Jacques Zoua

Jacques Zoua Daogari (born 6 September 1991) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker, for cameroonian amateur club FC Futuro de Mimboman. He decided to relaunch his career after an almost failed spell at Vittorul Constanta.

Jacques Zoua
Jacques Zoua at practice with HSV in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Jacques Zoua Daogari
Date of birth (1991-09-06) 6 September 1991
Place of birth Garoua, Cameroon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 FC Futuro de Mimboman
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Cotonsport Garoua (26)
2009–2013 Basel 86 (14)
2013–2015 Hamburger SV 27 (2)
2014–2015 → Erciyesspor (loan) 23 (8)
2015–2016 Gazélec Ajaccio 31 (5)
2016–2017 Kaiserslautern 21 (6)
2017–2018 Beerschot Wilrijk 8 (0)
2018–2019 Astra Giurgiu 20 (1)
2019–2020 Viitorul Constanța 6 (1)
National team‡
2009 Cameroon U-20 7 (3)
2011– Cameroon 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:21, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:06, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Cotonsport Garoua

On 22 September 2008, he signed a two-year contract with Cotonsport Garoua.[1]

Basel

After a successful test game 31 March 2009[2] he transferred to and signed his contract with FC Basel in Switzerland on his 18th Birthday.[3] He was first included in the first team squad in November 2009 and played his first game for the club against rivals FC Zürich in the Swiss Cup on 20 November. His first game in a starting position was on 15 March 2010 against FC Luzern.[4] He scored his first league goal for the club on 24 March 2010 in the 4–1 home win against FC Zürich.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, Zoua won the national Double with Basel and a year later won League Championship title again. At the end of the 2011–12 season, he won his second Double, the League Championship title[5] and the Swiss Cup[6] with the club.

In a long season for Basel with a total of 76 games (62 in League, Cup, European Champions League, Europa League and 14 test matches) Zoua had a total of 53 appearances. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title[7] and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel.[8] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2–5 on aggregate.[9]

Hamburger SV

In June 2013, he signed for Hamburger SV on a three-year contract.[10][11]

Erciyesspor(loan)

On 29 August 2014, Zoua was loaned to Süper Lig club Erciyesspor.

Gazélec Ajaccio

In August 2015, Zoua signed for newly promoted Ligue 1 club Gazélec Ajaccio on a three-year deal.[12]

Kaiserslautern

On 12 August 2016, Zoua returned to Germany joining 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a three-year contract.[13]

Beerschot

On 10 October 2017, Zoua joined Belgian Second Division club Beerschot Wilrijk.

Astra Giurgiu

On 7 September 2018, Zoua signed a three-year contract with Liga I club Astra Giurgiu.[14]

Viitorul Constanța

On 25 October 2019, Zoua signed a one-year contract with a two-year extension option with Liga I club Viitorul Constanța.[15]On 2 April 2020, Zoua was released from the club after having his contract mutually terminated.[16]

International career

Zoua is also a regular in the Cameroon youth squads. He took part in the 2009 African Youth Championship, where he scored three goals, but Cameroon lost in the final against Ghana 2–0. He also played in the squad at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but his team finished last in the group C.

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 12 July 2019[17]
Cameroon national team
YearAppsGoals
201120
201210
201320
201400
201540
201640
201780
201830
201920
Total260

Honours

Club

Basel

Astra Giurgiu

International

Cameroon

References
  1. "LISTING DES CONTRATS DES JOUEURS ET DES ENTRAINEURS HOMOLOGUES PAR LA COMMISSION DU STATUT DU JOUEUR AU 24 AOÛT 2009" (PDF) (in French). fecafootonline.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2011.
  2. Zindel, Josef (31 March 2009). "Gelungener Test: 4:1 gegen La Chaux-de-Fonds" (in German). FC Basel. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  3. "FCB verpflichtet Stürmertalent" (in German). NZZ Online. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. "FC Basel: Huggel erfüllt Finks Wunsch" (in German). badische-zeitung.de. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. Meister, Remo (29 April 2012). "Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher" (in German). FC Basel. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  6. "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern" (in German). football.ch. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  7. Schifferle, Michael (10 June 2013). "Season review: Switzerland". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  9. Haylett, Trevor (3 May 2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  10. Zocher, Thomas (26 June 2013). "Cameroon striker Jacques Zoua joins Hamburg despite West Brom interest". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. "Hamburg capture Zoua from Basel". FourFourTwo. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  12. "Jacques Zoua departs Hamburg for French side Ajaccio". vavel.com. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  13. "Erst Zoua, dann Stieber: FCK rüstet auf". kicker Online (in German). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  14. "Jacques Zoua – primul transfer în mandatul Mulţescu" (in Romanian). Astra Giurgiu. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  15. "Video - Bine ai venit, Jacques Zoua !" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  16. Mihaitalazarica (2 April 2020). "Mulțumim, Jacques Zoua!" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  17. Jacques Zoua at National-Football-Teams.com
  18. "Tactical start list: Egypt - Cameroon" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.


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