Vincent Aboubakar

Vincent Aboubakar

Aboubakar with Porto in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vincent Paté Aboubakar
Date of birth (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Porto
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2008 Coton Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2010 Coton Sport 15 (7)
2010–2013 Valenciennes 72 (9)
2013–2014 Lorient 37 (17)
2014– Porto 40 (17)
National team‡
2009 Cameroon U20
2010– Cameroon 43 (12)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2015

Vincent Paté Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Portuguese club Porto and the Cameroon national football team.A powerful and poised striker who has often been compared to didier drogba. Aboubakar has a a decent work rate but he is sometimes criticised for being lazy at beating the offside trap but he still tends to launch a powerful shot at goal.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Porto

Aboubakar signed for Porto on 24 August 2014, signing a four-year contract for a fee of €3m, equivalent to 30% of his economic rights.[3][4] He scored a late equalising goal in the Champions League on 10 December 2014 in a 1–1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.[5]

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.[6]

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 that was based in Cameroon.[7][8] He made his debut in the friendly match on 29 May 2010 against Slovakia.[9]

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.

International goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[10]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 August 2010 Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland  Poland
3–0
3–0
 Friendly
2. 5 March 2014 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal  Portugal
1–1
1–5
 Friendly
3. 6 September 2014 Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo  DR Congo
2–0
2–0
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4. 10 September 2014 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Ivory Coast
2–1
4–1
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.
3–1
6. 15 November 2014 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  DR Congo
1–0
1–0
 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7. 10 January 2015 Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon  South Africa
1–0
1–1
 Friendly
8. 25 March 2015 Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo, Indonesia  Indonesia
1–0
1–0
 Friendly
9. 14 June 2015 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Mauritania
1–0
1–0
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10. 6 September 2015 Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia  Gambia
0–1
0–1
 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11. 13 November 2015 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger  Niger
0–2
0–3
World Cup qualification

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