Mohamadou Idrissou (born 8 March 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Club career
On the last day of the summer transfer window 2011, Idrissou moved to
2. Bundesliga club
Eintracht Frankfurt
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.
Having contributed 14 goals to Eintracht Frankfurt's return to the Bundesliga in 2011–12, Idrissou unexpectedly signed for 2. Bundesliga team
1. FC Kaiserslautern
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on 27 July 2012.
On 21 May 2014, he signed with Israeli side
Maccabi Haifa. He was waived by the team on 13 November 2014. In the following winter-break he moved to the Republic of Macedonia where he signed with
FK Shkëndija.
In 2015 he moved back to Germany to
KFC Uerdingen 05.
After two years he moved to Union Hallein.
During the summer transfer period 2018 he moved to Austria to
FC Kufstein
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.
In October 2020, Idrissou signed for
Viktoria Griesheim in the fifth-tier
Hessenliga
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. He retired from football in 2021.
International career
Idrissou was part of the
Cameroon national team at the
2004 African Nations Cup, which finished top of its group in the first round of competition, before failing to secure qualification for the semi-finals. He also played for Cameroon at the
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
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and
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Honors
SC Freiburg
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2. Bundesliga:
2008–09
Cameroon
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Africa Cup of Nations
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: runner-up
2008
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References
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1980 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Cameroonian men's footballers
21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers
Cameroon men's international footballers
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2004 African Cup of Nations players
2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
2010 FIFA World Cup players
Coton Sport FC de Garoua players
Hannover 96 players
MSV Duisburg players
SC Freiburg players
FSV Frankfurt players
SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
Borussia Mönchengladbach players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
KF Shkëndija players
KFC Uerdingen 05 players
DSV Leoben players
Rot-Weiss Frankfurt players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Israeli Premier League players
Macedonian First Football League players
Austrian Regionalliga players
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
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