Franck Patrick Njambe

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Personal information
Full name Franck Patrick Njambe
Date of birth (1987-10-24) 24 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2004 Union Douala
2004–2005 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2010 Borussia Dortmund II 48 (8)
2007–2008 Borussia Dortmund 2 (0)
2010–2012 KFC Uerdingen 05
2013 SV Westfalia Rhynern
2013–2014 SC Wiedenbrück 2000
International career
2008– Cameroon 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Patrick Njambe (born 24 October 1987) is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund.

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Career

Njambe began his career with Union Douala and in the summer of 2004 joined one of Germany's top clubs, Borussia Dortmund. It would be several years before he played his first professional game, which came on 29 September 2007 against Karlsruher SC. Njambe was called to join Cameroonian Olympics team to prepare for Olympic Games 2008 in China. But unfortunately he got injured and could not attend that event. He needed several months to recover and at the end could not renew his contract with Borussia Dortmund. To keep fit, he signed a two years contract with KFC Uerdingen 05, which ended on 30 June 2012.

Coaching career

Njambe went to Cameroon and founded a football school to develop young talent in Douala.

Honours

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