Mba Ernest Tchoupe Ndefotsing (born 22 November 1987) is a Cameroonian

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Career

He began his career with

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in Cameroon. He signed with

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in 2006, where he won a championship in his debut season. The signing came with some controversy as he signed with the team while still under contract with Les Astres FC. Consequently, he was suspended for a year due to the improper signing procedure. In 2008, he left his native Cameroon and moved to Colombia in Bogota as well as its inner suburbs, where he played for five years. He played three seasons in

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, the second division of Colombian soccer, seeing time in 2008 with Girardot FC, in 2009 with

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and in 2010 with

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. Ernest joined

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of the

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in 2012. He made his debut on 5 May against the

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as a substitute in the 22nd minute, scoring a goal two minutes later in the 24th minute. He returned to the team for the 2013 season. In 2016, he joined FC Fargo in the amateur

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. In 2017, he joined CS St-Hubert of the

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. The following year, he moved to another PLSQ club,

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. He was named one of the Players of the Week in the third week of the 2018 season. In 2021, he played two matches with

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's reserve side in the PLSQ reserve division.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tchoupe, Ernest 1987 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen Les Astres FC players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Alianza Petrolera F.C. players Tigres F.C. footballers Minnesota United FC (2010–2016) players Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Ligue1 Québec players Men's association football defenders CS St-Hubert players CS Longueuil players FC Laval players