Georges Constant Mandjeck (born 9 December 1988) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ironi Kiryat Shmona.[1]
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| Full name | Georges Constant Mandjeck | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Kadji Sports Academy | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Kadji Sports Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | VfB Stuttgart | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Rennes | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Auxerre | 42 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 36 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Metz | 56 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Sparta Prague | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Metz (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Maccabi Haifa (loan) | 32 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Waasland-Beveren | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Kocaelispor | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Nea Salamis | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Cameroon Olympic | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2019 | Cameroon | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editStuttgart
editMandjeck joined Stuttgart from Kadji Sports Academy in the summer of 2007 and made his competitive debut for the club on 25 July 2007 in their 2–0 home defeat to Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Premiere-Ligapokal, coming on as a substitute for Antônio da Silva in the 89th minute. It turned out to be his only competitive appearance for Stuttgart during the 2007–08 season.
Loan to Kaiserslautern
editOn 30 January 2008, Mandjeck was loaned out to 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern until the end of the season.[2] He made his league debut for the club on 1 February 2008 in their 1–1 away draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach, starting the match and being replaced by Moussa Ouattara in the 67th minute. He went on to make a total of 10 league appearances for Kaiserslautern before returning to Stuttgart upon the end of the season.
Back at Stuttgart
editMandjeck's first competitive appearance since returning to Stuttgart came on 28 August 2008 in the club's 4–1 away win at Hungarian side Győri ETO FC in the second leg of the second qualifying round for the UEFA Cup, coming on as a substitute for Pável Pardo in the 63rd minute. He went on to make his Bundesliga debut on 13 September 2008 in Stuttgart's goalless draw away at 1899 Hoffenheim, coming off the bench to replace Khalid Boulahrouz in the 84th minute.
Second loan to Kaiserslautern
editIn July 2009, Mandjeck was again loaned to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until the end of the 2009–10 season.[3] He made his first competitive appearance of the season on 31 July 2009 in Kaiserslautern's 1–0 win at Eintracht Braunschweig in the first round of the German Cup and also appeared in the club's opening league match of the season on 8 August 2009, a 2–1 win at home to Greuther Fürth, playing the full 90 minutes in both of these two games. He subsequently established himself as a regular at the club.
Stade Rennais
editIn July 2010, he moved to Stade Rennais F.C.
Auxerre
editIn January 2013, he moved to Auxerre.[4]
Kayseri Erciyesspor
editMandjeck moved to Kayseri Erciyesspor at a fee of €4 million. He signed a contract until 2016.
Loan to Metz
editOn 11 January 2018, Sparta Prague loaned Mandjeck to Ligue 1 side FC Metz until the end of the season.[5]
Waasland-Beveren
editOn 29 September 2020, Mandjeck joined Belgian Belgian First Division A side Waasland-Beveren.[6]
Kocaelispor
editOn 8 July 2021, he signed with Kocaelispor in Turkey.[7]
International career
editMandjeck was part of Cameroon's squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He came on as a substitute in their first group game against South Korea, where he scored a goal to earn Cameroon a 1–1 draw. He made his second appearance in the team's third group game, a goalless draw against Italy, where he was sent off for stamping on the foot of Antonio Nocerino.[8]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of matches played on 12 July 2019[9]
| Cameroon national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 50 | 0 |
Honours
editInternational
editCameroon
References
edit- ^ Georges Mandjeck: «Metz mérite de rester en Ligue 1» footmercato.net
- ^ "Mandjeck on loan to FCK". vfb.de. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- ^ "On loan to FCK". vfb.de. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Mandjeck est à Auxerre". RMC Sport (in French). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Georges Mandjeck revient chez les Grenats !". Metz (in French). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "WELKOM OP DE FREETHIEL, GEORGES MANDJECK!". www.waasland-beveren.be. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "FUTBOLCUMUZ GEORGES CONSTANT MANDJECK İÇİN İMZA TÖRENİ DÜZENLENDİ" (in Turkish). Kocaelispor. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "2008 Olympics: Italy 0–0 Cameroon". FIFA.com. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- ^ "Georges Mandjeck". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann.
External links
edit- Georges Mandjeck at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Georges Mandjeck at National-Football-Teams.com
- Georges Mandjeck at Soccerway