Benoît Christian Angbwa Ossoemeyang (born 1 January 1982) is a Cameroonian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of

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. He normally played as a defender in a

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position, but could also play on the right side of midfield.

Club career

Angbwa was born in

Garoua Garoua or Garua (Fula: Garwa 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabita ...

, North Region. In January 2011, Angbwa joined

Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

on a three-year deal from

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. Halfway through his contract with Anzhi, Angbwa left and signed a three-year contract with

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

on 19 June 2012. After only eight months Angbwa again moved, this time signing a two-year contract with Krylia Sovetov in February 2013. On 30 August 2013 Angbwa was on the move again, re-signing with Anzhi Makhachkala. In March 2016, Angbwa joined

International career

Angbwa made his international debut for the Cameroon national team on 9 February 2005, against

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in a friendly match played in France. He was a member of the Cameroon team at the

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, which exited in the quarter-finals.

Managerial career

In May 2021, Angbwa was appointed as manager of his former club

Career statistics

Notes

Honours

Nacional *

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , en, First Division Professional League, local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uru ...

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Cameroon *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

runner-up:

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References

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