Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Cameroon
Men's Football
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

Modeste M'bami (born 9 October 1982 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football player who is currently playing for UD Almeria.

[edit] Club career

M'Bami started his career in his home country by playing for Dynamo Douala but was quickly spotted by foreign clubs. He joined CS Sedan Ardennes during the summer of 2000. Despite his young age, M'Bami played ten matches in his first season in the French first division and helped his club to finish fifth. He rapidly became a team regular and played 60 matches in the two following seasons. In 2003, the club was relegated to French second division and M'Bami decided to sign a five-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain for 5 million euros after his agent money-grabbing Willie McKay halted advanced discussions with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

During his first season with Paris Saint-Germain, M'Bami was associated with another young defensive midfielder, Lorik Cana. Despite their lack of experience, they played a big part in the club's good season, where Paris Saint-Germain finished second in the French first division and won the French Cup. The club's 2004-2005 season was less successful, in which M'Bami was struggling with an injury. He then went on a partial loan to FC Barone, but was returned to Paris Saint-Germain shortly after. The 2005-2006 season saw M'Bami help Paris Saint-Germain to another French Cup title, while the club finished 9th in the league.

In August 2006, after three years at Paris Saint-Germain, M'Bami was transferred to arch-rivals Marseille, signing a 3-year contract, and thus renewing his midfield partnership with Lorik Cana, who had signed for Marseille the season before.

He left Marseille after his contract expired in Summer 2009 and has since had trials at English Premier League clubs Portsmouth F.C., Bolton Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic.^[1] After his contract end with French club Marseille moved on 30 September 2009 for an trial to the Spanish club UD Almeria, later Almeria ended the purchase of the midfielder, the Cameroon player has signed a contract with the Spanish society, with the renewal option for other two^[2].

[edit] Attributes

M'Bami is a physically strong player with good technical skills. He is known as a defensive type player,but also a playmaking central type midfielder, who likes to come forward when possible.

[edit] International career

M'Bami showed his talent on the international scene at a very young age. He won the Olympic football games with his country in 2000 in Sydney. He was also in the team when Cameroon reached the finals of the Confederations Cup in 2003 and was part of the 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before failing to secure qualification for the semi-finals. M'Bami was also in the Cameroonian national football team that disappointingly failed to qualify for the 2006 German World Cup as they finished second in their qualification group behind the Côte d'Ivoire.

[edit] Honours

With Cameroon national football team

• Olympic Games: 2000
• Confederations Cup: 2003 Runner Up

With Paris Saint-Germain

• Coupe de France: 2004, 2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (French)PSG profile
• (French)Career stats

v • d • e Cameroon squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Kameni • 2 Tchato • 3 Perrier-Doumbé • 4 Song • 5 Atouba • 6 Njanka • 7 M'bami • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Emana • 11 Ndiefi • 12 Kwekeu • 13 Mettomo • 14 Epalle • 15 Bahoken • 16 Mezague • 17 Foé • 18 Idrissou • 19 Djemba-Djemba • 20 Falemi • 21 Job • 22 Ngon Adjam • 23 Eboué • Coach: Schäfer

v • d • e Cameroon squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up 1 Kameni • 2 Binya • 3 Tchato • 4 R. Song • 5 Atouba • 6 Angbwa • 7 M'bami • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Emana • 11 Makoun • 12 N'Kong • 13 N'Guémo • 14 Epalle • 15 A. Song • 16 Hamidou • 17 Idrissou • 18 Tomou • 19 Mbia • 20 Essola • 21 Job • 22 Mbarga • 23 Bikey • Coach: Pfister