Patrick Mevoungou
| Patrick Mevoungou | ||
 Patrick Mevoungou (left)
during the Europa League qualifier against Zalgiris, 2012 |
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Patrick Mevoungou Mekoulou | |
| birthday | February 15, 1986 | |
| place of birth | Yaoundé , Cameroon | |
| size | 190 cm | |
| position | defensive midfielder | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1999-2003 | Semences Olympiques de Yaoundé | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2003-2005 | Asmy 1er de Yaoundé | |
| 2006 | Union Douala | |
| 2007-2008 | FK Renova Džepčište | |
| 2008 | Semences Olympiques de Yaoundé | |
| 2008 | Dalian Shide | |
| 2008–2012 | Canon Yaoundé | |
| 2010-2011 | → SK Sturm Graz (loan) | 12 (0) |
| 2010-2011 | → SK Sturm Graz II (loan) | 1 (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → FC Admira Wacker Mödling (loan) | 15 (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → FC Admira Wacker Mödling II (loan) | 1 (0) |
| 2012-2013 | FC Admira Wacker Mödling | 13 (0) |
| 2012-2013 | FC Admira Wacker Mödling II | 2 (0) |
| 2013-2014 | Győri ETO FC | 17 (0) |
| 2014-2016 | Al-Ahly Tripoli | |
| 2016 | Canon Yaoundé | |
| 2016-2017 | Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE | 12 (0) |
| 2017 | Diósgyőri VTK | 9 (0) |
| 2017– | Puskás Akadémia FC | 24 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2003-200? | Cameroon U-17 | |
| Cameroon B | ||
| 2010– | Cameroon | at least 2 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of May 21, 2018 2 As of February 15, 2016 |
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Patrick Mevoungou Mekoulou (born February 15, 1986 in Yaoundé ) is a Cameroonian football player on the position of defensive midfielder .
Career
Career start in Yaoundé
Mevoungou began his active football career when, at the age of 13, he joined the youth teams at the Semences Olympiques de Yaoundé training center in the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé . There the talent of the young defensive midfielder was recognized and he was nominated for the Cameroonian U-17 national squad, which took part in the U-17 African Football Championship in 2003 . In the competition, the team made it to the final, where they defeated their peers from Sierra Leone 1-0. For Mevoungou this was the first title for his homeland. After the successes in the African Cup and the associated automatic qualification for the U-17 World Cup in Finland in 2003 , the committed midfielder joined players such as Bondoa Adiaba , Dany Nounkeu , Alexandre Song , Landry N'Guémo , Serge N'Gal and Stéphane Mbia , Eugene Mbome , Joseph Desire Mawaye and Cedrick Deumaga were appointed to the final Cameroonian U-17 World Cup squad. With the team, however, he was eliminated in the group stage as third in Group C from the current competition.
First successes in club football
Shortly after leaving the World Cup and returning to Cameroon, Mevoungou signed his first contract in adult football when he was accepted by the then Cameroonian second division Asmy 1er de Yaoundé . With the team he also managed to move up from the Deuxième Division to the Première Division , which was also his first major success in club football. After he had kept loyal to the capital club until 2005, Mevoungou moved for the 2006 game year within the highest Cameroonian league to Union Douala , where it did not last long. Already in the following season Mevoungou came to his first transfer to Europe when he signed a professional contract with the Macedonian club FK Renova Džepčište . The time in the Prva liga , the highest Macedonian football league , did not go as planned for the young midfielder. Early in the season, a knee injury set him back almost two years in his short professional career. After the expected success in Macedonia did not materialize and he had cured his injury to some extent, the 1.90 m tall player returned home to Cameroon in 2008, where he was briefly accepted by his training club Semences Olympiques de Yaoundé .
Transfer to China and return to Cameroon
In the same year another change in the Cameroonian midfield talent made itself felt. This time he tried his luck in Asia , where he signed a semi-annual professional contract with Dalian Shide in China's first division, the Chinese Super League . But Mevoungou also had bad luck with injuries in China, because after only a few appearances for the eight-time Chinese champion, a knee injury threw him back in his development. After a three-month break and the expiry of his contract, the defensive midfielder returned home to Cameroon. Once there, he was soon accepted into the men's team by the Cameroonian record champion and cup winner Canon Yaoundé . At the capital club, which had its golden years especially in the 1970s and 1980s, he could not celebrate any particular success. After a ninth place in the 2008/09 season , another ninth place followed in the 2009/10 season . In both seasons Mevoungou and his team were involved in the relegation battle for a long time, but just before the end of the season managed to keep relegation.
Debut in the national team
During his time at Canon Yaoundé, Mevoungou also managed to be called up for the Cameroon national senior team , having previously played for the B-Elf of his home country. He was appointed by national coach Paul Le Guen in the extended squad that should take part in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa . On May 25, 2010, he was able to prove his talent in a World Cup preparation game in Austria against Georgia and was used throughout the first half. Despite a good performance, he could not convince Le Guen and fell victim to its deletion when creating the final World Cup squad and so did not take part in the World Cup finals in South Africa.
