Paul Alo'o

Paul Alo'o Efoulou (born 12 November 1983) is a Cameroonian former professional football manager and former player. He played as a striker.

Paul Alo'o

Personal information
Full name	Paul Claudel Alo'o Efoulou
Date of birth	(1983-11-12) 12 November 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Raon-l'Étape B (Manager)
Youth career
2001–2002	ASM Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Mouscron	12	(1)
2003–2004	Racing Paris	23	(16)
2004–2007	Entente SSG	89	(35)
2007–2009	Angers	69	(24)
2009–2013	Nancy	60	(9)
2011–2012	→ Le Havre (loan)	18	(2)
2013–2016	Al-Taawon	72	(38)
2016–2017	Al-Sailiya	16	(4)
2017	→ Qatar SC (loan)	5	(9)
2017–2018	Martigues	18	(6)
2019	Amnéville	2	(0)
Total		380	(135)
International career
2009–2013	Cameroon	10	(0)
Managerial career
2019	Amnéville (assistant)
2020–2021	Lunéville B
2021–2022	Raon-l'Étape B (forward coach)
2022–	Raon-l'Étape B
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

In the 2008–09 season Alo'o scored 12 goals and gave 12 assists in 35 Ligue 2 appearances for Angers.^[1] He was voted the league's best of player of the season.^[2]

From 2013 Alo'o played in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.^[3]

He joined Championnat National 2 side Martigues in August 2017.^[3]

International career

Alo'o made his debut for the Cameroon national team on 28 March 2009 against Togo in a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.^[4] He also played in three other qualifying matches for the same competition^[5] and the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola,^[6] but was not included in Paul Le Guen's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[7]

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of the 2018-19 season, Alo'o was hired as assistant coach at CSO Amnéville.^[8] He left the position at the end of the year. In May 2020, Alo'o was appointed manager of FC Lunéville's reserve team, which was playing in the Régional 3.^[9]

In May 2021, Alo'o was hired by US Raon-l'Étape as a forward coach for the clubs Régional 3 team (reserves) and manager of the futsal section.^[10] In July 2022, he was announced as the clubs new reserve manager.^[11]

Honours

Individual

• Ligue 2 player of the season: 2008–09^[2]