Personal information | |||
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Full name | Franck Patrick Njambe | ||
Date of birth | 24 October 1987 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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.
Njambe went to Cameroon and founded a football school to develop young talent in Douala.
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