Player NickName: Djemba-Djemba
Real Name: Eric Daniel Djemba-Djemba
Sex: male
Age:
Age:
29 Years, 3 Months, 4 Days, 21 Hours, 12 Minutes
Height: 1.75 m
Weight:
Field Position(s): Midfielder
Ethnic Origin:
Location: , Qatar
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Current Club: Qatar SC
Clubs Profile:
2001-2003 Nantes goals scored (1)
2003-2005 Manchester United goals scored (0)
2005-2007 Aston Villa11 goals scored (0)
2007→ Burnley (loan) goals scored (0)
2007- Qatar SC goals scored (1)
Biography:
Eric Daniel Djemba-Djemba (born May 4, 1981 in Douala, Cameroon) is a football defensive midfielder who currently plays for Qatar SC and the Cameroon national football team.
Djemba-Djemba rose to prominence with FC Nantes, in France. His impressive performances as a feisty and uncompromising tackler for the French club earned him a dream move to Manchester United in the summer of 2003. Arriving in England, Djemba-Djemba was a complete unknown to many fans and pundits alike. He wasted no time in establishing his ultra-aggressive style during his debut against Arsenal in the Community Shield, leaving an impression - literally - on Arsenal’s Sol Campbell with a typically rambunctious challenge which Arsène Wenger called “obscene”.
In 18 months at Old Trafford, Djemba-Djemba found it difficult to maintain a period of sustained form and he was eventually unable to establish himself as a player capable of filling captain Roy Keane’s shoes. It did not help Djemba-Djemba’s cause that United were in a period of transition and he was constantly being rotated in and out of the team with a number of other potential suitors to Keane’s midfield mantle, as coach Sir Alex Ferguson searched for a worthy successor to his captain.
Djemba-Djemba was sold to Aston Villa in the January 2005 transfer window for a fee of £1,500,000. However, the move did little to restore the player’s reputation as he found it difficult to move ahead of Gavin McCann and Steven Davis in Villa’s midfield pecking order. A possible switch to La Liga in Spain has been speculated. After being played only once, as a late substitute, by new Villa manager Martin O’Neill on the first day of the 2006-2007 season, Djemba-Djemba was loaned out to Championship club Burnley for the remainder of the season in the January transfer window.
Djemba-Djemba made his first appearance for Burnley on January 13th 2007 against Southampton, playing the full 90 minutes. Early in his time at Turf Moor, Djemba-Djemba was sent off for the Lancashire side after a second bookable offence at Derby County; however he impressed with his skillful and effective play during his loan spell.
In July 2007, Djemba-Djemba was the only member of the Aston Villa first-team squad not to be included in the North American tour, and after his contract was terminated on August 2, 2007, he moved to Qatar Sports Club. Djemba-Djemba was in such dire financial straits when at Old Trafford - despite his £75,000-a-month wage - that it is alleged he relied upon appearance and win bonuses to get by. It is also claimed he ran a fleet of 10 4x4 vehicles and juggled 30 bank accounts at the time. He was declared bankrupt in at a Birmingham court in September 2007.
Djemba-Djemba was a member of the Cameroon team that won the 2002 African Nations Cup and finished runner-up to France at the 2003 Confederations Cup. He also appeared at the 2002 World Cup.
