Raoul Cédric Loé (born 31 January 1989) is a professional

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who currently plays for

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side Dongguan United as a

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. Born in France, he represents Cameroon at international level.

Club career

Born in

Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a Communes of France, commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, from the Kilometre zero, center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the ci ...

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, Loé moved to

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in 2008 at the age of 19, and joined amateur team Manchego CF. On 14 August 2009, he signed a contract with

AD Ceuta Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last season was 2011–12 in Segunda División B, holding home matches at '' Estadio Alfonso Murube'', with a capacity of 6,500. ...

in the third division after impressing in a trial; he played 35 games in his first year, and appeared in both round-of-32 legs against

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

in the following season's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. In the 2011 off-season, Loé moved to

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

, being assigned to their reserves also in the third level. He was first summoned to a

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match on 21 December 2011, but remained on the bench against

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

. Loé made his official debut for the

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se side on 12 January 2012 against Barcelona in the

(1–2 home loss, 1–6 on aggregate). On 3 March, he played his first league game by appearing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw at

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

. On 1 July 2015, Loé moved to Qatar after agreeing to a contract with

Al-Sailiya SC Al-Sailiya Sports Club () is a Qatari professional Association football, football club currently competing in the Qatari Second Division. They are based in the Qatari capital Doha and play their home games at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium. History A ...

. The

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returned to the Spanish top flight and Osasuna on 6 February 2017, signing until the end of the season. On 31 August 2017, Loé joined Bulgarian club

PFC CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First Professional Football League, First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ' ...

, being released at the end of the campaign. On 20 June 2018, he signed with

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also Romanization of Greek, transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional multi-sport club, esta ...

from Cyprus.

International career

On 1 June 2013, Loé was called up by

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

for the first time, for a friendly with

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. He made his debut on the following day, starting in a 0–0 draw at the

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