Patrick Ekeng

Patrick Ekeng
Ekeng playing for Lausanne-Sport in 2014
Personal information
Full name Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-26)26 March 1990
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date of death 6 May 2016(2016-05-06) (aged 26)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2006–2008 Canon Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Canon Yaoundé 29 (7)
2009–2013 Le Mans 35 (1)
2011Rodez (loan) 13 (0)
2013–2014 Lausanne-Sport 28 (2)
2014–2016 Córdoba 14 (1)
2016 Dinamo București 10 (1)
Total 129 (12)
International career
2009–2010 Cameroon U20 10 (1)
2015–2016 Cameroon 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng (26 March 1990 – 6 May 2016) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He had two international caps for his country's national team, whom he represented at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

After starting at Canon Yaoundé and spending time on the fringes of France's Le Mans, he had brief spells in Switzerland, Spain, and Romania, where he died after collapsing in a match for Dinamo București.

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.