Serge Branco

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Serge Branco
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Serge Branco
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-10-11) 11 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Youth career
Les Brasseries du Cameroon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1998 Unisport Bafang
1998–2000 Eintracht Braunschweig 48 (1)
2000–2003 Eintracht Frankfurt 42 (3)
2003–2004 VfB Stuttgart 3 (0)
2004 Leeds United 0 (0)
2004–2005 Queens Park Rangers 7 (0)
2005 Shinnik Yaroslavl 24 (0)
2006–2007 Krylia Sovetov 38 (3)
2008–2009 MSV Duisburg 13 (0)
2009–2010 Levadiakos 18 (0)
2010–2011 Wisła Kraków 4 (0)
2012–2013 Al-Muharraq
2013–2014 Al Yarmouk
International career
2000 Cameroon U23 5 (0)
2001 Cameroon 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serge Branco (born 11 October 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender and as a midfielder.

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Club career

Branco was born in Douala. In 1998, he left Cameroon to spend the initial years of his career in Germany. He started out at Regionalliga Nord side Eintracht Braunschweig, where he spent two seasons. After returning from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Branco transferred to Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in October 2000. [1] Frankfurt were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001, but Branco stayed on for two more seasons at the club before returning to the Bundesliga by signing with VfB Stuttgart in 2003. However, he did not become a regular in Stuttgart, making only three league appearances in 2003–04.

He signed for Leeds United in August 2004, [2] but was released on 13 September for fitness reasons. From 2005 to 2007 he played in the Russian league, before returning to Germany for a stint with MSV Duisburg.

International career

Branco represented the victorious Cameroonian national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [3] He was capped once for the Cameroonian senior national team, in a World Cup qualification match against Zambia in 2001. [4]

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Cameroon

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References

  1. ↑ "Magath holt Gold-Boy" (in German). berliner-kurier.de. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Leeds holt Serge Branco" (in German). kicker.de. 3 August 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Serge Branco". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Match report". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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