Patrick Mboma

Personal information

Full nameHenri Patrick Mboma Dem

Date of birth(1970-11-15)15 November 1970(age 55)

Place of birthDouala, Cameroon

Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

PositionStriker

Youth career

0000 –1990Stade de l'Est Pavillonnais

1990–1992Paris Saint-Germain

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

1992–1997 Paris Saint-Germain 16 (2)

1992–1994 → Châteauroux (loan) 48 (22)

1995–1996 → Metz (loan) 17 (4)

1997–1998 Gamba Osaka 34 (29)

1998–2000 Cagliari 40 (15)

2000–2001 Parma 24 (5)

2002 → Sunderland (loan) 9 (1)

2002–2003 Al-Ittihad 28 (12)

2003–2004 Tokyo Verdy 35 (17)

2004–2005 Vissel Kobe 10 (2)

Total 261 (109)

International career

2000 Cameroon Olympic (O.P.) 6 (4)

1995–2004 Cameroon 57 (33)

Medal record Representing Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2000 Ghana-Nigeria Winner 2002 Mali Olympics 2000 Sydney

Representing Cameroon

Africa Cup of Nations

Winner · 2000 Ghana-Nigeria

Winner · 2002 Mali

Olympics

2000 Sydney

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the fourth all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Born in Douala, Cameroon, Mboma started his domestic football career in 1993. During his career he played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland (where he scored once against Tottenham Hotspur), Al-Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe before retiring on 16 May 2005.

International career

After first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics and victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups. He was named African Footballer of the Year for his efforts in 2000. He scored a memorable overhead kick against France in 2000.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League	National cup	League cup	Continental	Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paris Saint-Germain	1990–91	Division 1	0	0
1991–92	0	0
1994–95	8	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	12	4
1996–97	8	1					3	1	11	2
Total	16	2	1	0	2	1	4	3	23	6
Châteauroux	1992–93	Division 2	19	5							19	5
1993–94	Championnat National	29	17							29	17
Total	48	22							48	22
Metz	1995–96	Division 1	17	4			4	2	5	0	26	6
Gamba Osaka	1997	J1 League	28	25	1	0	5	4	–	34	29
1998	6	4	0	0	0	0	–	6	4
Total	34	29	1	0	5	4	0	0	40	33
Cagliari	1998–99	Serie A	13	7	3	1	–	–	16	8
1999–00	27	8	4	6	–	–	31	14
Total	40	15	7	7	0	0	0	0	47	22
Parma	2000–01	Serie A	20	5	4	0	–	3	1	27	6
2001–02	4	0	2	0	–	2	1	8	1
Total	24	5	6	0	0	0	5	2	35	7
Sunderland (loan)	2001–02	Premier League	9	1	–	–	–	9	1
Al-Ittihad	2002–03	Libyan Premier League	28	12							28	12
Tokyo Verdy	2003	J1 League	23	13	3	0	3	3	–	29	16
2004	12	4	0	0	5	4	–	17	8
Total	35	17	3	0	8	7	0	0	46	24
Vissel Kobe	2004	J1 League	6	2	0	0	0	0	–	6	2
2005	4	0	0	0	0	0	–	4	0
Total	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
Career total	261	109	18	7	19	14	14	5	312	135

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	1995	1	0
1996	1	1
1997	10	6
1998	8	1
1999	4	3
2000	9	9
2001	9	4
2002	10	5
2003	1	0
2004	4	4
Total	57	33
Cameroon Olympic	2000	6	4
Total	6	4

Scores and results list Cameroon and Cameroon Olympic goal tally first. The score column indicates the score after each M'Boma goal.

List of international goals scored by Patrick M'Boma
Patrick M'Boma – goals for Cameroon
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	10 November 1996	Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo	Togo	3-1	4-2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	26 January 1997	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Namibia	1-0	4-0	1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
3	4-0
4	27 April 1997	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Togo	2-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	8 June 1997	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Talatona, Angola	Angola	1-0	1-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[citation needed]
6	17 August 1997	National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1-0	2-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[citation needed]
7	2-0
8	23 June 1998	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	Chile	1-1	1-1	1998 FIFA World Cup
9	28 February 1999	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Mozambique	1-0	1-0	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
10	11 April 1999	Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique	Mozambique	3-0	6-1	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
11	4-0
12	28 January 2000	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Ivory Coast	3-0	3-0	2000 African Cup of Nations
13	10 February 2000	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Tunisia	1-0	3-0	2000 African Cup of Nations
14	3-0
15	13 February 2000	National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Nigeria	2-0	2-2	2000 Africa Cup of Nations final
16	19 April 2000	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Somalia	1-0	3-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
17	18 June 2000	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya	Libya	1-0	3-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	2-0
19	3-0
20	4 October 2000	Stade de France, Paris, France	France	1-1	1-1	Friendly
21	25 January 2001	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin	Benin	1-0	3-1	Friendly	[citation needed]
22	28 January 2001	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Togo	2-0	2-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	25 February 2001	Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Zambia	1-0	1-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
24	4 June 2001	Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan	Canada	2-0	2-0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup	[citation needed]
25	7 January 2002	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	2-0	3-1	Friendly
26	20 January 2002	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali	DR Congo	1-0	1-0	2002 African Cup of Nations	[citation needed]
27	25 January 2002	Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali	Ivory Coast	1-0	1-0	2002 African Cup of Nations
28	4 February 2002	Stade Malien de Sikasso, Sikasso, Mali	Egypt	1-0	1-0	2002 African Cup of Nations
29	1 June 2002	Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan	Republic of Ireland	1-0	1-1	2002 FIFA World Cup
30	25 January 2004	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia	Algeria	1-0	1-1	2004 African Cup of Nations	[citation needed]
31	29 January 2004	Taieb Mhiri Stadium, Sfax, Tunisia	Zimbabwe	1-1	5-3	2004 African Cup of Nations
32	3-1
33	4-2

Patrick M'Boma – goals for Cameroon Olympic team
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13 September 2000	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia	Kuwait	2-1	3-2	2000 Summer Olympics
2	16 September 2000	Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia	United States	1-0	1-1	2000 Summer Olympics
3	23 September 2000	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia	Brazil	1-0	2-1	2000 Summer Olympics	[citation needed]
4	26 September 2000	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	Chile	1-1	2-1	2000 Summer Olympics

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

Coupe de France: 1994–95
Coupe de la Ligue: 1995

Metz

Coupe de la Ligue: 1996

Parma

Coppa Italia: 2001–02

Cameroon

African Cup of Nations: 2000, 2002

Cameroon U-23

Olympic Gold Medal: 2000

Individual

African Footballer of the Year: 2000
BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000
African Nations Cup top scorer: 2002
J.League Top Scorer: 1997
J.League Best XI: 1997
Coppa Italia top scorer: 1999–2000

Personal life

He announced his conversion to Islam in a mosque in Douala in May 2022 acquiring the name Abdul Jalil Mboma.

External links

– FIFA competition record (archived)
at National-Football-Teams.com
at J.League () (in Japanese)