Merlin Tandjigora
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Merlin Koumba Abdoulaye Tandjigora[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Port-Gentil, Gabon | ||
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Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Meizhou Hakka | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2004 | Stade Mandji | ||
2004–2008 | ENF Port-Gentil | ||
2009–2010 | Metz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Stade Mandji | ||
2010–2011 | Metz | 6 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Metz B | 24 | (0) |
2011–2014 | Carquefou | 70 | (2) |
2015 | Istres | 7 | (0) |
2015 | Leixões | 15 | (3) |
2016– | Meizhou Hakka | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2008 | Gabon U20 | 2 | (0) |
2010– | Gabon | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2015 |
Merlin Abdoulaye Tandjigora (born 6 April 1990 in Port-Gentil) is a Gabonese football player who plays China League One club Meizhou Hakka. He plays as a defensive midfielder and previously played at the professional level with Metz. Tandjigora is a graduate of the National Football School located in his hometown.[2] On 9 July 2010, he became the first player from the academy to sign a professional contract with a European club after signing a one-year contract with Metz.[3][4]
Tandjigora arrived at Metz in 2009 and joined the club's Championnat de France amateur 2 team for the 2009–10 season. He played in 21 matches and scored two goals as the reserve team of Metz were crowned champions of the league finishing with 107 points.[5] After the season, Tandjigora signed his first professional contract and was, subsequently, promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 12 shirt by new manager Dominique Bijotat. He made his professional debut on 30 July 2010 in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Clermont. Tandjigora started the match and played 76 minutes in a 3–1 defeat.[6] He made his league debut a week later in a 2–0 defeat to Évian.[7]
Tandjigora was formerly a Gabonese youth international having earned caps with the nation's under-20 team in qualification for the 2009 African Youth Championship. On 30 September 2010, he was called up to the senior team for the first time by coach Gernot Rohr for matches against Oman and Saudi Arabia.[8]
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References
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External links
- Merlin Tandjigora profile at fcmetz.com
- Merlin Tandjigora – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
- Merlin Tandjigora at L'Équipe Football (French)
- Merlin Tandjigora – FIFA competition record
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- Merlin Tandjigora at Soccerway
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Ogooué-Maritime Province
- Gabonese footballers
- Ligue 2 players
- Segunda Liga players
- China League One players
- FC Metz players
- FC Istres players
- Leixões S.C. players
- Meizhou Hakka F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Olympic footballers of Gabon
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- USJA Carquefou players