Tabort Etaka Preston

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Tabort Etaka Preston
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Preston with Hartford Athletic in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Bamenda, Cameroon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham Legion
Number 23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Rainbow FC
2017 Charlotte Independence 0 (0)
2018 KS Kastrioti 3 (0)
2019 MFK Vyškov 0 (0)
2019 → Las Vegas Lights (loan) 31 (8)
2020 San Antonio FC 2 (0)
2021 Hartford Athletic 26 (5)
2022 New Mexico United 26 (3)
2023 Las Vegas Lights 21 (5)
2023– Birmingham Legion 10 (0)
International career‡
2017 Cameroon U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:52, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:01, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Tabort Etaka Preston (sometimes referred to as Preston Tabortetaka) (born 10 June 1998) is a Cameroonian football player who plays as a forward for Birmingham Legion in the USL Championship.

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Club career

Rainbow FC

Preston began his career in his native Cameroon playing for Rainbow FC.

Charlotte Independence

He was transferred to Charlotte Independence of the USL Championship in January 2018, but did not make an official appearance for the team before being moved to Albanian club KS Kastrioti. [1]

KS Kastiroti

In 2018, Preston made three appearances with Albanian club KS Kastrioti. [2]

MFK Vyskov

In 2019, he moved to Czech club MFK Vyskov. [1]

Las Vegas Lights

For the 2019 season, Preston played for Las Vegas Lights. In 31 league appearances with Las Vegas, Preston scored eight goals and recorded three assists in 2,249 minutes played. [3]

San Antonio FC

Preston signed with San Antonio FC for the 2020 USL season, but after two appearances he and club mutually agreed to part ways. [4]

Hartford Athletic

Preston signed with Hartford Athletic for the 2021 season. [3]

New Mexico United

Preston signed a contract for the 2022 season with USL Championship side New Mexico United on December 29, 2021. [5]

Return to Las Vegas

In February 2023, it was announced that Preston had re-joined former side Las Vegas Lights for their 2023 season. [6]

International career

Preston has represented Cameroon at the U-20 level where he made three appearances at the African U-20 Cup of Nations in 2017. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lights FC Sign Pair of Cameroon Youth National Team Stars". Las Vegas Lights FC.
  2. ↑ "Preston Tabortetaka Stats, Info and Next Game". FootballCritic. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  3. 1 2 3 Hartford Athletic (February 18, 2021). "Forward Tabort Etaka Preston Signs with Hartford Athletic". Hartford Athletic.
  4. ↑ Communications, San Antonio FC (August 21, 2020). "San Antonio FC Mutually Agrees to Part Ways with Midfielder Jesus Enriquez and Forward Preston Tabort Etaka". San Antonio FC.
  5. ↑ "NEW MEXICO UNITED ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF DYNAMIC FORWARD TABORT ETAKA PRESTON". New Mexico United - USL Championship. December 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ https://www.lasvegaslightsfc.com/news/2023/02/15/lights-fc-announce-next-batch-of-new-player-signings-for-2023-season/


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