Thierry Ekwalla (born 28 November 1983) is a

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ian

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who played in Italy, Serbia and Romania. He also holds Italian citizenship.Insulti razziali a un compagno, Michielet sospeso dal Gruaro
at portogruaro.net, 31-1-2013, retrieved 18-11-2016

Career

Ekwalla left Cameroon at age 17 and arrived to Italy first playing in the youth team of

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FC Arges testează un camerunez fost la Treviso
at topsport.ro, 18-8-2006, retrieved 18-11-2016 and then, as a senior, between 2002 and 2004, with U.S. Città di Jesolo.Ekwalla: Derby deciso da un episodio. Peccato ma vogliamo ancora lottare per il secondo posto
at U.S. Opitergina official website, 28-2-2012, retrieved 18-11-2016 Ekwalla then signed a professional contract in Serbia with FK Čukarički and played in the 2004-05 season. In summer 2005 he had trials at French side

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and Romanian side

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but Čukarički was asking for a too high price. He played the season 2005–06 in Serbian second level, the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

. A year later, he became free-agent and moved to Romania signing with

FC Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first tier of the Romanian ...

. Later he also played in Romania with

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and FCM Câmpina.Thierry Ekwalla
at zerozero.pt He returned to Italy in 2008 to play with S.S.D. Calcio San Donà for one season. He then played two seasons with A.C.D. Città di Concordia. In season 2011–12 he played with

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in the Eccellenza Veneto. In season 2012–13, after making 6 appearances with Città di Concordia, he left the club and joined A.C.D. Gruaro also playing in Eccellenza Veneto league.Ekwalla: insulti razzisti? Io non li ho sentiti
at qdpnews.it, 1-2-2013, retrieved 18-11-2016 Gruaro got relegated, but Ekwalla still played till the winter-break of the 2014–15 season when he moved to La Salute.Thierry Ekwalla
at tuttocampo.it A year later, in the following winter-break, he moved to Jesolo.

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Thierry Ekwalla stats
at fullsoccer.eu {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekwalla, Thierry 1983 births Living people Footballers from Douala Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy FK Čukarički players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia FC Universitatea Cluj players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players FCM Câmpina players Liga I players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Men's association football midfielders