Patrick Ekeng

Patrick Ekeng

Ekeng playing for Lausanne-Sport in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng
Date of birth (1990-03-26)26 March 1990
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date of death 6 May 2016(2016-05-06) (aged 26)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2006–2008 Canon Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2009 Canon Yaoundé 29 (7)
2009–2013 Le Mans 35 (1)
2011 → Rodez (loan) 13 (0)
2013–2014 Lausanne-Sport 28 (2)
2014–2015 Córdoba 14 (1)
2016 Dinamo București 10 (0)
National team
2009–2010 Cameroon U20 10 (1)
2015 Cameroon 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng (26 March 1990 – 6 May 2016) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He had two international caps for his country's national team, whom he represented at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

After starting at Canon Yaoundé and spending time on the fringes of France's Le Mans, he had brief spells in Switzerland, Spain and Romania, where he died after collapsing in a match for Dinamo București.

Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Ekeng joined Canon Yaoundé's youth setup in 2006, aged 16, and made his senior debuts with the club's main squad in 2008. On 4 July 2009 he signed a three-year deal with Le Mans FC,[1] and was initially assigned to the reserve squad in CFA.

Ekeng played his first match as a professional on 20 August 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 home loss against LB Châteauroux for the Ligue 2 championship. He continued to appear regularly with the B-side, however.

On 14 January 2011 Ekeng joined Championnat National side Rodez AF on loan until June.[2] He featured regularly as his side was eventually relegated.

Ekeng returned to Le Mans in June, and appeared regularly for the side in the following two campaigns, the second finishing in relegation. He left the club on 8 July 2013,[3] and signed a two-year deal with FC Lausanne-Sport in the same day.[4]

On 14 July 2014, Ekeng signed a two-year deal with newly promoted side Córdoba CF.[5] He made his La Liga debut on 30 August, replacing Aritz López Garai in the 74th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Celta de Vigo.[6]

Ekeng scored his first goal in the main category of Spanish football on 3 October, netting the first of a 1–1 away draw against Getafe CF.[7] On 31 August of the following year, after suffering relegation in last place, he rescinded his contract.[8]

He again moved to another country, signing for Romania's FC Dinamo București on 11 January 2016.[9] Ekeng played 12 official games for the Câinii roșii, scoring his only goal on 20 April in the second leg of the semi-finals of the season's Cupa României, equalising in a 2–2 draw away to Eternal derby rivals FC Steaua București; Dinamo advanced to the final on away goals.[10]

International career

Ekeng appeared with Cameroon under-20 in the 2009 African Youth Championship, as his side finished second after losing to Ghana by 2–0. He also played in that year's FIFA U-20 World Cup, as Les Lions failed to qualify from the group stage.

On 7 January 2015 Ekeng made his full squad debut, coming on as a 57th-minute substitute for Franck Kom in a 1–1 friendly draw against DR Congo in his hometown's Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.[11] Two days later, he was included in Volker Finke's 23-men list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations,[12] but took no part in the Indomitable Lions' group stage elimination.

Death

On 6 May 2016, Ekeng came on as a second-half substitute in a televised match against Viitorul Constanța. After 70 minutes, with his team leading 3–2, he collapsed. He was transported and resuscitated at the hospital, and within two hours the medical staff confirmed that he had died; he was 26 years old.[10]

According to Romanian broadcaster Digi Sport, there was no resuscitation kit/equipment in the ambulance that transported Ekeng to the hospital, one minute away, but instead cardiac massage was performed.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Transfert Le Mans : Ekeng Ekeng pour 3 ans" [Transfers Le Mans: Ekeng Ekeng for three years] (in French). Top-News. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Le Mans FC. Ekeng-Ekeng prêté à Rodez" [Le Mans FC. Ekeng Ekeng loaned to Rodez] (in French). Ouest France. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ekeng Ekeng quitte Le Mans" [Ekeng Ekeng quits Le Mans] (in French). L'Équipe. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Transfert au LS" [Transfer to LS]. FC Lausanne-Sport (in French) (Lausanne-Sport's official website). 8 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Patrick Ekeng, nuevo futbolista del Córdoba CF (Patrick Ekeng, new footballer of Córdoba CF); Córdoba's official website, 14 July 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Fede da el primer punto (Fede gives the first point); Marca, 30 August 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Diawara salvages point for Getafe; ESPN FC, 3 October 2014
  8. ↑ El centrocampista camerunés Patrick Ekeng rescinde su contrato con el Córdoba (Cameroonian central midfielder Patrick Ekeng rescinds his contract with Córdoba); El Mundo Deportivo, 1 September 2015 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ "OFICIAL. Patrick EKENG la Dinamo" [OFFICIAL. Patrick EKENG to Dinamo] (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "Dinamo Bucharest midfielder Patrick Ekeng dies after collapsing on pitch". The Guardian. 6 May 2016.
  11. ↑ Cameroun - RD Congo (1-1). Les Lions demeurent indomptables à 9 jours du coup d’envoi de la phase finale CAN Guinée Equatoriale 2015. Franck Kom blessé !; Cameroon-Info, 7 January 2015 (French)
  12. ↑ Nations Cup 2015: Finke sticks with core group; BBC Sport, 9 January 2015

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