Stéphane Mbia

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Stéphane Mbia
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Mbia playing for Sevilla in 2015
Personal information
Full name Stéphane Mbia Etoundi
Date of birth (1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Trabzonspor
Number 25
Youth career
2003–2004 Kadji Sports Academy
2004 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Rennes 105 (4)
2009–2012 Marseille 69 (5)
2012–2014 Queens Park Rangers 29 (0)
2013–2014 → Sevilla (loan) 20 (3)
2014–2015 Sevilla 23 (4)
2015– Trabzonspor 15 (2)
International career‡
2005– Cameroon 67 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015

Stéphane Mbia Etoundi (born 20 May 1986) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Turkish club Trabzonspor and captains the Cameroon national team.

He totalled 174 games and 9 goals in Ligue 1 over eight seasons in the service of Rennes and Marseille. He spent two years at Sevilla, winning the Europa League in both.

He has represented Cameroon on over 60 occasions since winning his first cap in 2005 and scored a total of 5 goals for the national team. He was included in their squads for the 2008 Olympics, two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and two FIFA World Cups. He was given the captain's armband on 26 August 2014.

Club career

Stade Rennais

Born in Yaoundé, Mbia made his début for the Rennes first team during the 2005–06 season, going on to making a handful of appearances. The Cameroonian scored his first Ligue 1 goal for the club in November 2006 against the incumbent French champions Lyon.

On 18 April 2007, Mbia was abused by Lyon player Milan Baroš. This led to disciplinary action being taken against Baroš by the French Football Federation, who banned the striker for three matches for implying that Mbia smelt. The Federation later ruled that although Baroš was guilty of implying Mbia smelt, the remark was not made in a racial context.[1][2]

Marseille

On 14 July 2009, Mbia completed his £10.4 million move to Marseille from Rennes, going on to play a vital role in Marseille's victorious Ligue 1 campaign that season, starting off as a defensive midfielder but later making the transition to the role of centre back alongside former Charlton Athletic powerhouse Souleymane Diawara. His redeployment at centre back was a success and he played the rest of the season in this position, where he was considered to be one of the best performers in Didier Deschamps' talented, diverse squad, all the while forming a formidable defensive partnership with Diawara.

Queens Park Rangers

On 31 August 2012 Mbia signed a two-year deal with English Premier League club Queens Park Rangers, transferring for an undisclosed fee, with Joey Barton heading in the opposite direction on a season-long loan.[3][4]

On 27 October 2012, Mbia was sent off seventeen minutes from the end of only his fourth league appearance for QPR, a 1–0 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. He was dismissed in the 79th minute for violent conduct after kicking Gunners defender Thomas Vermaelen in retaliation to a strong challenge that had left Mbia floored.[5] He received the standard three-match ban from the FA, and became ineligible for QPR's league games versus Reading, Stoke City and Southampton.[6] On 6 May 2013, Mbia had tweeted to Joey Barton, asking him if he would like to switch seats with him as Marseille hinting that he wants to leave Queen Park Rangers after they were relegated from the Premier League.

Sevilla

Mbia playing for Sevilla against Zenit in 2015

On 26 August 2013, Mbia was loaned to Sevilla FC of the Spanish La Liga for the upcoming season.[7] Mbia made his Sevilla debut on 1 September, providing an assist for Kévin Gameiro's first goal in a 2–2 draw with Málaga CF.[8] On 27 October, Mbia provided assists for both Ivan Rakitić and Jairo Samperio, as Sevilla overcame 10-man CA Osasuna 2–1.[9] His first goal in Spain came in the Seville derby against Real Betis on 24 November, heading in Sevilla's second goal of an eventual 4–0 win.[10]

