Albert Meyong facts for kids
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| Full name | Albert Meyong Zé | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1980 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Canon Yaoundé | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Ravenna | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Vitória Setúbal | 150 | (56) | |||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Belenenses | 26 | (17) | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Levante | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Albacete (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Belenenses (loan) | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Braga | 65 | (22) | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Vitória Setúbal | 25 | (16) | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Kabuscorp | 80 | (50) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Vitória Setúbal | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Comércio Indústria | 9 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 407 | (171) | ||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Cameroon | 12 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Vitória Setúbal (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Vitória Setúbal (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Vitória Setúbal (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Comércio Indústria | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Villa Athletic | |||||||||||||||
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Albert Meyong Zé, born on October 19, 1980, is a former football player from Cameroon. He is known as Meyong and played as a striker, which is a player who tries to score goals. Today, he works as a manager for football teams.
Meyong spent most of his career playing in Portugal. He played in 231 matches and scored 79 goals in the top Portuguese league, called the Primeira Liga. He played for Vitória de Setúbal for seven years and Braga for three and a half years. He also played for the Cameroon national team and was part of the team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.
Playing for Clubs
Meyong was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He started playing football in Europe when he was still young, joining an Italian club called Ravenna Calcio. After about a year and a half, he moved to Portugal to play for Vitória Futebol Clube in the Primeira Liga. This was a great move for him!
In 2005, he helped his team win the Taça de Portugal, which is a big cup competition in Portugal. He even scored the winning goal in the final match against S.L. Benfica!
In the summer of 2005, Meyong joined another Portuguese team, C.F. Os Belenenses. He was the top scorer in the league during the 2005–2006 season, meaning he scored more goals than anyone else! A year later, he moved to Levante UD in Spain.
Meyong returned to Portugal and Belenenses in January 2008. However, there was a problem with his registration, which meant he was not allowed to play for three teams in one season according to football rules. Because of this, Belenenses lost points in the league.
In August 2008, Meyong joined S.C. Braga. He scored his first goal for Braga on August 23, helping them win 2–0 against F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He also scored three goals in one game (a hat-trick) in a UEFA Cup match against Artmedia Bratislava, which Braga won 4–0.
In the 2009–2010 season, Meyong was a very important player for Braga. He scored 11 goals in the league, helping his team finish in second place, which was their best result ever! He scored important goals, including two penalties against their local rivals, Vitória de Guimarães.
After playing less in his last two seasons at Braga, Meyong left the club in late 2011. He then returned to Vitória Setúbal, where he had played before. In the 2012–2013 season, he was one of the top scorers in the league. In early 2013, he moved to Kabuscorp S.C. in Angola.
After he stopped playing football at age 36, Meyong joined Vitória de Setúbal's coaching team as an assistant. He also briefly took over as a temporary manager for the team in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, Meyong briefly returned to playing football at age 40 for an amateur team called União Futebol Comércio e Indústria, after a friend invited him.
Playing for His Country
Meyong played for the Cameroon national team for five years, starting in 2004. He also represented Cameroon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. His team won a gold medal there, which is a huge achievement!
He was also chosen to play in the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. He played alongside famous striker Samuel Eto'o and scored two goals in the tournament. One goal was against Togo in the group stage, and another was against Ivory Coast in the quarter-finals. Cameroon was knocked out of the tournament after a very long penalty shootout.
Honours
Vitória Setúbal
- Taça de Portugal: 2004–05
Braga
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2008
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2010–11
Kabuscorp
- Girabola: 2013
- Supertaça de Angola: 2014
Cameroon
- Summer Olympic Games: 2000
Individual Awards
- Primeira Liga top scorer: 2005–06 (17 goals)
- Taça de Portugal top scorer: 2004–05 (4 goals)
- Girabola top scorer: 2013 (20 goals), 2014 (17 goals), 2015 (13 goals)
See also
In Spanish: Albert Meyong para niños
