Petrus Boumal

Petrus Boumal Mayega (born 20 April 1993) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Emirati club Al Urooba.

Petrus Boumal

Boumal playing for Nizhny Novgorod in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Petrus Boumal Mayega
Date of birth	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Urooba
Number	20
Youth career
2006–2011	Sochaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Sochaux B	68	(3)
2011–2014	Sochaux	8	(0)
2014–2016	Litex Lovech	41	(1)
2016	Litex Lovech II	5	(0)
2016	CSKA Sofia II	1	(1)
2016–2017	CSKA Sofia	22	(2)
2017–2020	Ural Yekaterinburg	58	(0)
2020–2021	BB Erzurumspor	31	(0)
2021	Nizhny Novgorod	3	(0)
2022–2023	Újpest	36	(0)
2023–2024	Al Bataeh	20	(2)
2024–	Al Urooba	10	(0)
International career‡
2013	Cameroon U-20	2	(0)
2017–	Cameroon	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 October 2018

Career

Sochaux

Boumal joined Sochaux in 2006. In 2010, he made his debut for Sochaux's B team against Raon-l'Etape. A year later he was called to the first team and after some matches on the bench he made his Ligue 1 debut in a 0–0 away draw against Dijon on 3 December 2011.

Litex Lovech

Following Sochaux being relegated from the first division, Boumal joined the Bulgarian side Litex Lovech on 2 July 2014.

CSKA Sofia

Boumal signed a contract with CSKA Sofia in September 2016.^[2]

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 18 August 2017, Boumal signed with Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg.^[3] He left Ural on 3 August 2020.^[4]

Nizhny Novgorod

On 7 September 2021, he returned to the Russian Premier League and signed a two-year contract with FC Nizhny Novgorod.^[5] His contract was terminated in early December 2021. In his last game for Nizhny Novgorod he was sent off in the first half after receiving two cautions, following the game he had a disagreement with the team manager Aleksandr Kerzhakov.^[6]

Újpest

On 15 February 2022, Boumal signed with Újpest in Hungary.^[7]

Al Bataeh

On 29 June 2023, Boumal signed with Al Bataeh in UAE.^[8]

Al Urooba

On 14 August 2024, Boumal signed with Al Urooba in UAE.^[9]

International career

Boumal made his debut for the Cameroon national football team in a 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Zambia on 11 November 2017.^[10]

Club statistics

Club

As of 13 May 2022

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sochaux B	2010–11	National 2	15	1	–		–		–		15	1
	2011–12		22	2	–		–		–		22	2
	2012–13		17	0	–		–		–		17	0
	2013–14		14	0	–		–		–		14	0
	Total		68	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	3
Sochaux	2011–12	Ligue 1	1	0	–		–		1[a]	0	2	0
	2012–13		0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
	2013–14		7	0	1	0	–		1[a]	0	9	0
	Total		8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Litex Lovech	2014–15	A Group	25	0	4	0	2[b]	0	–		31	0
	2015–16		16	1	4	0	2[b]	0	–		22	1
	Total		39	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	48	1
Litex Lovech II	2015–16	B Group	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
CSKA Sofia	2016–17	First League	22	2	4	0	–		–		26	2
CSKA Sofia II	2016–17	B Group	1	1	–		–		–		1	1
Ural Yekaterinburg	2017–18	RPL	19	0	1	0	–		4[c]	0	24	0
	2018–19		23	0	4	0	–		2[c]	0	29	0
	2019–20		16	0	1	0	–		1[c]	0	18	0
	Total		58	0	6	0	0	0	7	0	71	0
BB Erzurumspor	2020–21	Süper Lig	31	0	2	0	–		–		33	0
Nizhny Novgorod	2021–22	RPL	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
Újpest	2021–22	NB I	12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
Career total			249	7	23	0	4	0	9	0	285	7

1. Appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in the FNL Cup