Eugene Mbome

Eugene Mbome
Personal information
Full name Eugene Petit Mbende Mbome
Date of birth (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2003–2004 Cintra Yaoundé[1]
2004–2005 Académica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Tarouca[1]
2006–2008 Pombal
2008–2015 Pegasus 89 (10)
2011–2012 → Sapling (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 Eastern 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Metro Gallery (loan) 7 (0)
2016–2019 Pegasus 38 (1)
2019–2020 Tai Po 6 (0)
2021–2022 Metro Gallery 3 (0)
International career‡
2003 Cameroon U17[2][3] 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2011

Eugene Petit Mbende Mbome (Chinese: 麥保美; born (1986-08-29)29 August 1986) is a former Cameroonian-born Hong Kong professional footballer.

Club career

Hong Kong Sapling

Mbome joined Sapling from Pegasus as a foreign player to help the team.

On 22 November 2011, Mbome fainted before training and was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital. He woke up later but remained in hospital for observation.[4]

Pegasus

On 5 January 2012, it was announced that Mbome had returned to Pegasus, as coach Chan Hiu Ming wanted to improve the team's defensive ability in midfield.[5]

On 12 June 2015, he joined Eastern. However, he was loaned to Metro Gallery for the rest of the season.[6][7]

Return to Pegasus

Mbome returned to Pegasus at the start of the 2016-17 season.

Tai Po

On 29 July 2019, it was announced that Mbome had joined Tai Po.[8]

International career

Mbome played for the Cameroon national under-17 football team and played as vice-captain of Cameroon U17 for the 2003 African Under-17 Championship and the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b (in Portuguese) Mbende Mbomé Eugéne Petit – My Best Play[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ (in French) CAN-Cadets : Les Lions Indomptables Cadets à l’assaut du titre continental, Camfoot.com, 25 March 2003
  3. ^ Report of 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, FIFA, September 2003
  4. ^ (in Chinese)港菁麥保美 操練前暈倒送院 Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Oriental Daily. 23 November 2011.
  5. ^ (in Chinese)晨曦周六鬥飛馬 爭做首循環冠軍[permanent dead link‍] The Sun (Hong Kong). 5 January 2012. 文： 黎永淦
  6. ^ (in Chinese)港超聯繼續簽 麥保美去埋東方Apple Daily (Hong Kong). 12 June 2015.
  7. ^ (in Chinese)夢想駿其以老帶新東方日報. 18 July 2015.
  8. ^ (in Chinese)"衛冕大埔改頭換面 郭嘉諾馮凱文「雙教練」掌帥". Sportsroad. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  9. ^ Mbomè Eugène, Youtube, 17 November 2010