Émile Bertrand Mbamba (born 27 October 1982) is a Cameroonian former

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who played as a

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. He played for

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, Arema,

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and

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Club career

Vitesse

He was spotted at a youth tournament in

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with the Cameroonian youth squad by Jan Streuer who brought him alongside Job Komol and Soné Masué Kallé in the

youth-academy in

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in 1997. He played four years in the

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before he left for

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in 2004.Welkom in het wilde voetballeven van Émile Mbamba
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Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Emile signed Maccabi Tel-aviv at the summer 2004. His major achievement was the song that the fans made on him Mbamba not mbamba will not score a goal even if the goalkeeper fall.

Arema Malang

Mbamba scored his first goal for

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on 9 September 2007. In fact, he even scored two goals in that match against another

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contestant Deltras Sidoarjo.

Daegu FC

He was moved to

on 24 February 2009 but made a 7 appearances after released on 30 June 2009.

Botev Plovdiv

On October 3, 2009, Mbamba signed a contract with Bulgarian

Honours

Club

Maccabi Tel Aviv * State Cup: 2004–05

References

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