He scored with a back-heel in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final against compatriots Valencia CF on 24 April 2014 in an eventual 2–0 home win.[11] In the second leg on 1 May, he scored a headed winning away goal in the fourth minute of added time to take Sevilla into the final.[12] Sevilla subsequently won the final in a shootout against S.L. Benfica at the Juventus Stadium in Turin on 14 May, with Mbia converting his penalty kick, after the match had finished 0—0.[13] On 3 June, Mbia was selected to the 18-man Europa League "Team of the Year" along with teammates Ivan Rakitić, Nicolás Pareja and Beto.[14] At the LFP Awards, he was a nominee for the league's best African player, alongside the Granada CF duo of Yacine Brahimi and Youssef El-Arabi.[15]

On 31 August 2014, Mbia rejoined Sevilla on permanent basis.[16] He scored his first goal of the season on 18 September, heading in a cross from Gerard Deulofeu as Sevilla started the defense of their title with a 2–0 win over Feyenoord.[17] Mbia netted a brace as Sevilla earned a comfortable 4–1 victory over Deportivo de La Coruña at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on 5 October.[18]

On 27 May 2015, Mbia started for Sevilla in the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final defeat of FC Dnipro at Poland's National Stadium, thus retaining their Europa League crown, and thus qualifying the team to the next season's Champions League[19][20]

Trabzonspor

On 2 July 2015, Mbia joined Trabzonspor on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal.[21]

International career

Mbia played international football at junior level for Cameroon. He was part of the Cameroon squad that competed in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland, where his side were eliminated in the group stage.[22]

He made his debut for the Cameroon national team in 2005. He was part of the squad which were runners up at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, where he scored twice in a 3–2 win against Tunisia in the quarter-finals.[23]

Mbia was part of the Cameroon squad for the 2008 Olympics in China, playing in all four of his teams matches, and scoring once against Honduras.[24] Mbia was also selected to represent Cameroon at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola[25] and the World Cup in South Africa.[26]

On 2 June 2014, Mbia was included by Cameroon manager Volker Finke in the final 23-man squad for the World Cup in Brazil.[27] The team were eliminated after losing all of their group games, amidst a bonuses dispute; that 26 August 2014, Mbia had replaced Samuel Eto'o as captain of the national team.[28]

Personal life

Mbia is the older brother of footballer Franck Etoundi, who currently plays for FC Zürich of the Swiss Super League.[29]

Mbia holds a French passport, having previously resided in the country for more than five years.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 December 2015
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rennes 2004–05 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005–06 22 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25 0
2006–07 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1
2007–08 25 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 29 4
2008–09 27 0 5 1 1 0 2 1 35 2
Total 105 4 5 1 1 0 9 2 120 7
Marseille 2009–10 Ligue 1 27 2 1 0 2 0 7 0 37 2
2010–11 26 1 1 0 4 0 6 0 37 1
2011–12 15 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 23 2
2012–13 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Total 69 5 3 0 8 0 21 0 101 5
Queens Park Rangers 2012–13 Premier League 29 0 2 0 1 0 — 32 0
Sevilla (loan) 2013–14 La Liga 20 3 2 0 0 0 8 2 30 5
Sevilla 2014–15 23 4 0 0 0 0 13 3 36 7
Total 43 7 2 0 0 0 21 5 66 12
Trabzonspor 2015–16 Turkish Süper Lig 15 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 2
Career total 261 18 12 1 10 0 52 7 365 26

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 June 2007 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia  Liberia
0 – 1
1 – 2
 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 4 February 2008 Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana  Tunisia
0 – 1
2 – 3
 2008 Africa Cup of Nations – Quarter-finals
3.
2 – 3

Honours

Rennes
Marseille
Sevilla

Individual

References

  1. ↑ BBC SPORT | Football | African | Baros in racism row over Mbia. BBC News (20 April 2007). Retrieved on 2011-12-03.
  2. ↑ BBC SPORT | Football | African | Baros banned for Mbia incident. BBC News (4 May 2007). Retrieved on 2011-12-03.
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  22. ↑ Mbia: The place to be. Fifa.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-03.
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  24. ↑ Stéphane Mbia – FIFA competition record
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