William Edjenguélé

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William Edjenguélé
Personal information
Full name William Emery Edjenguélé[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Paris, France
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Veria
Number 23
Youth career
1993–2005 CFF Paris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Le Mans UC 72 B 58 (1[2])
2008–2010 Neuchâtel Xamax 39 (1[3])
2010–2012 Panetolikos 46 (3)
2012–2013 Coventry City 33 (1)
2013–2014 Bury 19 (2)
2014–2015 Panetolikos 22 (1)
2015– Veria 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2015

William Emery Edjenguélé (born 7 May 1987 in Paris[4]) is a French football defender who plays for Veria.

Career

Edjenguélé began his career 1993 with CFF Paris and joined 2005 in the reserve team of Le Mans Union Club 72.[5] After three years with Le Mans UC 72 B who scored one goal in 58 appearances joined on 18 July 2008 to Neuchâtel Xamax. On 27 April 2010 his club confirmed his contract will not renewed and he left the club.[6]

On 30 July 2010, he signed with Panetolikos F.C..[7] He was an integral part of the squad that became 2010–11 Football League champions and led Panetolikos F.C. to the Greek Superleague. However, he could not help Panetolikos avoid relegation after the end of the 2011–12 Superleague Greece . Panetolikos and Edjenguélé parted ways on 2 May 2012.[8]

At the start of the 2012/13 season, Edjenguélé joined Coventry City on trial[9] and started in the 8–0 victory over Hinckley United on 14 July 2012. He later signed for the club on 17 July on a three-year contract.[10] Edjenguélé scored his first goal, with a header, in a 3-1 win over Colchester United.[11] He is affectionately known as 'Billy Edge' to Coventry City fans.[citation needed]

On 20 August 2013, Edjenguélé had is contract at Coventry City terminated by mutual consent.[12] He had made a big impression in his one season with the club, playing 40 games after joining on a free transfer from Greek side Panetolikos. But he was one of several players made available for transfer in the summer as they battled financial problems.[13] On the same day it was reported that he had signed for Bury.[14]

On 29 January 2014, Edjenguélé cancelled his contract at Bury on mutual terms.[15] On 10 July 2014, former Coventry City defender William Edjenguele has signed for Panetolikos in Greece Super League. He made 23 appearances for League Two side Bury after joining on a free transfer from the Sky Blues last summer but he became a free agent when his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. The 26-year-old has now signed for the Greek team where he previously played for two seasons before he moved to the Ricoh Arena in 2012.[16]

In June 2015, Edjenguélé was released by Panetolikos. In July 2015 he came in an agreement with the greek club Veria F.C.. Although his transfer isn't yet officially announced due a court issue of the club, he had his first training with the club on 7 July 2015.[17] On 8 July 2015 was judged as innocent for the fixed match case against Olympiacos and Edjenguélé's contract was activated.[18] Edjenguélé debuted on 23 August 2015, 1–1 in a home draw against PAS Giannina playing the entire match.

Career statistics

Stats according to Soccerbase

As of 18 April 2015
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Le Mans B 2005–08 Championnat de France amateur 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 1
Total 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 1
Neuchâtel Xamax 2008–10 2. Liga Interregional 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
Total 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
Panetolikos 2010–11 Greek Football League 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
2011–12 Greek Superleague 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2
Total 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 3
Coventry City 2012–13 League One 33 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 40 1
Total 33 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 40 1
Bury 2013–14 League Two 19 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 23 3
Total 19 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 23 3
Panetolikos 2014–15 Greek Superleague 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
Total 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
Veria 2015–16 Greek Superleague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career totals 216 9 8 0 2 1 4 0 230 10
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including substitutes) in the Football League Trophy.

Personal Life

Edjenguele is user of Twitter, so he can be closer to the fans by running regular competitions for his worn match-shirts and sharing his thoughts on his performances.[19]

Honours

Panetolikos F.C.

  • Greek Second Division – Champions

References

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ William Edjenguele – Football.ch
  3. ↑ William Edjenguele – Fussballdaten – Die Fussballdatenbank
  4. ↑ Player profile at lequipe.fr
  5. ↑ William Edjenguélé : ‘’ Faire de bons matches avec Neuchâtel’’
  6. ↑ Vier Spieler müssen Xamax verlassen
  7. ↑ Edjenguélé signs with Panetolikos
  8. ↑ Mutual termination with Akalé and Edjenguélé
  9. ↑ Andy Thorn considers second Frenchman William Edjenguele after signing Kevin Malaga
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  17. ↑ Με νέα πρόσωπα η πρώτη προπόνηση στη Βασίλισσα
  18. ↑ Υπέγραψαν Εντζεγκέλε, Μερεμπασβίλι
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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