Alexis N'Gambi (born 20 January 1982) is a

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ian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

After starting out at the

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in his native country, N'Gambi moved to France and signed with

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in 1999. He spent three seasons with the club's B team, failing to make any league appearance for the senior side. However, N'Gambi made his official debut for Strasbourg in the

2001 Trophée des Champions The 2001 Trophée des Champions was a soccer, football match held at Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg on July 19, 2001, that saw 2000–01 French Division 1, 2000–01 Division 1 champions FC Nantes defeat 2000–01 Coupe de France winners RC Strasb ...

, playing the entire match, as the team lost 1–4 to

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. In the summer of 2002, N'Gambi was loaned to

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club

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. He eventually signed for the club on a permanent basis in 2003. After two more seasons there, N'Gambi switched to fellow league club

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. He was a regular member of the team's defensive line in the following three years, making 73 league appearances and scoring three goals. In June 2008, N'Gambi agreed a transfer with Serbian club Partizan, on a three-year contract. He struggled to make an impression at the club, appearing in only two

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games, before being released in the 2009 winter transfer window. Shortly after, N'Gambi joined Latvian club

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. He switched clubs and countries again in July 2009, this time joining Greek club

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. In early 2010, N'Gambi was linked with Romanian club

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, but the deal never went through. He was then linked with Malaysian side

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in late 2011, again without official confirmation.

International career

In March 2001, N'Gambi was selected to represent

at the

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. He also played for the Cameroon U23s, as they failed to qualify for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. N'Gambi earned one full international cap for his country on 19 November 2008, in a 2–3 friendly loss to

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Honours

Strasbourg *

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: Runner-up

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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