On loan to Austria
After he was courted by some clubs from Germany, Belgium and France (including Racing Strasbourg ), Mevoungou was presented on August 25, 2010 at an official press conference as a new addition to the Austrian Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz . Even before the contract was signed, there were some problems with the 24-year-old Cameroonian, as he simply logged off from the club after an intensive trial training session and made his way to France. At this point in time, a possible commitment by the defensive player was a long way off. After Mevoungou finally changed his mind, he was signed exactly two weeks later. After long waiting times to obtain a player's license, the Cameroonian was finally classified as eligible to play on September 22, 2010. Mevoungou finally made his competitive debut on September 26, 2010 in the 0-2 home defeat of the Grazer against FK Austria Wien , when he came on in the 65th minute of the game for captain Mario Kienzl . At the end of the 2010/11 season he was with the club for the third time in the club's history of Austrian football champions, but left the club again at this time. With the Grazers he had only made twelve Bundesliga appearances, one regional league appearance with the amateurs and two appearances in the ÖFB-Cup .
Loan player and fixed commitment at Admira
On August 25, 2011 it was announced that Mevongou is again on loan to the Austrian Bundesliga club FC Admira Wacker Mödling , where he did not make a breakthrough in the early months. After only three Bundesliga appearances and a few games on the bench, the Cameroonian injured his meniscus during the winter break and had to pause until the beginning of March 2012 before he found his way back to the Bundesliga team after playing for the second team in the Regionalliga Ost, where he established himself as a regular at the end of the season. By the end of the 2011/12 season, Mevoungou had a record of 15 Bundesliga games, one goal, and one competitive game in the amateur team and in the ÖFB Cup. It was mainly thanks to his strong performance in the last ten championship games at the end of the season that FC Admira Wacker Mödling opted for the loan contract and signed the player for another year. After first appearances at the beginning of the 2012/13 season, the season for the Cameroonian was largely mixed, which is why he was rarely used, but still made an international appearance for his home country, but was largely unable to convince, which is why the contract was let out. Mevoungou, who had to take a break again this season due to an injury, made 13 Bundesliga appearances, only three of which he was on the pitch for the full game and also made one ÖFB Cup and two regional league appearances as well as four appearances in the UEFA Europa League qualification against VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius and Sparta Prague .
Change to Hungary
After two seasons in the southern part of the city, he moved to Hungary in the summer of 2013 to the local first division and reigning champions Győri ETO FC , who signed him for a year. After sitting unused on the bench in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League against Maccabi Tel Aviv , he made his competitive debut for the Hungarians in the second leg less than a week later and played through the full game. Before that, he was already used for the full game in the victory in the Hungarian Football Supercup 2013 . Then he acted for much of the Nemzeti Bajnokság 2013/14 as a regular in the defensive midfield, although he was only on the bench in several games in between before he remained largely without appearances in the last third of the season. At the end of the season he finished second with Győri ETO FC with the same number of points, but a slightly smaller goal difference, behind Debreceni Vasutas SC and thus qualified for participation in the second qualifying round of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League . Patrick Mevoungou himself was used in 17 top division games and also made two appearances in the Hungarian Football Cup , as well as the aforementioned appearance in the UEFA Champions League qualification. After his contract was not extended any further, the Cameroonian has since been regarded as without a club (as of February 2016).
successes
with Asmy 1er de Yaoundé
- 1 × promotion to the Cameroonian Première Division
with SK Sturm Graz
- Austrian football champion: 2010/11
with the Győri ETO FC
with Cameroon U-17
- 1 × U-17 African champion : 2003
Play style
Joseph Marius Omog , former assistant coach of the Cameroonian national soccer team, describes Mevoungou as a " fast and lively player who does not lack individual technique ". He also describes him as " an anticipated player who also has good ball control ".
Web links
- Patrick Mevoungou - in the shadow of the lion | Article on Sturm12.at
- Player profile on the homepage of SK Sturm Graz
- Patrick Mevoungou in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ African U-17 Championship 2003 at rsssf.com (English), accessed on September 27, 2010
- ↑ Cameroon's U-17 squad during the U-17 World Cup 2003 ( memento of May 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on the FIFA homepage, accessed on September 27, 2010
- ↑ World Cup U-17 2003 at rsssf.com (English), accessed on September 27, 2010
- ^ Mevoungou rêve de coupe du monde. Retrieved April 10, 2020 . (French)
- ^ Cameroun-Georgie (0-0): Des efforts et des regrets. Retrieved April 10, 2020 . (French)
- ↑ Also Patrick Mevoungou fix Graz ( memento from September 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 27, 2010
- ↑ Sturm hires Perthel and Mevoungou , accessed on September 27, 2010
- ↑ Mevoungou is now eligible to play for Sturm , accessed on September 27, 2010
- ↑ The Austria curse continues , accessed on September 27, 2010
- ^ Admira says goodbye to Mevoungou zu Györ , accessed on February 15, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mevoungou, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mevoungou Mekoulou, Patrick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yaoundé , Cameroon |