Patrick Mboma

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.

Patrick Mboma

Mboma in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Henri Patrick Mboma Dem
Date of birth	(1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–1990	Stade de l'Est Pavillonnais
1990–1992	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1997	Paris Saint-Germain	16	(2)
1992–1994	→ Châteauroux (loan)	48	(22)
1995–1996	→ Metz (loan)	17	(4)
1997–1998	Gamba Osaka	34	(29)
1998–2000	Cagliari	40	(15)
2000–2001	Parma	24	(5)
2002	→ Sunderland (loan)	9	(1)
2002–2003	Al-Ittihad	28	(12)
2003–2004	Tokyo Verdy	35	(17)
2004–2005	Vissel Kobe	10	(2)
Total		261	(109)
International career
2000	Cameroon Olympic (O.P.)	6	(4)
1995–2004	Cameroon	57	(33)
Medal record Representing  Cameroon Men's Football 2000 Sydney Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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),^[1] 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2][3]

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

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.

List of international goals scored by Patrick M'Boma

Patrick M'Boma – goals for Cameroon
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	10 November 1996	Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo	Togo	3-1	4-2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[5]
2	26 January 1997	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Namibia	1-0	4-0	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification	[6]
3				4-0
4	27 April 1997	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Togo	2-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[7]
5	8 June 1997	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Talatona, Angola	Angola	1-0	1-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[citation needed]
6	17 August 1997	National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1-0	2-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[citation needed]
7				2-0
8	23 June 1998	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	Chile	1-1	1-1	1998 FIFA World Cup	[8]
9	28 February 1999	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Mozambique	1-0	1-0	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification	[9]
10	11 April 1999	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Mozambique	3-0	6-1	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification	[10]
11				4-0
12	28 January 2000	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Ivory Coast	3-0	3-0	2000 African Cup of Nations	[11]
13	10 February 2000	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Tunisia	1-0	3-0	2000 African Cup of Nations	[12]
14				3-0
15	13 February 2000	National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Nigeria	2-0	2-2	2000 Africa Cup of Nations final	[13]
16	19 April 2000	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Somalia	1-0	3-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[14]
17	18 June 2000	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya	Libya	1-0	3-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[15]
18				2-0
19				3-0
20	4 October 2000	Stade de France, Paris, France	France	1-1	1-1	Friendly	[16]
21	25 January 2001	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin	Benin	1-0	3-1	Friendly	[citation needed]
22	28 January 2001	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Togo	2-0	2-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[17]
23	25 February 2001	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Zambia	1-0	1-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[18]
24	4 June 2001	Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan	Canada	2-0	2-0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup	[citation needed]
25	7 January 2002	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	2-0	3-1	Friendly	[19]
26	20 January 2002	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali	DR Congo	1-0	1-0	2002 African Cup of Nations	[citation needed]
27	25 January 2002	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali	Ivory Coast	1-0	1-0	2002 African Cup of Nations	[20]
28	4 February 2002	Stade Malien de Sikasso, Sikasso, Mali	Egypt	1-0	1-0	2002 African Cup of Nations	[21]
29	1 June 2002	Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan	Republic of Ireland	1-0	1-1	2002 FIFA World Cup	[22]
30	25 January 2004	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia	Algeria	1-0	1-1	2004 African Cup of Nations	[citation needed]
31	29 January 2004	Taieb Mhiri Stadium, Sfax, Tunisia	Zimbabwe	1-1	5-3	2004 African Cup of Nations	[23]
32				3-1
33				4-2

Patrick M'Boma – goals for Cameroon Olympic team
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13 September 2000	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia	Kuwait	2-1	3-2	2000 Summer Olympics	[24]
2	16 September 2000	Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia	United States	1-0	1-1	2000 Summer Olympics	[25]
3	23 September 2000	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia	Brazil	1-0	2-1	2000 Summer Olympics	[citation needed]
4	26 September 2000	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	Chile	1-1	2-1	2000 Summer Olympics	[26]

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

• Coupe de France: 1994–95
• Coupe de la Ligue: 1995

Metz

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1996

Parma

• Coppa Italia: 2001–02

Cameroon

• Summer Olympics: 2000
• African Nations Cup: 2000, 2002

Individual

• African Footballer of the Year: 2000
• BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000^[27]
• African Nations Cup top scorer: 2002
• J.League Top Scorer: 1997
• J.League Best XI: 1997
• Coppa Italia top scorer: 1999–2000^[28]

References

1. "Ferdinand foils Black Cats". BBC. 2 March 2002. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
2. Patrick Mboma at National-Football-Teams.com
3. Patrick Mboma at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
4. RSSSF
5. "Togo v Cameroon, 10 November 1996". 11v11. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
6. "Cameroon v Namibia, 26 January 1997". 11v11. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
7. "Cameroon vs. Togo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
8. "Chile v Cameroon, 23 June 1998". 11v11. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
9. "Cameroon v Mozambique, 28 February 1999". 11v11. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
10. "Cameroon v Mozambique, 28 February 1999". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
11. "Cameroon v Ivory Coast, 28 January 2000". 11v11. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
12. "Cameroon v Tunisia, 10 February 2000". 11v11. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
13. "Nigeria - Cameroon 3:4". Worldfootball. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
14. "Cameroon v Somalia, 19 April 2000". 11v11. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
15. "Libya vs. Cameroon". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
16. "France v Cameroon, 04 October 2000". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
17. "Togo v Cameroon, 28 January 2001". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
18. "Cameroon v Zambia, 25 February 2001". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
19. "Burkina Faso v Cameroon, 07 January 2002". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
20. "Cameroon v Ivory Coast, 25 January 2002". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
21. "Cameroon v Egypt, 04 February 2002". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
22. "Republic of Ireland v Cameroon, 01 June 2002". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
23. "Cameroon v Zimbabwe, 29 January 2004". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
24. "Cameroon v Kuwait, 13 September 2000". 11v11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
25. "UNITED STATES U23 VS. CAMEROON U23 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
26. "CAMEROON U23 VS. CHILE U23 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
27. "Historique du meilleur footballeur africain BBC". BBC Afrique. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
28. Roberto Di Maggio; Davide Rota (4 June 2015). "Italy – Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

External links

• Patrick Mboma – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Patrick Mboma at National-Football-Teams.com
• Patrick Mboma at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)