- Émile Mbamba
Infobox Football biography
playername = Émile Mbamba
fullname = Émile Bertrand Mbamba
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|10|27
cityofbirth =Yaoundé
countryofbirth =Cameroon
height = Height|m=1.76
position =Striker
currentclub =Arema Malang
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years = 2000-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-
clubs =Vitesse Arnhem Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah TikvaVitória Setúbal Arema Malang
caps(goals) = 86 (13) 27 (3) 16 (2) 0 (0) 15 (13)
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pcupdate = August 2007
ntupdate =Émile Bertrand Mbamba (born
27 October ,1982 inYaoundé ) is aCameroon ianfootball (soccer) Striker . He currently plays forArema Malang .He also played for Maccabi Petah Tikva,
Vitesse Arnhem ,Vitória Setúbal .Mbamba is expected to bring a wealth of European experience during his time in
Indonesia as he is one of a few players in the country that have ever played in theUEFA Champions League . Mbamba scored his first goal forArema Malang onSeptember 9 2007 . In fact, he even scored two goals in that match against anotherLiga Indonesia contestantDeltras Sidoarjo .Maccabi 1-1 Juventus
On 8th December 2004 Mbamba and his team
Maccabi Tel Aviv needed a win to advance to theUEFA Cup round, since their hopes of reaching the next round inUEFA Champions League were depleted. A win would make them attain the 3rd position in the group C and therefore they will be able to compete in the UEFA Cup. However this would not be easy as they have had to beatJuventus in their final game of the group matches. Juventus were unbeaten during their group campaign and in fact they're always winning without conceding a single goal.Surprisingly, Maccabi managed to take the lead by a penalty goal from
Baruch Dego , courtesy ofJonathan Zebina 's late tackle on Mbamba inside the Juventus' penalty area.Alessandro Del Piero then equalized in the second half. Alhtough the match ended in 1-1 score which saw Maccabi's failure to advance to the UEFA cup, they were the first team in the group that can break Juventus' 100% winning record and thus made Juventus concede their first goal of the campaign. And Mbamba can be counted as a contributor as his moves were threatening the Juventus' defence line, and finally made Zebina tackle him which resulted in a penalty.External links
* [http://www.lpfp.pt/default.aspx?SqlPage=pessoa&PessoaId=13694 lpfp.pt] pt icon
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Players/Player=66697/ Profile at UEFA.com]
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