Felix Emmanuel Cédric Chenkam Nganle (born 28 December 1998), commonly known as Felix Chenkam, is a Cameroonian
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
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for
Union Namur.
Club career
Chenkam began his career in Cameroon, playing with
Union Douala
Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was hom ...
and
Rainbow Bamenda, before signing with
Seattle Sounders FC 2
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in the
United Soccer League
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in March 2017.
Chenkam made his
Sounders 2 debut on 26 March 2017, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute of the
season opening 2–1 loss to
Sacramento
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.
Chenkam's first start and first goal with
S2 both came on 15 April 2017 in a 2–1 win over
Los Angeles
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.
Chenkam's contract option was declined by Seattle on 19 November 2018.
In October 2019, Chenkam returned to
Union Douala
Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was hom ...
.
In 2020, Chenkam joined
Salerm Puente Genil on a free transfer. He then joined
Viveiro CF
Viveiro Club de Fútbol is a football club based in Viveiro in the autonomous community of Galicia.
History
Founded in 1923.
Current league
Viveiro currently plays in .
Season to season
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*29 seasons in ''Tercera División
Terce ...
in January 2022.
He left Spain just six months later to join amateur Belgian side RAS Monceau.
On July 15, 2023, he joined Belgian third-tier side
Union Namur.
International career
Chenkam was selected to represent the
Cameroon U20s at the
2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
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in
Zambia
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after helping them qualify by scoring a goal in a 3–0 win over Libya on 10 July 2016.
Chenkam made 3 substitute appearances at the tournament, as Cameroon was knocked out of the tournament at the group stage.
Career statistics
Stats accurate
References
External links
*
Sounders player profileConfederation of African Football profile*
1998 births
Living people
Cameroonian men's footballers
Cameroon men's youth international footballers
21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Union Douala players
Rainbow FC (Cameroon) players
Tacoma Defiance players
Seattle Sounders FC players
Men's association football forwards
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
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