Patrick Mboma
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Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the fourth all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Born in Douala, Cameroon, Mboma started his domestic football career in 1993. During his career he played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland (where he scored once against Tottenham Hotspur),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Al-Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe before retiring on 16 May 2005.
International career
After first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics and victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups. He was named African Footballer of the Year for his efforts in 2000. He scored a memorable overhead kick against France in 2000.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1990–91 | Division 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1991–92 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1994–95 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 6 | ||
| Châteauroux | 1992–93 | Division 2 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 5 | ||||||
| 1993–94 | Championnat National | 29 | 17 | 29 | 17 | |||||||
| Total | 48 | 22 | 48 | 22 | ||||||||
| Metz | 1995–96 | Division 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 6 | ||
| Gamba Osaka | 1997 | J1 League | 28 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | – | 34 | 29 | |
| 1998 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 4 | |||
| Total | 34 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 33 | ||
| Cagliari | 1998–99 | Serie A | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 8 | ||
| 1999–00 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 6 | – | – | 31 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 22 | ||
| Parma | 2000–01 | Serie A | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | |
| 2001–02 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 7 | ||
| Sunderland (loan) | 2001–02 | Premier League | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| Al-Ittihad | 2002–03 | Libyan Premier League | 28 | 12 | 28 | 12 | ||||||
| Tokyo Verdy | 2003 | J1 League | 23 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 29 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | – | 17 | 8 | |||
| Total | 35 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 24 | ||
| Vissel Kobe | 2004 | J1 League | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 261 | 109 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 312 | 135 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 57 | 33 | |
| Cameroon Olympic | 2000 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Cameroon and Cameroon Olympic goal tally first. The score column indicates the score after each M'Boma goal.
| Patrick M'Boma – goals for Cameroon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Template:Abbr | |
| 1 | Template:Dts | Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo | Template:Fb | 3-1 | 4-2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 2 | Template:Dts | Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 3 | 4-0 | |||||||
| 4 | Template:Dts | Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon | Template:Fb | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 5 | Template:Dts | Estádio 11 de Novembro, Talatona, Angola | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | Template:Citation needed | |
| 6 | Template:Dts | National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | Template:Citation needed | |
| 7 | 2-0 | |||||||
| 8 | Template:Dts | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France | Template:Fb | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 9 | Template:Dts | Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 10 | Template:Dts | Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique | Template:Fb | 3-0 | 6-1 | 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 11 | 4-0 | |||||||
| 12 | Template:Dts | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | Template:Fb | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2000 African Cup of Nations | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 13 | Template:Dts | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2000 African Cup of Nations | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 14 | 3-0 | |||||||
| 15 | Template:Dts | National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria | Template:Fb | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2000 Africa Cup of Nations final | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 16 | Template:Dts | Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 17 | Template:Dts | June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 18 | 2-0 | |||||||
| 19 | 3-0 | |||||||
| 20 | Template:Dts | Stade de France, Paris, France | Template:Fb | 1-1 | 1-1 | Friendly | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 21 | Template:Dts | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 3-1 | Friendly | Template:Citation needed | |
| 22 | Template:Dts | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | Template:Fb | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 23 | Template:Dts | Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 24 | Template:Dts | Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan | Template:Fb | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup | Template:Citation needed | |
| 25 | Template:Dts | Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Template:Fb | 2-0 | 3-1 | Friendly | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 26 | Template:Dts | Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2002 African Cup of Nations | Template:Citation needed | |
| 27 | Template:Dts | Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2002 African Cup of Nations | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 28 | Template:Dts | Stade Malien de Sikasso, Sikasso, Mali | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2002 African Cup of Nations | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 29 | Template:Dts | Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 30 | Template:Dts | Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia | Template:Fb | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2004 African Cup of Nations | Template:Citation needed | |
| 31 | Template:Dts | Taieb Mhiri Stadium, Sfax, Tunisia | Template:Fb | 1-1 | 5-3 | 2004 African Cup of Nations | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 32 | 3-1 | |||||||
| 33 | 4-2 | |||||||
| Patrick M'Boma – goals for Cameroon Olympic team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Template:Abbr | |
| 1 | Template:Dts | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia | Template:Fbu | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2000 Summer Olympics | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 2 | Template:Dts | Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia | Template:Fbu | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2000 Summer Olympics | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| 3 | Template:Dts | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia | Template:Fbu | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2000 Summer Olympics | Template:Citation needed | |
| 4 | Template:Dts | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | Template:Fbu | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2000 Summer Olympics | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Honours
Paris Saint-Germain
Metz
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1996
Parma
Cameroon
- African Cup of Nations: 2000,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 2002<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cameroon U-23
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Individual
- African Footballer of the Year: 2000
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- African Nations Cup top scorer: 2002
- J.League Top Scorer: 1997
- J.League Best XI: 1997
- Coppa Italia top scorer: 1999–2000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal life
He announced his conversion to Islam in a mosque in Douala in May 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
References
External links
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- Living people
- 1970 births
- Footballers from Douala
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- African Footballer of the Year winners
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Metz players
- Paris Saint-Germain FC players
- LB Châteauroux players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- Gamba Osaka players
- Tokyo Verdy players
- Vissel Kobe players
- Al Ittihad SCSC (Tripoli) players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- J1 League players
- Serie A players
- Premier League players
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Cameroon
- Olympic gold medalists for Cameroon
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 African Cup of Nations players
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Libya
- Expatriate men's footballers in Libya
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Libyan Premier League players
- Naturalized citizens of France
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- Converts to Islam