Mohammed Djetei Camara (born 18 August 1994) is a Cameroonian

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who plays for Spanish club

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

and the Cameroon national team 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 ...

, Djetei made his senior debut with International Sporting Club of

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the com ...

in 2012. In 2014, he moved to

Union Douala Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala, that competes in the Elite One. History It was founded in 1958 and played its home matches in the Stade de la Réunification. Achievements National *Cameroon ...

, after a partnership between both clubs was established. On 4 July 2016, Djetei signed a four-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

. He made his debut for the club on 12 October, starting in a 1–1

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away draw against

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

( 5–4 win on penalties). Djetei made his debut in the second level on 6 November 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Es ...

. In August of the following year, during a pre-season match against

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at L ...

, he suffered a serious knee injury. On 2 September 2019, Djetei signed a contract with Segunda División B side Córdoba CF.

International career

On 18 October 2015, Djetei made his international debut with a local team of

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 ...

, after starting in a 0–0

2016 African Nations Championship qualification The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic leagu ...

home draw against Congo. He also made the 23-man list for the final tournament, all teams being consisted exclusively of players playing in their African homecountries. On 30 May 2016, Djetei made his full international debut, appearing in a 2–3 friendly away loss against

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after coming on as a late substitute for

Aurélien Chedjou Aurélien Bayard Chedjou Fongang (; born 20 June 1985) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a centre back for LOSC Lille, Galatasaray, Bursaspor, Adana Demirspor and the Cameroon national team. Club career Chedjou sign ...

at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes. The following 5 January, he was included in

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' 23-man squad ahead of the

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, being used as a backup as his side was crowned champions.

Honours

International

;Cameroon * Africa Cup of Nations:

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References

External links

Evol'in Sport profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Djetei, Mohammed 1994 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Union Douala players Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Córdoba CF players Albacete Balompié players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian Muslims Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Cameroon men's A' international footballers 2016 African Nations Championship players