Vincent Aboubakar
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Personal information
Full name
Vincent Paté Aboubakar
Date of birth
22 January 1992
Place of birth
Garoua, Cameroon
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position
Striker
Club information
Current team
Porto
Number
9
Youth career
Coton Sport
2006-2008
Senior career
Coton Sport
2009-2010
15x apps / 7x goals
Valenciennes
2010-2013
72x apps / 16x goals
Lorient
2013-2014
37x apps / 17x goals
Porto
2014-
42x apps / 17x goals
→ Beşiktaş (loan)
2016-2017
27x apps / 12x goals
Porto
2017-
22x apps / 15x goals
Porto 2014-
National team
Cameroon U20
2009
Cameroon
2010-
62x apps / 19x goals
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:55, 24 January 2017 (UTC) - National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2016)
Vincent Paté Aboubakar is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Cameroon national football team.
Career
Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Aboubakar began his career with Cotonsport Garoua.
In the 2009-10 season, he was promoted to the club's senior team in the Elite One league.
On 26 May 2010, Aboubakar signed with Valenciennes FC in France.
He was assigned the number 9 shirt and made his debut in the club's opening league match of the season against Nice appearing as a substitute.
He scored his first goal and hat-trick against Boulogne in Coupe de la Ligue.
In 2009 Aboubakar scored 2 goals in the Final of the U-18 World Cup with Cameroon.
Lorient
Aboubakar signed for Lorient on a free transfer on 1 July 2013.
Porto
Signed for Porto on 24 August 2014, signing a four-year contract for a fee of €3m, equivalent to 30% of his economic rights.
He scored a late equalising goal in the Champions League on 10 December 2014 in a 1:1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.
Beşiktaş (loan)
On 27 August 2016, Super Lig club Beşiktaş signed him on a season-long loan.
International career
On 18 August 2009, Aboubakar was called up to the Cameroon national under-20 football team squad for the Francophone Games in Beirut.
In May 2010, aged only 18, he was named to the Cameroon 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Aboubakar was the only player in the squad who was based in Cameroon.
He made his debut in the friendly match on 29 May 2010 against Slovakia.
On August 11, 2010 Aboubakar scored his first goal for the national team, in a friendly against Poland.
He was called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and subsequently for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Congo Brazzaville produced a shock victory in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, beating Nigeria 3:2 in their Group A match in Calabar.
BREAKING NEWS: Everton sign 3-times Champions League winner Samuel Eto'o on a two-year deal
Talks are ongoing but Everton could sign Eto'o in time for him to be in line for a debut against his old side at Goodison on Saturday.
This weekend's fixtures
GROUP A
• Real Bamako vs Coton Sport 1:1
• AC Leopards (CGO) vs ASEC Mimosas 4:1
GROUP B
• Sewe San Pedro vs Nkana 3:0
• Al Ahly vs Etoile Sahel 0:0
Eto'o dropped from Cameroon squad for Nations Cup qualifiers - Cameroon have made a major overhaul to their squad, dropping 13 players from the party who went to the World Cup including captain Samuel Eto'o.
Sierra Leone have climbed 14 places in the Fifa world rankings for August, lifting them into the top 50 for the fist time in their history.
A second-half hat-trick from Kader Bidimbou and a Cesaire Gandze strike gave Leopards the victory which helps them close the gap on leaders Coton Sport to just two points with one round of group matches remaining.
Group A
• 27 July: Coton Sport vs Asec Mimosas 2:1
• 27 July: AC Leopards vs Real Bamako 1:2
Group B
• 27 July: Al Ahly vs Sewe Sports 1:0
• 27 July: Nkana vs Etoile du Sahel 4:3
The Super Eagles climbed three places in the Confederation of African Football region and 10 spots on the global list - up to 34th in the world.
