Mvondo Atangana

Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Atangana began his career with Olympic Mvolyé in 1996, spending three seasons with the club. He joined Al-Fateh in 1998, returning to Cameroon in 1999 to join Tonnerre Yaoundé. During his time with Tonnerre Yaoundé, Atangana was called up to the Cameroon national team which led to interest from abroad. He made 11 league appearances for Dundee United during the 2000–01 season

Atangana suffered a bout of malaria during pre-season for the 2001–02 season, recovering to earn a loan move to English club Port Vale in January 2002. However, his stay with the Valiants was cut short with a hamstring injury, pulling up after just 37 minutes of a game against Wycombe Wanderers, and having only played 45 minutes previously. In April 2002, Dundee United released Atangana after just twelve appearances in all competitions.

Following his Dundee United exit, Atangana returned to England to join Colchester United in November 2002 on a weekly contract. He suffered another hamstring injury that left him out for one month in a match against Peterborough United on 26 December, following scoring seven goals in seven reserve team matches.

In the summer of 2003, he was released by Colchester after being told he would not be offered a long-term contract, having made just six league appearances.

Atangana eventually joined Russian club Luch-Energiya in 2004, making 37 appearances and scoring 11 goals, before joining Belarusian side Lokomotiv Minsk. He scored a ten-minute hat-trick against BATE Borisov in June 2005 and scored five goals in ten appearances in total. He later returned to Russia with Terek Grozny, scoring seven goals in 40 appearances, before retiring from the game in 2006.

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