Mohammed Djetei
Mohammed Djetei Camara (born 18 August 1994) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Spanish club Albacete Balompié and the Cameroon national team as a central defender.
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Full name | Mohammed Djetei | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 August 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Albacete | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | International Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Union Douala | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Gimnàstic | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Córdoba | 39 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Albacete | 70 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
Cameroon U17 | |||||||||||||||||
Cameroon U20 | |||||||||||||||||
2015– | Cameroon A' | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Cameroon | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2017 |
Club career
Born in Yaoundé, Djetei made his senior debut with International Sporting Club of Douala in 2012. In 2014, he moved to Union Douala, after a partnership between both clubs was established.[1][2]
On 4 July 2016, Djetei signed a four-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[3] He made his debut for the club on 12 October, starting in a 1–1 Copa del Rey away draw against Rayo Vallecano (5–4 win on penalties).[4]
Djetei made his debut in the second level on 6 November 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against CD Mirandés.[5] In August of the following year, during a pre-season match against Real Zaragoza, he suffered a serious knee injury.[6]
On 2 September 2019, Djetei signed a contract with Segunda División B side Córdoba CF.
International career
On 18 October 2015, Djetei made his international debut with a local team of Cameroon, after starting in a 0–0 2016 African Nations Championship qualification home draw against Congo.[7] He also made the 23-man list for the final tournament, all teams being consisted exclusively of players playing in their African homecountries.[8]
On 30 May 2016, Djetei made his full international debut, appearing in a 2–3 friendly away loss against France after coming on as a late substitute for Aurélien Chedjou at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.[9] The following 5 January, he was included in Hugo Broos' 23-man squad ahead of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations,[10] being used as a backup as his side was crowned champions.
Honours
References
- "Union of Douala rejects AS Vita Club's offer for Mohamed Djetei". Cameroon Web. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- "Mohammed Camara Djetei. Le porte-flambeau de la relève" [Mohammed Camara Djetei. The torch bearer of the reserves] (in French). Camer-Sport.be. 21 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- "Djetei, primer fichaje del Nàstic 2016–2017" [Djetei, first signing of Nàstic 2016–2017] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic de Tarragona. 4 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- "El Nástic aumenta las dudas en Vallecas" [Nàstic raise the doubts at the Vallecas] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- "El Nástic se estrena por fin" [Nástic finally debut] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- "Djetei se rompe el ligamento cruzado de la rodilla izquierda" [Djetei tears the cruciate ligament of the left knee] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- "[EL. CHAN 2016]: Rien à se mettre sous la dent pour les Lions A'" [[CHAN 2016 qualifiers]: Nothing to be smiling for Lions A'] (in French). Camfoot. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- "Cameroun: les 23 Lions pour le CHAN 2016" [Cameroon: the 23 Lions for the CHAN 2016] (in French). Afrik-Foot. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- "France 3-2 Cameroon: Dimitri Payet free-kick seals victory".
- "Cameroon names AFCON 2017 squad despite player pullout crisis". Africa News. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
External links
- Evol'in Sport profile (in French)
- Mohammed Djetei at BDFutbol
- Mohammed Djetei at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mohammed Djetei at Soccerway