Georges Constant Mandjeck (born 9 December 1988) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a

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for Cypriot club Nea Salamis.

Club career

Stuttgart

Mandjeck joined Stuttgart from Kadji Sports Academy in the summer of 2007 and made his competitive debut for the club on 25 July 2007 in their 2–0 home defeat to Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Premiere-Ligapokal, coming on as a substitute for Antônio da Silva in the 89th minute. It turned out to be his only competitive appearance for Stuttgart during the 2007–08 season.

Loan to Kaiserslautern

On 30 January 2008, Mandjeck was loaned out to

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side

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until the end of the season. He made his league debut for the club on 1 February 2008 in their 1–1 away draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach, starting the match and being replaced by Moussa Ouattara in the 67th minute. He went on to make a total of 10 league appearances for Kaiserslautern before returning to Stuttgart upon the end of the season.

Back at Stuttgart

Mandjeck's first competitive appearance since returning to Stuttgart came on 28 August 2008 in the club's 4–1 away win at Hungarian side

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in the second leg of the second qualifying round for the

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 63rd minute. He went on to make his

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debut on 13 September 2008 in Stuttgart's goalless draw away at

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, coming off the bench to replace

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in the 84th minute.

Second loan to Kaiserslautern

In July 2009, Mandjeck was again loaned to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until the end of the 2009–10 season. He made his first competitive appearance of the season on 31 July 2009 in Kaiserslautern's 1–0 win at Eintracht Braunschweig in the first round of the

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and also appeared in the club's opening league match of the season on 8 August 2009, a 2–1 win at home to Greuther Fürth, playing the full 90 minutes in both of these two games. He subsequently established himself as a regular at the club.

Stade Rennais

In July 2010, he moved to

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Auxerre

In January 2013, he moved to

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Kayseri Erciyesspor

Mandjeck moved to

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at a fee of €4 million. He signed a contract until 2016.

Loan to Metz

On 11 January 2018,

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loaned Mandjeck to Ligue 1 side

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until the end of the season.

Waasland-Beveren

On 29 September 2020, Mandjeck joined Belgian Belgian First Division A side

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Kocaelispor

On 8 July 2021, he signed with

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in Turkey.

International career

Mandjeck was part of

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's squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He came on as a substitute in their first group game against

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, where he scored a goal to earn Cameroon a 1–1 draw. He made his second appearance in the team's third group game, a goalless draw against

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, where he was sent off for stamping on the foot of Antonio Nocerino.

Career statistics

International

Honours

International

Cameroon * Africa Cup of Nations:

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