Olivier Boumal (born 17 September 1989) 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 ...

ian professional

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who plays as an winger for

Al-Merrikh SC Al-Merrikh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المريخ الرياضي) is a Sudanese football club based in Omdurman. Their home stadium is Al-Merrikh Stadium, which is locally known as The Red Castle. Founded in 1908, Al-Merrikh is one of the ol ...

. Between 2017 and 2019 he made six appearances for the Cameroon national team.

Career

Boumal began his career with George Fominyen FC before moving to Europe in 2005 signing with CFF Paris. After one year with the team from Paris he joined the youth and reserve team of

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...

. In January 2010, he signed a 2.5-year contract with Superleague club

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

, after a successful trial. He also played for Levadiakos and

Iraklis Psachna Iraklis Psachna Football Club is a Greek football club, based in Psachna, Euboea. History In 2009–10, Psachna earned promotion to the third tier of Greek football, Football League 2, for the first time in club history, as champions of Delta ...

. In summer 2014, Boumal signed a two-year contract to

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'' ...

for an undisclosed fee. At the end of 2014–15 season, he was linked with a move to Turkish club

Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin Talim Yurdu, formerly Mersin İdman Yurdu, is a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team pla ...

. On 23 December 2015, Boumal joined Panathinaikos on a 2.5-year contract for a reported transfer fee of €400,000 plus one Panathinaikos player

Christos Donis Christos Donis ( el, Χρήστος Δώνης, born 9 October 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Radomiak Radom. Career Panathinaikos Donis is a product of Panathinaikos' youth ranks. He promoted ...

, Kostas Triantafyllopoulos and Diamantis Chouchoumis. On 11 January 2016, he made his club debut by having an appearance along with a late goal, helping his club to a 2–0 win against

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. On 31 January 2016, in a 3–2 away win against

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, Boumal broke his collarbone which required surgery and would keep him out of action for 4–6 weeks. On 6 July 2017, Boumal signed 1.5-season contract with

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club Liaoning Whowin for a €2.2 million fee, leaving Panathinaikos after 18 months. On 14 February 2019, he returned to

on a free transfer. Boumal joined

FC Saburtalo Tbilisi FC Saburtalo is a Georgian football club, based in Tbilisi, the capital of the country. History Saburtalo was founded on August 20, 1999 in Tbilisi. In 2005, the club was bought by Iberia Business Group and its owner Tariel Khechikashvili, who ...

of the Georgian

Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football ...

in August 2020 on a one-year contract. In August 2021, Boumal joined Australian club

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on a one-year contract.

International career

Boumal played for the Cameroon national under-20 football team the

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. On 29 May 2017, Olivier Bumal was included for the first time in

's squad for

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on 10 June for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the

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to be held from 17 June to 2 July in Russia. Cameroon will participate in the second group with Chile, Australia and Germany, representing Africa. On 10 June 2017, he made his international debut as a late substitute in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers win against

Honours

Panetolikos *

Beta Ethniki The Football League ( el, Φούτμπολ Λιγκ) was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super Le ...

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