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Albert Baning

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Albert Baning
Albert Baning in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Albert Legrand Baning
Date of birth (1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Brasseries Cameroun
2001–2002 Dalian Shide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Dalian Shide 0 (0)
2004–2005Shanghai United (loan) 49 (7)
2005–2006 Aarau 17 (3)
2006–2010 Paris Saint-Germain 1 (0)
2007–2008Sedan (loan) 26 (0)
2008–2009Grenoble (loan) 19 (1)
2010Strasbourg (loan) 10 (0)
2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 (0)
2012–2013 FC Metz 15 (0)
2013 Slavia Sofia 6 (0)
2014–2016 Sedan 25 (1)
2016–2017 RC France ? (?)
2018–2020 FC Gueugnon 47 (4)
International career
2008 Cameroon U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2020

Albert Legrand Baning (born 19 March 1985) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Baning previously played in countries like China, Switzerland, France, Israel and Bulgaria.

Club career

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Baning played for Swiss side FC Aarau before joining his former club Paris Saint-Germain in July 2006. [1]

His transfer was largely engineered by new team president Alain Cayzac. PSG's coach, Guy Lacombe, has admitted to never actually having seen him play. [2][permanent dead link]

He joined the club RC Strasbourg, 26 January 2010 as a loan.

On 27 June Baning signed a one-year contract with the famous Israeli club of Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1] On 1 Sep 2010 Maccabi announced that Baning is released[2] from his contract due to mutual consent following an injury he is suffering from.

In early 2014, Baning joined French club Sedan.[3]

International career

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True to his name, Baning was sent off twice in three games for Cameroon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics..

References

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  1. ^ "Bonaberi.com : Albert Baning au Maccabi Tel Aviv". Bonaberi.com (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Albert 'Bobo' Baning release". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Albert Baning à Sedan" (in French). allezsedan.com. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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