André-Frank Zambo Anguissa

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André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
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Zambo Anguissa playing for Cameroon at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name André-Frank Zambo Anguissa[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
(on loan from Fulham)
Number 99
Youth career
2013–2014 Coton Sport
2014–2015 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Marseille 79 (0)
2018– Fulham 61 (0)
2019–2020 → Villarreal (loan) 36 (2)
2021– → Napoli (loan) 17 (0)
National team‡
2017– Cameroon 41 (5)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2021 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:12, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:10, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (born 16 November 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Napoli, on loan from Fulham. He also represents the Cameroon national team.[2]

Club career[]

Zambo Anguissa joined Marseille in 2015 from Stade de Reims. He made his first team debut on 17 September 2015 in the UEFA Europa League against FC Groningen.[3] Three days later, he made his Ligue 1 debut against Lyon.[4]

On 16 May 2018, he played in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final which Marseille lost against Atlético Madrid at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon, France.[5]

Fulham[]

In August 2018, he was transferred to Fulham from Marseille and was loaned to Villarreal in July 2019 following Fulham's relegation from the Premier League.[6] He made his Villarreal debut on 17 August, playing full 90 minutes in a 4–4 home draw against Granada CF.[7]

On 31 August 2021, Anguissa signed a new three-year contract with the Championship club before heading out on loan to Napoli for the 2021–22 season.[8][9]

International career[]

Zambo Anguissa made his international debut for the Cameroon national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Tunisia on 24 March 2017.[10][11]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 13 March 2022[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marseille 2015–16 Ligue 1 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 — 13 0
2016–17 Ligue 1 33 0 3 0 1 0 — — 37 0
2017–18 Ligue 1 37 0 2 0 1 0 16 0 — 56 0
Total 79 0 6 0 4 0 17 0 — 106 0
Fulham 2018–19 Premier League 22 0 0 0 3 0 — — 25 0
2020–21 Premier League 36 0 1 0 1 0 — — 38 0
2021–22 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 61 0 1 0 4 0 — — 66 0
Villarreal (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 36 2 3 0 — — — 39 2
Napoli (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 17 0 0 0 — 5 0 — 22 0
Career total 190 2 10 0 8 0 22 0 0 0 230 2

International[]

As of match played 3 February 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2017 11 2
2018 4 0
2019 9 0
2020 2 1
2021 9 2
2022 6 0
Total 41 5
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[12]
List of international goals scored by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 June 2017 Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Australia 1–0 1–1 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
2 11 November 2017 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia  Zambia 1–1 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 12 November 2020 Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon  Mozambique 3–0 4–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 4 June 2021 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria  Nigeria 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5 13 November 2021 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Malawi 2–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Marseille

Cameroon

References[]

  1. ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Z. Anguissa". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Groningen vs. Marseille – 17 September 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  4. ^ "Marseille vs. Lyon – 20 September 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  5. ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa: Villarreal sign Fulham midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Villarreal and Granada draw in eight-goal thriller". Marca. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Napoli formalizes the purchase of Anguissa with the formula of the loan with the right of redemption". S.S.C. Napoli (in Italian). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  9. ^ "André-Frank Zambo Anguissa is on route to becoming one of Europe's finest defensive midfielders". Napoliseriea. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". fecafoot-officiel.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Tunisia v Cameroon". BBC Sport. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  12. ^ a b André-Frank Zambo Anguissa at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ^ "2017/18, Final: Marseille 0–3 Atlético: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  14. ^ AfricaNews (2022-02-06). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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