AS Orly (all in France). Eboué's only professional spell occurred in the 2000–01 season, when he backed up Spaniard Rufino Lekué at Freamunde and the club ranked dead last in the

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. In May 2002, whilst with Varese, he was attacked by a group of 30 hooligans, being inflicted minor injuries.

International career

Eboué represented the Cameroonian under-20 team at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was selected by the full side for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, but eventually did not win one single

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eboue, Andre Joel 1974 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Canon Yaoundé players R.A.A. Louviéroise players Sevilla Atlético players Liga Portugal 2 players O Elvas C.A.D. players S.C. Freamunde players SSD Varese Calcio players Stade Beaucairois FC players Villemomble Sports players Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in France Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France