Mohamadou Idrissou (born 8 March 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

On the last day of the summer transfer window 2011, Idrissou moved to 2. Bundesliga club

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. Having contributed 14 goals to Eintracht Frankfurt's return to the Bundesliga in 2011–12, Idrissou unexpectedly signed for 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 27 July 2012. On 21 May 2014, he signed with Israeli side

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. He was waived by the team on 13 November 2014. In the following winter-break he moved to the Republic of Macedonia where he signed with

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. In 2015 he moved back to Germany to

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. After two years he moved to Union Hallein. During the summer transfer period 2018 he moved to Austria to

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. In October 2020, Idrissou signed for Viktoria Griesheim in the fifth-tier

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. He retired from football in 2021.

International career

Idrissou was part of the Cameroon national team at the

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, which finished top of its group in the first round of competition, before failing to secure qualification for the semi-finals. He also played for Cameroon at the

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and

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Honors

SC Freiburg * 2. Bundesliga: 2008–09 Cameroon *

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: runner-up

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