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André-Frank Zambo Anguissa

In this article, the surname is Zambo Anguissa, not Anguissa.
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
Zambo Anguissa with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name André-Frank Zambo Anguissa[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 99
Youth career
2013–2014 Coton Sport
2014–2015 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Marseille 79 (0)
2018–2022 Fulham 61 (0)
2019–2020 → Villarreal (loan) 36 (2)
2021–2022 → Napoli (loan) 25 (0)
2022– Napoli 86 (5)
International career‡
2017– Cameroon 63 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (born 16 November 1995), also known as Frank Anguissa, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Cameroon national team.[3]

Club career

Marseille

Zambo Anguissa joined Marseille in 2015 from Stade de Reims. He made his first team debut on 17 September 2015 in the UEFA Europa League against FC Groningen.[4] Three days later, he made his Ligue 1 debut against Lyon.[5]

On 16 May 2018, Zambo Anguissa played in the 2018 UEFA Europa League final, which Marseille lost against Atlético Madrid at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon, France.[6]

Fulham

In August 2018, Zambo Anguissa was transferred to Fulham from Marseille, and then loaned to Villarreal in July 2019 following Fulham's relegation from the Premier League.[7] He made his Villarreal debut on 17 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–4 home draw against Granada.[8]

On 31 August 2021, Zambo Anguissa signed a new three-year contract with the Championship club before heading out on loan to Napoli for the 2021–22 season.[9][10]

Napoli

On 26 May 2022, Napoli purchased Zambo Anguissa's rights from Fulham.[11] On 7 September, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 4–1 win over Liverpool.[12] On 1 October, he scored his first Serie A goals, by netting a brace in a 3–1 win over Torino.[13] At the end of the season, Zambo Anguissa and Napoli won the Serie A title for the first time in 33 years.[14]

International career

Zambo Anguissa made his international debut for the Cameroon national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Tunisia on 24 March 2017.[15][16]

Zambo Anguissa was included in the Indomitable Lions' squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. He would score his first international goal in Cameroon's 1–1 group stage draw against Australia.[17]

In June 2019, Zambo Anguissa was named to Cameroon's squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[citation needed] He would also feature at the 2021 tournament, in which Cameroon were hosts and finished in third place.[citation needed]

At the end of the 2022 calendar year, Zambo Anguissa would be called up by new national team manager Rigobert Song to Cameroon's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He played in all three group stage matches as his side failed to progress to the second round.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marseille 2015–16 Ligue 1 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 — 13 0
2016–17 Ligue 1 33 0 3 0 1 0 — — 37 0
2017–18 Ligue 1 37 0 2 0 1 0 16[c] 0 — 56 0
Total 79 0 6 0 4 0 17 0 — 106 0
Fulham 2018–19 Premier League 22 0 0 0 3 0 — — 25 0
2020–21 Premier League 36 0 1 0 1 0 — — 38 0
2021–22 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 61 0 1 0 4 0 — — 66 0
Villarreal (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 36 2 3 0 — — — 39 2
Napoli (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 25 0 0 0 — 5[c] 0 — 30 0
Napoli 2022–23 Serie A 36 3 1 0 — 8[d] 1 — 45 4
2023–24 Serie A 34 0 0 0 — 7[d] 1 0 0 41 1
2024–25 Serie A 16 2 2 0 — — — 18 2
Total 111 5 3 0 — 20 2 0 0 134 7
Career total 284 7 13 0 8 0 37 2 0 0 342 9
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 19 November 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2017 11 2
2018 4 0
2019 9 0
2020 2 1
2021 9 2
2022 11 0
2023 5 0
2024 12 0
Total 63 5
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[18]
List of international goals scored by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 June 2017 Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Australia 1–0 1–1 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
2 11 November 2017 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia  Zambia 1–1 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 12 November 2020 Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon  Mozambique 3–0 4–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 4 June 2021 Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria  Nigeria 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5 13 November 2021 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Malawi 2–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Marseille

Napoli

Cameroon

Individual

References

  1. ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Z. Anguissa". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Groningen vs. Marseille – 17 September 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Marseille vs. Lyon – 20 September 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa: Villarreal sign Fulham midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Villarreal and Granada draw in eight-goal thriller". Marca. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Napoli formalizes the purchase of Anguissa with the formula of the loan with the right of redemption" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  10. ^ "André-Frank Zambo Anguissa is on route to becoming one of Europe's finest defensive midfielders". Napoliseriea. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Il Napoli ufficializza il riscatto di Frank Anguissa dal Fulham" (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Napoli 4–1 Liverpool". UEFA. 7 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Napoli 3–1 Torino". Goal.com. 1 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Napoli are champions of Italy". Serie A. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Tunisie vs Cameroun : 23 lions au boulot à Diegem | Federation Camerounaise de Football". fecafoot-officiel.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Tunisia v Cameroon". BBC Sport. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  17. ^ Perry, Sam (22 June 2017). "Cameroon 1-1 Australia: Confederations Cup – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  18. ^ a b André-Frank Zambo Anguissa at National-Football-Teams.com
  19. ^ "2017/18, Final: Marseille 0–3 Atlético: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  21. ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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