Alain Amougou

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Alain Amougou
Personal information
Full name Alain Sylvain Amougou
Date of birth 6 September 1973
Place of birth Yaounde, Cameroon
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1999 SS Saint-Louisienne
1999–2002 Mamelodi Sundowns FC
2002 Metalist Kharkiv 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alain Sylvain Amougou (Ukrainian: Ален Сільвен Амугу born 6 September 1973 in Yaounde, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian retired professional footballer.

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Career

South Africa

Recruited by Mamelodi Sundowns of the South African Premier Division for 1999/00, Amougou racked 15 goals that season, showing the ability of his left foot but his next two years at Chloorkop were plagued by injuries and other problems. [1]

Speculation about him being arrested abated when he was called to front the Sundowns' attack in the first round of the 2000 CAF Champions League. [2]

Ukraine

Reinforcing Metalist Kharkiv of the Ukrainian Premier League in 2002, the first African to be in the club, [3] the Cameroonian racked 4 league and 1 cup outing there, debuting on 27 July in a 1–1 tie with Obolon [4] before being released by the end 2002. [5] Two reasons for his release are that he did not lineup to expectations and that he did not like the Ukrainian environment. [4]

Sweden

Set to complete a move to IFK Norrköping of the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2002, [6] Peking rejected the forward, causing him to return home. [7]

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