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Date of birth | 11 August 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mfou, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Akwa United | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2010–11 | Fovu Club Baham | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | Coton Sport F.C. | 96 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018– | Akwa United | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2011– 2013 | Cameroon U-20 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013– | Cameroon | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2022 |
Jean Efala Komguep (born 11 August 1992) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Nigerian Professional Football League club Akwa United [1] and the Cameroon national team. He previously represented the Cameroon U20 national team. [2]
Efala was born in Mfou. He began his professional playing career in 2010 to Fovu Baham. He was later sold to Coton Sport F.C. for whom he appeared in several matches, including in the CAF Champions League. [3]
In 2018, he joined Nigerian side Akwa United and played seven matches en route to the club's first league title in 2021. [4]
In 2011 Efala was called up to the Cameroon under-20 national team to take part in the FIFA World Cup Under-20. He received his first international call-up against Tanzania on 6 February 2013 and has since been called up to the senior national team several times.
Coton Sport
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