Charles Eloundou

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Charles Eloundou
Personal information
Full name Charles Betrand Etoundi Eloundou [1]
Date of birth (1994-12-04) 4 December 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon [1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Left winger [1]
Team information
Current team
Achyronas-Onisilos
Number 70
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 AS Fortuna de Mfou
2011–2012Unisport Bafang (loan) 20 (9)
2012Coton Sport (loan)
2013Colorado Rapids (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2015 Colorado Rapids 22 (0)
2015Charlotte Independence (loan) 3 (0)
2015Colorado Springs Switchbacks (loan) 4 (2)
2016–2017 Jacksonville Armada 49 (7)
2018–2020 Nea Salamina 69 (13)
2020–2022 Anorthosis 24 (2)
2021–2022Ethnikos Achna (loan) 16 (1)
2023 Jacksonville Armada 0 (0)
2024– Achyronas-Onisilos 16 (7)
International career
2009–2011 Cameroon U17
2012–2013 Cameroon U20 7 (8)
2013 Cameroon 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2013

Charles Eloundou (born 4 December 1994) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Cypriot club Achyronas-Onisilos. [2]

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Club career

Eloundou began his career with Cameroonian side AS Fortuna de Mfou. He has played on loan with fellow Cameroonian sides Coton Sport FC and Unisport Bafang. While with Unisport he scored 9 goals in 20 matches. His play in Cameroon brought him to the attention of Major League Soccer sides.

On 25 January 2013, Eloundou signed with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer on a one-year loan with an option for a permanent transfer at the end of the 2013 season. [3] He was signed via the MLS weighted lottery process, where Real Salt Lake and D.C. United also had the chance to acquire him.

Eloundou signed with the North American Soccer League's Jacksonville Armada FC on 10 March 2016. Eloundou joined the Armada at the beginning of February and at the time of his signing, led Jacksonville in preseason scoring with three goals. [4]

On 1 July 2020, Eloundou signed with Anorthosis Famagusta of the Cypriot First Division. [2] In his first season, he scored the winning goal in the 110th minute of the Cypriot Cup Final in a 2-1 victory over Olympiakos Nicosia after coming on as a substitute in the 105th minute to give Anorthosis their 11th Cypriot Cup title and their first trophy in 13 years.

International career

Eloundou has been a prominent member of the Cameroon's Under-17 and Under-20 national teams. He played four matches for the Cameroon B side in the 2012 Nehru Cup. He was called up by the full national team for a friendly match against Tanzania on 6 February 2013 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He made his senior national team debut in that game, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. The game ended in a 1–0 loss. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Charles Eloundou at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 "Παίκτης της «Μεγάλης Κυρίας» ο Τσαρλς Ελουντού (δηλώσεις)". 20 June 2020.
  3. "Rapids acquire 18-year-old Cameroonian international Charles Eloundou". Colorado Rapids. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. "ARMADA FC SIGNS CAMEROONIAN INTERNATIONAL CHARLES ELOUNDOU". ArmadaFC.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. "Eloundou a second half sub in Cameroon's loss to Tanzania". Colorado Rapids. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2018.