Nana Falemi

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Nana Falemi
Personal information
Full name Ngassam Nana Falemi
Date of birth (1974-05-05) 5 May 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992 Voinţa București
1993–1994 Viscofil București
1995–1997 Chimia București
1997–2000 Petrolul Ploiești 55 (2)
2000–2005 Steaua București 94 (6)
2005 Ergotelis 8 (0)
2005–2006 Vaslui 6 (0)
2006 Volyn Lutsk 7 (0)
2006 Jiangsu Shuntian 12 (2)
2007–2008 Dunărea Giurgiu 10 (1)
2008–2009 Gaz Metan Mediaș 14 (0)
Total206(11)
International career
2003–2004 Cameroon 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ngassam Nana Falemi (born 5 May 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. [1] [2] Born and raised in Romania to a Cameroonian father and a Romanian mother, he capped for the Cameroon national team.

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International career

Nana Falemi played five games at international level for Cameroon, making his debut under coach Winfried Schäfer on 27 March 2003 when he came as a substitute and replaced Bill Tchato in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Madagascar. [3] [4] His following two appearances were a 0–0 against United States in the group stage and a 1–0 victory against Colombia in the semifinals of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup where Cameroon reached the final, but lost it with 1–0 in front of France as Falemi did not play in it. [3] [5] His last two games for the national team were friendlies, a 0–0 against Japan and a 3–0 loss against Bulgaria, he was also part of Cameroon's squad at the 2004 African Cup of Nations but did not play in any game. [3] [6]

Honours

Steaua București

Cameroon

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References

  1. ↑ "Nana Falemi vrea să readucă "fotbalul total" în România. Fostul mijlocaș al FCSB și-a deschis o academie și pregătește viitoarele generații: "Le-am adus antrenor de atletism, de judo. Aveam copii care evitau contactul, le era frică să cadă. Treaba asta dă rezultate"" [Nana Falemi wants to bring "total football" back to Romania. The former FCSB midfielder has opened an academy and is preparing future generations: "I brought them an athletics and judo coach. We had children who avoided contact, they were afraid of falling. This thing pays off."] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Interviu-eveniment cu Nana Falemi de ziua de naștere a lui Victor Pițurcă: "O stâncă de om. N-am întâlnit atâta încredere la niciun antrenor. Avea pretenții mari!"" [Interview-event with Nana Falemi on Victor Pițurcă's birthday:"A human rock. I have never met so much confidence in any coach. He had great pretensions!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Nana Falemi at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ "Cameroon 2-0 Madagascar". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Falemi a fost martor și la dispariția lui Foe: "Unele teste medicale se făceau și acum 20 de ani"" [Falemi also witnessed Foe's disappearance: "Some medical tests were done 20 years ago"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Record de actuali şi foşti jucători din Liga 1 la Cupa Africii" [Record of current and former League 1 players in the African Cup of Nations] (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  7. 1 2 Nana Falemi at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)


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