Paul Alo'o

Cameroonian footballer

Paul Alo'o
Personal information
Full name Paul Claudel Alo'o Efoulou
Date of birth (1983-11-12) 12 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Raon-l'Étape B (Manager)
Youth career
2001–2002 ASM Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Mouscron 12 (1)
2003–2004 Racing Paris 23 (16)
2004–2007 Entente SSG 89 (35)
2007–2009 Angers 69 (24)
2009–2013 Nancy 60 (9)
2011–2012 → Le Havre (loan) 18 (2)
2013–2016 Al-Taawon 72 (38)
2016–2017 Al-Sailiya 16 (4)
2017 → Qatar SC (loan) 5 (9)
2017–2018 Martigues 18 (6)
2019 Amnéville 2 (0)
Total 380 (135)
International career
2009–2013 Cameroon 10 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Amnéville (assistant)
2020–2021 Lunéville B
2021–2022 Raon-l'Étape B (forward coach)
2022– Raon-l'Étape B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Alo'o Efoulou (born 12 November 1983) is a Cameroonian former professional football manager and former player. He played as a striker.

Playing career

In the 2008–09 season Alo'o scored 12 goals and gave 12 assists in 35 Ligue 2 appearances for Angers.[1] He was voted the league's best of player of the season.[2]

From 2013 Alo'o played in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.[3]

He joined Championnat National 2 side Martigues in August 2017.[3]

International career

Alo'o made his debut for the Cameroon national team on 28 March 2009 against Togo in a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.[4] He also played in three other qualifying matches for the same competition[5] and the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola,[6] but was not included in Paul Le Guen's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[7]

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of the 2018-19 season, Alo'o was hired as assistant coach at CSO Amnéville.[8] He left the position at the end of the year. In May 2020, Alo'o was appointed manager of FC Lunéville's reserve team, which was playing in the Régional 3.[9]

In May 2021, Alo'o was hired by US Raon-l'Étape as a forward coach for the clubs Régional 3 team (reserves) and manager of the futsal section.[10] In July 2022, he was announced as the clubs new reserve manager.[11]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "4e ex aequo. Paul Alo'o Efoulou a ébloui la Ligue 2 avec Angers" [4th ex aequo. Paul Alo'o Efoulou dazzles Ligue 2 with Angers]. Ouest France (in French). 27 December 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Foot/Trophées UNFP - L2 : Alo'o Efoulou élu meilleur joueur" [Foot/Trophées UNFP - L2 : Alo'o Efoulou élu meilleur joueur]. Le Télégramme (in French). 24 May 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Stella, Éric (11 August 2017). "Foot - N2 : Paul Alo'o Efoulou renforce l'attaque du FC Martigues" [Foot - N2 : Paul Alo'o Efoulou strengthens FC Martigues' attack]. La Provence (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Togo - Cameroon 1:0 (1:0)". 28 March 2009. Retrieved on 22 July 2013.
  5. ^ FIFA. "FIFA Player Statistics: Paul ALOO". Retrieved on 22 July 2013.
  6. ^ BBC. "Cameroon omit defender Sebastien Bassong from squad". 23 December 2009. Retrieved on 22 July 2013.
  7. ^ FIFA. "2010 FIFA World Cup - Cameroon - Squad List". Retrieved on 22 July 2013.
  8. ^ Paul Alo’o Efoulou (Amnéville) : « J’aime ce que je vis », republicain-lorrain.fr, 18 October 2019
  9. ^ L’ancien attaquant de l’ASNL Paul Alo’o Efoulou entraînera l’équipe 2 du FC Lunéville, vosgesmatin.fr, 23 May 2020
  10. ^ Vosges/N3 : l’US Raon-l’Etape intègre Paul Alo’o Efoulou, l’ex-pro de l’ASNL, dans son staff, vosgesmatin.fr, 26 May 2021
  11. ^ PAUL ALO'O EFOULOU NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DE LA RÉSERVE, usraon.footeo.com, 14 July 2022
  • Paul Alo'o Efoulou – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  • Paul Alo'o Efoulou at L'Équipe Football (in French)
  • Paul Alo'o Efoulou at Soccerway
  • Paul Alo'o Efoulou at National-Football-Teams.com
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