Eloge Enza Yamissi

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Eloge Enza Yamissi
Eloge Enza-Yamissi, VAFC.JPG
Yamissi with Valenciennes in September 2013
Personal information
Full name Eloge Ethisse Enza Yamissi
Date of birth (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth Bangui, Central African Republic
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Racing Besançon
Youth career
Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 La Roche VF 6 (1)
2002–2003 Olympique Alès 4 (0)
2003–2005 Nîmes 52 (4)
2005–2013 Troyes 210 (5)
2013–2018 Valenciennes 110 (3)
2019–2020 Annecy 14 (1)
2020– Racing Besançon 2 (0)
National team
2010–2019 Central African Republic 29 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:09, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Eloge Ethisse Enza Yamissi (born 23 January 1983) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Racing Besançon .

Club career[]

Born in Bangui, Central African Republic, Yamissi started his playing career at Bordeaux. He was there one season and did not make a first team appearance. He then signed for La Roche VF, spending one season there, playing six games. He then moved to Olympique Alès, where he played only four games, before moving to Nîmes Olympique, where his career began to take off, playing 52 games and scoring four goals.

His potential was noticed by Troyes AC, which promptly signed him in 2005, when it was in Ligue 1. He experienced several ups and downs at the club, being relegated twice, and winning promotion twice too. From 2011, he was club captain, which he led to promotion to Ligue 1 once again at the end of the 2011–12 season.

He joined Valenciennes FC in 2013 and played five seasons for the club before being released in 2018.

In February 2019 he joined Annecy FC.[1] On 28 May 2020, it was announced that his contract at Annecy, which had just been promoted to the Championnat National, would not be renewed.[2]

International career[]

Since its reformation in 2010, Enza Yamissi is a member of the Central African national team, which he captained on several occasions.[3]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first.[4]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 June 2016 Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui, Central African Republic  Angola 2–0 3–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Attributes[]

Although he is predominately a defensive or left midfielder, Yamissi can play many positions. He can play across the midfield, centre attacking midfield, and left back.[citation needed]

Personal life[]

Eloge is the brother of the Central African Republic national football team player Manassé Enza-Yamissi.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Football L'ancien Valenciennois Éloge Enza-Yamissi à Annecy (N2)" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "National 1 : Le FC Annecy remercie six joueurs du groupe N2" (in French). Annecy FC. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110224010422/http://www.liberation-champagne.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/472196/
  4. ^ "Enza-Yamissi, Éloge". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ^ Le contingent des footballeurs centrafricains évoluant en Europe (centrafriquefootball.com) Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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