Gerard Ambassa Guy (Chinese: 卓卓; born 21 September 1978), nicknamed JJ (Chinese: 卓卓), is a Cameroonian-born Hong Kong football coach and former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerard Ambassa Guy | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Tonnerre Yaoundé | ||
| 1997 | Foshan Fosti | ||
| 1997–1999 | Rangers (HKG) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Instant-Dict | ||
| 2000–2001 | O & YH Union | 36 | (3) |
| 2001–2007 | Happy Valley | 54 | (22) |
| 2007 | Persija Jakarta | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Happy Valley | 37 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | South China | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Pegasus (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2011 | Sun Hei | 8 | (1) |
| 2013 | Enfield City Falcons | 10 | (0) |
| 2014 | Playford City Patriots | 11 | (2) |
| 2015 | Elizabeth Grove Soccer Club | ||
| 2016 | Shenzhen Baoxin | ||
| 2016–2017 | Biun Chun Glory Sky | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Kowloon City | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1997–1999 | Cameroon U23 | ||
| 2006–2011 | Hong Kong | 29 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Playford City Patriots | ||
| 2017–2018 | Rangers | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2011 | |||
He played for Happy Valley, O & YH Union, Instant-Dict, Rangers, South China, Pegasus and Sun Hei in the past.
Club career
editGerard first arrived in Hong Kong to play for Rangers. Subsequently, he played for Instant-Dict, O & YH Union, Happy Valley AA and in 2009 joined South China AA.
South China
editIn 2009, Gerard joined South China. He scored in the 5–4 away defeat to Neftchi Farg'ona in the quarter-finals 1st leg.[1] Then he scored a last-minute away goal in the 1–2 semi-final defeat by Kuwait SC in the 2009 AFC Cup, thus setting up a crucial home game for South China in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Stadium was packed for the second leg match on 21 October 2009 but South China lost 0–1.[2]
Pegasus
editGerard joined Pegasus on loan from South China in the summer of 2010. On 23 September 2010, Gerard was sent off in a league game after two bookable offences, but Pegasus won 4–0 over Citizen.[3]
On 1 March 2011, Gerard scored with a header to help Pegasus secure a 2-1 win over Song Lam Nghe An in the 2011 AFC Cup group game away in Vietnam.[4]
Mohun Bagan
editOn 23 July 2010, Gerard arrived in Kolkata for a trial with Indian club Mohun Bagan as an Asian origin player.[5]
Sun Hei
editGerard joined Sun Hei for the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season.[6]
International career
editGerard became a member of the Hong Kong national football team after he had spent more than seven years in Hong Kong and gained Hong Kong citizenship. He took part in Round 2 of the 2010 East Asian Football Championship tournament in Kaoshiung and received the Most Valuable Player award.
Managerial career
editOn 4 December 2017, Gerard took over as manager of Rangers after Dejan Antonić's departure from the club.[7]
Honours
edit- Happy Valley
Career statistics
editClub
editUpdated 30 August 2009
| Club | Season | League | League Cup | Senior Shield | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Happy Valley | 2001–02 | ? | 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 2002–03 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 23 | 16 | |
| 2003–04 | ? | 7 | ? | 1 | ? | 2 | ? | 2 | ? | 3 | 24 | 15 | |
| 2004–05 | ? | 3 | ? | 0 | ? | 2 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
| 2005–06 | 7 (1) | 2 | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 2 | 20 (1) | 4 | |
| 2006–07 | 12 (1) | 7 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 2 | 1 (0) | 2 | 5 (0) | 3 | 22 (1) | 14 | |
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Persija Jakarta | 2007–08 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Happy Valley | 2007–08 | 13 (1) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | - | - | 19 (1) | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 20 (2) | 3 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | - | - | 24 (2) | 4 | |
| Total | 33 (3) | 3 | 4 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | - | - | 43 (3) | 4 | |
| South China | 2009–10 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 8 (0) | 2 |
| Total | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 8 (0) | 2 | |
| All | ? | ? | |||||||||||
International
edit- Updated 17 November 2010
References
edit- ^ 2009 AFC Cup – fixtures and results The-AFC.com. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ 2009 AFC Cup – fixtures and results The-AFC.com. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ (in Chinese)傑志飛馬 入球停不了 Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wen Wei Po. 24 September 2010.
- ^ Song Lam Nghe An 1-2 TSW Pegasus[permanent dead link] The-AFC.com. Tuesday, 1 March 2011.
- ^ New PAO in Trial from Hong-Kong National Team Archived 2 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Mohun Bagan Club.com 23 July 2010
- ^ (in Chinese)晨曦卓卓歸隊 Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ta Kung Pao. 17 August 2011.
- ^ "狄恩請假 卓卓暫掌流浪帥印". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2017. (in Chinese)