Vincent Aboubakar

Vincent Aboubakar

Aboubakar with Porto in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vincent Paté Aboubakar
Date of birth (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
(on loan from Porto)
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2008 Coton Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Coton Sport 15 (7)
2010–2013 Valenciennes 72 (16)
2013–2014 Lorient 37 (17)
2014– Porto 42 (23)
2016– → Beşiktaş (loan) 11 (2)
National team‡
2009 Cameroon U20
2010– Cameroon 47 (14)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:38, 3 December 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2016

Vincent Paté Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Cameroon national football team.

Career

Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Aboubakar began his career with Cotonsport Garoua. In the 2009–10 season, he was promoted to the club's senior team in the Elite One league. On 26 May 2010, Aboubakar signed with Valenciennes FC in France.[1] He was assigned the number 9 shirt and made his debut in the club's opening league match of the season against Nice appearing as a substitute. He scored his first goal and hat-trick against Boulogne in Coupe de la Ligue. In 2009 Aboubakar scored 2 goals in the Final of the U-18 World Cup with Cameroon.

Lorient

Aboubakar signed for Lorient on a free transfer on 1 July 2013.[2]

Porto

Signed for Porto on 24 August 2014, signing a four-year contract for a fee of €3m, equivalent to 30% of his economic rights.[3][4] He scored a late equalising goal in the Champions League on 10 December 2014 in a 1–1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.[5]

Beşiktaş (loan)

On 27 August 2016, Super Lig club Beşiktaş signed him on a season-long loan.

International career

On 18 August 2009, Aboubakar was called up to the Cameroon national under-20 football team squad for the Francophone Games in Beirut.[6]

In May 2010, aged only 18, he was named to the Cameroon 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Aboubakar was the only player in the squad who was based in Cameroon.[7][8] He made his debut in the friendly match on 29 May 2010 against Slovakia.[9]

On August 11, 2010 Aboubakar scored his first goal for the national team, in a friendly against Poland.

He was called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and subsequently for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

International goals

As of match played 23 November 2016. Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aboubakar goal.[10]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 August 2010Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland5 Poland3–03–0Friendly
2 5 March 2014Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal22 Portugal1–11–5Friendly
3 6 September 2014Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, DR Congo27 DR Congo2–02–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 10 September 2014Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon28 Ivory Coast2–14–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5 3–1
6 15 November 2014Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon30 DR Congo1–01–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7 10 January 2015Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon32 South Africa1–01–1Friendly
8 25 March 2015Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo, Indonesia36 Indonesia1–01–0Friendly
9 6 June 2015Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France37 Burkina Faso1–13–2Friendly
10 14 June 2015Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon39 Mauritania1–01–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11 6 September 2015Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia40 Gambia1–01–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12 13 November 2015Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger42 Niger2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 30 May 2016Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France45 France1–12–3Friendly
14 12 November 2016Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon47 Zambia1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

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