André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
Cameroonian footballer (born 1995)
 Zambo Anguissa with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Coton Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Reims | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Marseille | 79 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Fulham | 61 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Villarreal (loan) | 36 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Napoli (loan) | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Napoli | 65 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Cameroon | 56 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:01, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:34, 27 January 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (born 16 November 1995), also known as Frank Anguissa, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Cameroon national team.[3]
Club career
Marseille
Zambo Anguissa joined Marseille in 2015 from Stade de Reims. He made his first team debut on 17 September 2015 in the UEFA Europa League against FC Groningen.[4] Three days later, he made his Ligue 1 debut against Lyon.[5]
On 16 May 2018, Zambo Anguissa played in the 2018 UEFA Europa League final, which Marseille lost against Atlético Madrid at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon, France.[6]
Fulham
In August 2018, Zambo Anguissa was transferred to Fulham from Marseille, and then loaned to Villarreal in July 2019 following Fulham's relegation from the Premier League.[7] He made his Villarreal debut on 17 August, playing full 90 minutes in a 4–4 home draw against Granada.[8]
On 31 August 2021, Zambo Anguissa signed a new three-year contract with the Championship club before heading out on loan to Napoli for the 2021–22 season.[9][10]
Napoli
On 26 May 2022, Napoli purchased Zambo Anguissa's rights from Fulham.[11] On 7 September, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 4–1 win over Liverpool.[12] On 1 October, he scored his first Serie A goals, by netting a brace in a 3–1 win over Torino.[13] At the end of the season, Zambo Anguissa and Napoli won the Serie A title for the first time in 33 years.[14]
International career
Zambo Anguissa made his international debut for the Cameroon national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Tunisia on 24 March 2017.[15][16]
Zambo Anguissa was included in the Indomitable Lions' squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. He would score his first international goal in Cameroon's 1–1 group stage draw against Australia.[citation needed]
In June 2019, Zambo Anguissa was named to Cameroon's squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[citation needed] He would also feature at the 2021 tournament, in which Cameroon were hosts and finished in third place.[citation needed]
At the end of the 2022 calendar year, Zambo Anguissa would be called up by new national team manager Rigobert Song to Cameroon's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He played in all three group stage matches as his side failed to progress to the second round.[citation needed]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 April 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Marseille | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16[c] | 0 | — | 56 | 0 | ||
| Total | 79 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 106 | 0 | |||
| Fulham | 2018–19 | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 66 | 0 | ||||
| Villarreal (loan) | 2019–20 | La Liga | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | |||
| Napoli (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| Napoli | 2022–23 | Serie A | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[d] | 1 | — | 45 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7[d] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Total | 90 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 263 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 7 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 27 January 2024[17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2017 | 11 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[17]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 22 June 2017 | Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia |  Australia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 2 | 11 November 2017 | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia |  Zambia | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 12 November 2020 | Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon |  Mozambique | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 4 June 2021 | Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria |  Nigeria | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 13 November 2021 | Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |  Malawi | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Marseille
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2017–18[18]
Napoli
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2021[20]
Individual
References
- ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Z. Anguissa". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Groningen vs. Marseille – 17 September 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Marseille vs. Lyon – 20 September 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa: Villarreal sign Fulham midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Villarreal and Granada draw in eight-goal thriller". Marca. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Napoli formalizes the purchase of Anguissa with the formula of the loan with the right of redemption" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "André-Frank Zambo Anguissa is on route to becoming one of Europe's finest defensive midfielders". Napoliseriea. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Il Napoli ufficializza il riscatto di Frank Anguissa dal Fulham" (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Napoli 4–1 Liverpool". UEFA. 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Napoli 3–1 Torino". Goal.com. 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Napoli are champions of Italy". Serie A. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Tunisie vs Cameroun : 23 lions au boulot à Diegem | Federation Camerounaise de Football". fecafoot-officiel.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Tunisia v Cameroon". BBC Sport. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b André-Frank Zambo Anguissa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "2017/18, Final: Marseille 0–3 Atlético: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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