Derek Decamps

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Derek Decamps
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Personal information
Full name Derek Romain Rancois Decamps
Date of birth (1985-05-02) 2 May 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Sandnes Ulf
Number 28
Youth career
1995–1998 Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2005 Cannes
2005–2006 Aris 20 (1)
2006–2007 PAS Giannina 33 (1)
2007–2008 Lorca Deportiva 19 (0)
2008–2009 Alcorcón 6 (1)
2009 Santa Eulàlia 12 (0)
2009–2011 Ajax Cape Town 35 (2)
2011–2012 Haugesund 19 (1)
2012–2014 Angers 3 (0)
2013 → Sarpsborg 08 (loan) 11 (0)
2014– Sandnes Ulf 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2006

Derek Decamps aka Derek (born 2 May 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a centre-back in the Norwegian Tippeligaen for Sandnes Ulf.

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Career

Born in Paris, France, Decamps began playing football with AS Cannes, and moved to Greece to play for Aris Thessaloniki F.C. and PAS Giannina F.C. in the Greek Superleague.

He moved to Spain and played for Lorca Deportiva CF [1] and AD Alcorcón in the Spanish Segunda División B. [2]

On 15 August 2009, the 24-year-old French defender left his Spanish club Santa Eulàlia of the Spanish Segunda División B to join South African side Ajax Cape Town. [3] In the 2010–11 season he played a big part in Ajax's successful league campaign in which Ajax finished 2nd after only managing a draw in the last home game. A win would have won the championship for the Cape Town side.

On 27 June 2011, the Norwegian club FK Haugesund announced that they had signed Decamps on a one-year contract. [4] After one year Decamps was a regular starter for Haugesund in Tippeligaen, and the club wanted to renew his contract, but Decamps chose to move home to his family in France when his contract expired on 31 July 2012. [5] In August 2013 he signed a loan contract with Sarpsborg 08 for the season.

In January 2014 he returned to the Tippeligaen joining Sandnes Ulf.

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References

  1. ↑ Lorca Desportiva Profile Archived 2 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "DEREK DESCAMPS PROCEDE DEL LORCA" (in Spanish). marca.com. 7 September 2008.
  3. ↑ Ajax sign French defender Archived 18 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Decamps klar for Haugesund". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Haugesund signerer ny spiss - men en midtstopper forlater "araberne"". TV2 Sporten (in Norwegian). tv2.no. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
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