Albert Baning

Albert Legrand Baning (born 19 March 1985) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Albert Baning

Albert Baning in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Albert Legrand Baning
Date of birth	(1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Brasseries Cameroun
2001–2002	Dalian Shide
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Dalian Shide	0	(0)
2004–2005	→ Shanghai United (loan)	49	(7)
2005–2006	Aarau	17	(3)
2006–2010	Paris Saint-Germain	1	(0)
2007–2008	→ Sedan (loan)	26	(0)
2008–2009	→ Grenoble (loan)	19	(1)
2010	→ Strasbourg (loan)	10	(0)
2010	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	(0)
2012–2013	FC Metz	15	(0)
2013	Slavia Sofia	6	(0)
2014–2016	Sedan	25	(1)
2016–2017	RC France	?	(?)
2018–2020	FC Gueugnon	47	(4)
International career
2008	Cameroon U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2020

Baning previously played in countries like China, Switzerland, France, Israel and Bulgaria.

Club career

Baning played for Swiss side FC Aarau before joining his former club Paris Saint-Germain in July 2006.

His transfer was largely engineered by new team president Alain Cayzac. PSG's coach, Guy Lacombe, has admitted to never actually having seen him play. ^{[permanent dead link]}

He joined the club RC Strasbourg, 26 January 2010 as a loan.

On 27 June Baning signed a one-year contract with the famous Israeli club of Maccabi Tel Aviv.^[1] On 1 Sep 2010 Maccabi announced that Baning is released^[2] from his contract due to mutual consent following an injury he is suffering from.

In early 2014, Baning joined French club Sedan.^[3]

International career

True to his name, Baning was sent off twice in three games for Cameroon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics..