Cédric Aristide N'Doumbé Bosso (born 11 October 1990) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the Capital city, capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region o ...

, Cameroon, N’Doumbé moved to Belgium at the age of 16 and joined

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's youth academy. After being released by Anderlecht, he trialled with French club

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and earned a professional contract. In January 2011, N’Doumbé signed with

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on loan, achieving promotion to

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. Having spent the 2011–12 season with

US Ivry Union Sportive d'Ivry are a French multi-sports club based in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne. The club is primarily known for its football team and handball team. US Ivry play their home matches at the Stade Clerville, which seats 2,000 spectators ...

, he returned to Cherbourg, where he stayed for the two seasons, one in the Championnat National and one in

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. He moved to Trélissac in 2014. In January 2015, he signed for Algerian club

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. He subsequently had stints in Finland and Sweden. He had a third spell with Cherbourg from 2016. N’Doumbé also played for Tourlaville, Flers, and Bayeux, all based in the region of

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. He was with French lower-league side Pointe Hague in the 2020–21 season, playing in

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International career

With the Cameroon U20 national team N'Doumbé took part in the

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, reaching the final with his country.

References

External links

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