Paul Alo'o Efoulou (born 12 November 1983) is a Cameroonian former professional
football
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manager and former player. He played as a
striker.
Club career
In the
2008–09 season Alo'o scored 12 goals and gave 12 assists in 35
Ligue 2
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appearances for
Angers
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. He was voted the league's best of player of the season.
From 2013 Alo'o played in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
He joined
Championnat National 2
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side
Martigues
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in August 2017.
International career
Alo'o made his debut for the
Cameroon national team on 28 March 2009 against
Togo
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in a
qualifier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He also played in three other qualifying matches for the same competition and the
2010 African Cup of Nations
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in Angola, but was not included in
Paul Le Guen's 23-man squad for the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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.
Coaching career
After retiring at the end of the 2018-19 season, Alo'o was hired as assistant coach at
CSO Amnéville. He left the position at the end of the year. In May 2020, Alo'o was appointed manager of FC Lunéville's reserve team, which was playing in the Régional 3.
In May 2021, Alo'o was hired by
US Raon-l'Étape as a forward coach for the clubs Régional 3 team (reserves) and manager of the futsal section. In July 2022, he was announced as the clubs new reserve manager.
PAUL ALO'O EFOULOU NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DE LA RÉSERVE
usraon.footeo.com, 14 July 2022
Honours
Individual
* Ligue 2
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player of the season: 2008–09
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1983 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Cameroonian men's footballers
21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Cameroonian football managers
Cameroon men's international footballers
French men's footballers
Naturalized citizens of France
2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
Footballers from Yaoundé
Belgian Pro League players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
R.E. Mouscron players
Racing Club de France Football players
Entente SSG players
Angers SCO players
AS Nancy Lorraine players
Le Havre AC players
Al Taawoun FC players
Al-Sailiya SC players
Qatar SC players
FC Martigues players
Saudi Pro League players
Qatar Stars League players
Qatari Second Division players
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
21st-century French sportsmen