Gerard Ambassa Guy
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerard Ambassa Guy | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1996 | Tonnerre Yaoundé | ||
1997 | Foshan Fosti | ||
1997–1999 | Rangers (HKG) | ||
1999–2000 | Instant-Dict | ||
2000–2001 | O & YH Union | 36 | (3) |
2001–2007 | Happy Valley | 54 | (22) |
2007 | Persija Jakarta | 0 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Happy Valley | 37 | (3) |
2009–2011 | South China | 11 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Pegasus (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2011 | Sun Hei | 8 | (1) |
2013 | Enfield City Falcons | 10 | (0) |
2014 | Playford City Patriots | 11 | (2) |
2015 | Elizabeth Grove Soccer Club | ||
2016 | Shenzhen Baoxin | ||
2016–2017 | Biun Chun Glory Sky | 5 | (0) |
2019 | Kowloon City | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
1997–1999 | Cameroon U23 | ||
2006–2011 | Hong Kong | 29 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
2015–2016 | Playford City Patriots | ||
2017–2018 | Rangers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2011 |
Gerard Ambassa Guy (Chinese: 卓卓; born 21 September 1978), nicknamed JJ (Chinese: 卓卓), is a Cameroonian-born Hong Kong football coach and former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
He played for Happy Valley, O & YH Union, Instant-Dict, Rangers, South China, Pegasus and Sun Hei in the past.
Club career
[edit]Gerard first arrived in Hong Kong to play for Rangers. Subsequently, he played for Instant-Dict, O & YH Union, Happy Valley AA and in 2009 joined South China AA.
South China
[edit]In 2009, Gerard joined South China. He scored in the 5–4 away defeat to Neftchi Farg'ona in the quarter-finals 1st leg.[1] Then he scored a last-minute away goal in the 1–2 semi-final defeat by Kuwait SC in the 2009 AFC Cup, thus setting up a crucial home game for South China in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Stadium was packed for the second leg match on 21 October 2009 but South China lost 0–1.[2]
Pegasus
[edit]Gerard joined Pegasus on loan from South China in the summer of 2010. On 23 September 2010, Gerard was sent off in a league game after two bookable offences, but Pegasus won 4–0 over Citizen.[3]
On 1 March 2011, Gerard scored with a header to help Pegasus secure a 2-1 win over Song Lam Nghe An in the 2011 AFC Cup group game away in Vietnam.[4]
Mohun Bagan
[edit]On 23 July 2010, Gerard arrived in Kolkata for a trial with Indian club Mohun Bagan as an Asian origin player.[5]
Sun Hei
[edit]Gerard joined Sun Hei for the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season.[6]
International career
[edit]Gerard became a member of the Hong Kong national football team after he had spent more than seven years in Hong Kong and gained Hong Kong citizenship. He took part in Round 2 of the 2010 East Asian Football Championship tournament in Kaoshiung and received the Most Valuable Player award.
Managerial career
[edit]On 4 December 2017, Gerard took over as manager of Rangers after Dejan Antonić's departure from the club.[7]
Honours
[edit]- Happy Valley
- Hong Kong First Division: 2002–03, 2005–06
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2003-04
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2003–04
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Updated 30 August 2009
Club | Season | League | League Cup | Senior Shield | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Happy Valley | 2001–02 | ? | 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
2002–03 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 23 | 16 | |
2003–04 | ? | 7 | ? | 1 | ? | 2 | ? | 2 | ? | 3 | 24 | 15 | |
2004–05 | ? | 3 | ? | 0 | ? | 2 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
2005–06 | 7 (1) | 2 | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 2 | 20 (1) | 4 | |
2006–07 | 12 (1) | 7 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 2 | 1 (0) | 2 | 5 (0) | 3 | 22 (1) | 14 | |
Total | |||||||||||||
Persija Jakarta | 2007–08 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Total | |||||||||||||
Happy Valley | 2007–08 | 13 (1) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | - | - | 19 (1) | 0 |
2008–09 | 20 (2) | 3 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | - | - | 24 (2) | 4 | |
Total | 33 (3) | 3 | 4 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | - | - | 43 (3) | 4 | |
South China | 2009–10 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 8 (0) | 2 |
Total | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 8 (0) | 2 | |
All | ? | ? |
International
[edit]- Updated 17 November 2010
References
[edit]- ^ 2009 AFC Cup – fixtures and results The-AFC.com. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ 2009 AFC Cup – fixtures and results The-AFC.com. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
- ^ (in Chinese)傑志飛馬 入球停不了 Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wen Wei Po. 24 September 2010.
- ^ Song Lam Nghe An 1-2 TSW Pegasus[permanent dead link ] The-AFC.com. Tuesday, 1 March 2011.
- ^ New PAO in Trial from Hong-Kong National Team Archived 2 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Mohun Bagan Club.com 23 July 2010
- ^ (in Chinese)晨曦卓卓歸隊 Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ta Kung Pao. 17 August 2011.
- ^ "狄恩請假 卓卓暫掌流浪帥印". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2017. (in Chinese)
External links
[edit]- 1978 births
- Living people
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Hong Kong men's footballers
- Hong Kong men's international footballers
- Cameroonian emigrants to Hong Kong
- Hong Kong people of Cameroonian descent
- Tonnerre Yaoundé players
- Foshan Fosti F.C. players
- Hong Kong Rangers FC players
- Double Flower FA players
- Yee Hope FC players
- Happy Valley AA players
- Persija Jakarta players
- South China AA players
- Hong Kong Pegasus FC players
- Sun Hei SC players
- Enfield City FC players
- Playford City SC players
- Elite One players
- China League One players
- Hong Kong Sapling players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
- National Premier Leagues players
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Men's association football utility players
- Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football forwards
- Hong Kong football managers
- Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong
- Hong Kong League XI representative players