Albert Legrand Baning (born 19 March 1985) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
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![]() Albert Baning in 2015. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Legrand Baning | ||
Date of birth | (1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Brasseries Cameroun | |||
2001–2002 | Dalian Shide | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2005 | Dalian Shide | 0 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → Shanghai United (loan) | 49 | (7) |
2005–2006 | Aarau | 17 | (3) |
2006–2010 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Sedan (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Grenoble (loan) | 19 | (1) |
2010 | → Strasbourg (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
2012–2013 | FC Metz | 15 | (0) |
2013 | Slavia Sofia | 6 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Sedan | 25 | (1) |
2016–2017 | RC France | ? | (?) |
2018–2020 | FC Gueugnon | 47 | (4) |
National team | |||
2008 | Cameroon U23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2020 |
Baning previously played in countries like China, Switzerland, France, Israel and Bulgaria.
Baning played for Swiss side FC Aarau before joining his former club Paris Saint-Germain in July 2006.
His transfer was largely engineered by new team president Alain Cayzac. PSG's coach, Guy Lacombe, has admitted to never actually having seen him play. [permanent dead link]
He joined the club RC Strasbourg, 26 January 2010 as a loan.
On 27 June Baning signed a one-year contract with the famous Israeli club of Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1] On 1 Sep 2010 Maccabi announced that Baning is released[2] from his contract due to mutual consent following an injury he is suffering from.
In early 2014, Baning joined French club Sedan.[3]
True to his name, Baning was sent off twice in three games for Cameroon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics..
Cameroon men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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