| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Albert Meyong Zé[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1980-10-19)19 October 1980 (age 45)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Canon Yaoundé | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Ravenna | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Vitória Setúbal | 150 | (56) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Belenenses | 26 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Levante | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | →Albacete (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | →Belenenses (loan) | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Braga | 65 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Vitória Setúbal | 25 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Kabuscorp | 80 | (50) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Vitória Setúbal | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Comércio Indústria | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 407 | (171) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Cameroon | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Vitória Setúbal (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Vitória Setúbal (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Vitória Setúbal (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Comércio Indústria | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Villa Athletic | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Albert Meyong Zé (born 19 October 1980), known asMeyong, is a Cameroonian formerfootballer who played as astriker, currently amanager.
He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassingPrimeira Liga totals of 231 matches and 79 goals over 13 seasons and representing mainly in the competitionVitória de Setúbal (seven years) andBraga (three and a half).[2]
Meyong appeared withCameroon at the2006 Africa Cup of Nations.
Born inYaoundé, Meyong started playing inEurope still a youngster, for Italian clubRavenna Calcio. After one and a half seasons he moved to PortuguesePrimeira Liga sideVitória Futebol Clube; he won theTaça de Portugal in2005, having scored the winning goal in the final againstS.L. Benfica.[3]
In the summer of 2005, Meyong signed a two-year contract withC.F. Os Belenenses – where he was the league's top scorer despite the club'sbottom-four finish[4]– moving toLevante UD a year later.[5] Due to late payment of salary he was loaned toAlbacete Balompié, after one appearance for Levante in2007–08.[6]
Meyong returned to Portugal and Belenenses in January 2008, netting thepenalty winner againstAssociação Naval 1º de Maio in a 2–1 home win[7] but, being this the third team he represented in the season, which went againstFIFA regulations, his registration was deemed illegal and Belenenses condemned to lose six points in the table (awarded 0–3 loss and three-point penalty in this match).[8] This led to fans of the latter assaultingdirector of football Carlos Janela before the decision was taken, with him also being immediately sacked.[9]
In August 2008, Meyong joinedS.C. Braga of the same league.[10] He scored his first goal for his new team on the 23rd, in a 2–0 defeat ofF.C. Paços de Ferreira.[11] He added ahat-trick on 18 September in aUEFA Cupfirst-round tie againstArtmedia Bratislava, a 4–0 home victory.[12] Midway through2008–09 he agreed to a new one-year deal, running until June 2011.[13]
In2009–10, Meyong was an essential attacking unit for Braga, scoring 11 league goals as theMinho club finished in the second position, a best-ever.[14] During the campaign, for example, he found the net againstSporting CP (2–1 away win),[15] adding two late penalties against neighboursVitória de Guimarães (3–2, at home).[16]
In late December 2011, Meyong was released by Braga after very little playing time in his last two seasons, along withRodrigo Galo,Marcos andFran Mérida.[17] After being linked toC.D. Nacional andC.D. Feirense[18][19] he eventually returned toSetúbal and Vitória, after seven years.[20]
Meyong led the national scoring charts midway through the2012–13 season, alongsideFC Porto'sJackson Martínez and Benfica'sÓscar Cardozo; highlights included three goals againstRio Ave FC (but in a 3–5 home defeat)[21] andMoreirense FC (5–0, home).[22] In early January 2013, however, he moved toLuanda-basedKabuscorp S.C. inAngola.[23]
After retiring at the age of 36, Meyong joined Vitória de Setúbal's coaching staff as an assistant.[24] On 28 October 2019, afterSandro Mendes' dismissal, he was namedcaretaker,[25] and held this post again next July between the resignation ofJulio Velázquez and appointment ofLito Vidigal;[26] his managerial debut was on 31 October, in a 1–1 draw atC.D. Santa Clara.[27]
Meyong briefly came out of retirement aged 40, appearing for amateursUnião Futebol Comércio e Indústria after an invitation from his friend João Tavira who was their vice-president.[28]
Meyong played for theCameroon national team over five years, his debut coming in 2004. He also represented his country at the2000 Summer Olympics, where hewon a gold medal.[29]
Meyong was picked for the squad that appeared at the2006 Africa Cup of Nations: managerArtur Jorge started him alongsideFC Barcelona'sSamuel Eto'o during the tournament and he scored two goals, one in the group stage againstTogo and another in the quarter-finals againstIvory Coast as theLions Indomptables exited after losingon penalties 12–11.[30][31]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ravenna | 1998–99 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 2 | ||
| Vitória Setúbal | 1999–00 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 13 | |||
| 2001–02 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2002–03 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 7 | |||
| 2003–04 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 21 | |||
| 2004–05 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 37 | 15 | |||
| Total | 150 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 61 | |
| Belenenses | 2005–06 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 17 | ||
| Total | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17 | |
| Levante | 2006–07 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Albacete | 2007–08 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Belenenses | 2007–08 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Braga | 2008–09 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 14 |
| 2009–10 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12 | |
| 2010–11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 98 | 30 | |
| Vitória Setúbal | 2011–12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 17 | 17 | ||
| Total | 22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 20 | |
| Kabuscorp | 2013 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 20 | ||
| 2014 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 34 | 18 | ||
| 2015 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | ||
| Total | 80 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 89 | 53 | |
| Vitória Setúbal | 2015–16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Comércio Indústria | 2020–21 | 9 | 5 | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | |||
| Career Total | 407 | 171 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 454 | 184 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 January 2006 | Military Academy Stadium,Cairo, Egypt |  Togo | 2–0 | 2006 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 4 February 2006 | Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 2006 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 3 | 11 October 2008 | Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo,Yaoundé, Cameroon |  Mauritius | 5–0 | 2010 World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 11 October 2008 | Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon | Mauritius | 5–0 | 2010 World Cup qualification |
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