Guy Stéphane Essame

Guy Stéphane Essame (born 25 November 1984) is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Guy Essame

Essame with Terek in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Guy Stéphane Essame
Date of birth	(1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	SC Union Brasseries du Cameroun
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Sportivo Luqueño	13	(0)
2005–2007	Boavista	22	(1)
2008–2012	Terek Grozny	64	(0)
2009	→ Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	16	(0)
2013	Neman Grodno	14	(2)
2013–2016	Atyrau	77	(7)
2014	→ Astana (loan)	11	(0)
International career
2008–2009	Cameroon	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club

In 2008, he signed for the Chechen club Terek Grozny,^[1] before he played in Boavista where he has played since 2005,^[2] playing 22 matches but has yet to score a goal.^[3] On 27 July 2009 FC Nizhny Novgorod have signed the Cameroonian midfielder on loan from Terek Grozny.^[4]

Atyrau

In December 2013, Essame signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Atyrau.^[5] On the last day of the 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League transfer window, 9 July 2014, Essame moved on loan to FC Astana, with Marat Shakhmetov going the opposite way, till the end of the season.^[6]

At the end of the 2016 season, Essame signed a new one-year contract with Atyrau. However the contract never reached the Kazakhstan Premier League, with the Director of Atyrau cancelling the contract in January 2017, after Essame had taken part in the club's first pre-season training camp.^[7]

International

After a long spell in the Brasseries football academy, also responsible for forming the likes of Rigobert Song and Geremi Njitap, he captained the U17 Cameroon's national team to two continental competitions. A brief stop in Paraguay was then followed by a departure for Portugal, in Boavista. He made his first cap for Cameroon national football team in the 2010 WCQ match against Mauritius on 11 October 2008.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 October 2016^[9][10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Boavista	2005–06	Primeira Liga	3	0			-		-		3	0
	2006–07		18	0			-		-		18	0
	2007–08		1	0			-		-		1	0
	Total		22	0			-	-	-	-	22	0
Terek Grozny	2008[11]	Russian Premier League	20	0	1	0	-		-		21	0
	2009[12]		6	0	0	0	-		-		6	0
	2010		21	0	0	0	-		-		21	0
	2011–12		17	0	0	0	-		-		17	0
	Total		64	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	65	0
Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	2009	Russian National League	15	0	1	0	–		–		16	0
Neman Grodno	2013	Belarusian Premier League	14	2	2	0	–		–		16	2
Atyrau	2014	Kazakhstan Premier League	18	2	3	1	-		-		21	3
	2015		31	4	1	0	-		-		32	4
	2016		28	1	3	0	-		-		31	1
	Total		77	7	7	1	-	-	-	-	84	8
Astana (loan)	2014	Kazakhstan Premier League	11	0	1	0	6	0	–		18	0
Career total			203	9	12	1	6	0	-	-	221	10

International

Cameroon national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	2	0
2009	1	0
Total	3	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 February 2009^[10]

Honours

Astana

• Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 2014

Other activities

In 2009, Guy Stephane Essame founded FC Lotus-Terek Yaoundé in Cameroon coached by Thomas Libiih. In September 2010, it became a farm team of FC Terek Grozny.^[13]