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Thierry Ekwalla
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-11-28) 28 November 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Treviso
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Città di Jesolo	15	(1)
2004–2006	Čukarički	12	(0)
2006–2007	Universitatea Cluj	0	(0)
2007	Râmnicu Vâlcea
2008	Câmpina	9	(0)
2008–2009	San Donà Jesolo	17	(0)
2009–2011	Città di Concordia	36^[1]	(4)
2011–2012	Opitergina	27	(3)
2012–2014	Gruaro
2015	La Salute
2016	San Donà Jesolo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thierry Ekwalla (born 28 November 1983) is a Cameroonian footballer who played in Italy, Serbia and Romania. He also holds Italian citizenship.^[2]

Career

Ekwalla left Cameroon at age 17 and arrived to Italy first playing in the youth team of Treviso F.B.C.^[3]^[4] and then, as a senior, between 2002 and 2004, with U.S. Città di Jesolo.^[5] Ekwalla then signed a professional contract in Serbia with FK Čukarički and played in the 2004-05 season.^[6]^[7] In summer 2005 he had trials at French side Olympique de Marseille and Romanian side CSM Jiul Petroșani but Čukarički was asking for a too high price.^[3] He played the season 2005–06 in Serbian second level, the Serbian First League. A year later, he became free-agent and moved to Romania^[3] signing with FC Universitatea Cluj. Later he also played in Romania with CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea^[8] and FCM Câmpina.^[9]

He returned to Italy in 2008 to play with S.S.D. Calcio San Donà for one season.^[5] He then played two seasons with A.C.D. Città di Concordia.^[10]^[9]

In season 2011–12 he played with U.S. Opitergina in the Eccellenza Veneto.^[11]

In season 2012–13, after making 6 appearances with Città di Concordia,^[2] he left the club and joined A.C.D. Gruaro^[2]^[9] also playing in Eccellenza Veneto league.^[12] Gruaro got relegated, but Ekwalla still played till the winter-break of the 2014–15 season when he moved to La Salute.^[13] A year later, in the following winter-break, he moved to Jesolo.^[13]

References

^ Note: stats only for the 2009/10 season.
^ ^a ^b ^c Insulti razziali a un compagno, Michielet sospeso dal Gruaro at portogruaro.net, 31-1-2013, retrieved 18-11-2016 (in Italian)
^ ^a ^b ^c FC Arges testează un camerunez fost la Treviso at topsport.ro, 18-8-2006, retrieved 18-11-2016 (in Romanian)
^ Profile at Srbijafudbal.net
^ ^a ^b Ekwalla: Derby deciso da un episodio. Peccato ma vogliamo ancora lottare per il secondo posto at U.S. Opitergina official website, 28-2-2012, retrieved 18-11-2016 (in Italian)
^ "Serbia and Montenegro 2004/05 - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
^ Godišnjak 2004-05 pag. 34
^ U Cluj 2007/08 at romaniansoccer.ro
^ ^a ^b ^c Thierry Ekwalla at zerozero.pt
^ Ekwalla signs with Concordia at Calciomercato
^ Thierry Ekwalla at fcdolo1909.it
^ Ekwalla: insulti razzisti? Io non li ho sentiti at qdpnews.it, 1-2-2013, retrieved 18-11-2016 (in Italian)
^ ^a ^b Thierry Ekwalla at tuttocampo.it

External links

Thierry Ekwalla stats at fullsoccer.eu