Serge Branco Explained

Serge Branco
Birth Date:11 October 1980
Birth Place:Douala, Cameroon
Height:1.76 m
Position:Defender, midfielder
Youthclubs1:Les Brasseries du Cameroon
Years1:1995–1998
Years2:1998–2000
Clubs2:Eintracht Braunschweig
Caps2:48
Goals2:1
Years3:2000–2003
Clubs3:Eintracht Frankfurt
Caps3:42
Goals3:3
Years4:2003–2004
Clubs4:VfB Stuttgart
Caps4:3
Goals4:0
Years5:2004
Clubs5:Leeds United
Caps5:0
Goals5:0
Years6:2004–2005
Clubs6:Queens Park Rangers
Caps6:7
Goals6:0
Years7:2005
Clubs7:Shinnik Yaroslavl
Caps7:24
Goals7:0
Years8:2006–2007
Clubs8:Krylia Sovetov
Caps8:38
Goals8:3
Years9:2008–2009
Clubs9:MSV Duisburg
Caps9:13
Goals9:0
Years10:2009–2010
Clubs10:Levadiakos
Caps10:18
Goals10:0
Years11:2010–2011
Clubs11:Wisła Kraków
Caps11:4
Goals11:0
Years12:2012–2013
Clubs12:Al-Muharraq
Years13:2013–2014
Clubs13:Al Yarmouk
Nationalyears1:2000
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2001
Nationalteam2:Cameroon
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0

Serge Branco (born 11 October 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender and as a midfielder.

Club career

Branco was born in Douala. In 1998, he left Cameroon to spend the initial years of his career in Germany. He started out at Regionalliga Nord side Eintracht Braunschweig, where he spent two seasons. After returning from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Branco transferred to Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in October 2000.[1] Frankfurt were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001, but Branco stayed on for two more seasons at the club before returning to the Bundesliga by signing with VfB Stuttgart in 2003. However, he did not become a regular in Stuttgart, making only three league appearances in 2003–04.

He signed for Leeds United in August 2004,[2] but was released on 13 September for fitness reasons. From 2005 to 2007 he played in the Russian league, before returning to Germany for a stint with MSV Duisburg.

International career

Branco represented the victorious Cameroonian national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3] He was capped once for the Cameroonian senior national team, in a World Cup qualification match against Zambia in 2001.[4]

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Cameroon

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Magath holt Gold-Boy . German . berliner-kurier.de . 5 February 2013 . 24 October 2000.
  2. Web site: Leeds holt Serge Branco . German . kicker.de . 30 January 2011 . 3 August 2004.
  3. Web site: Sports Reference. Serge Branco. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192806/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/serge-branco-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 5 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Match report . https://web.archive.org/web/20071116183353/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3868/matches/match=20063/report.html. dead. 16 November 2007. fifa.com . 5 February 2013.