nationalcaps birth_date pcupdate years caps goals nationalyears name fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height medaltemplates nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
31 20 february 1978 15 may 2012 1998 2003 -- 2005 2005 -- 2007 2007 -- 2010 2010 -- -- 2011 2011 2012 -- 2013 2000 2000 -- 2001 2002 -- 2003 53 44 36 15 56 92 10 10 5 3 3 1 1 21 8 1 0 2 1995 -- joël epalle joël dieudonné martin epalle newaka 28 november 2009 matomb , cameroon cameroon 1.75 m ftin 0 on cameroon 2 union douala union fk baku iraklis sarawak fa douala ethnikos panachaiki aris panathinaikos iraklis vfl bochum midfielder , forward joël epalle

joël epalle

joël dieudonné martin epalle newaka -lrb- born 20 february 1978 -rrb- is a cameroonian football player .
he mainly plays as a right midfielder , but throughout his career he has also played as a second striker , more noticeably during his first spell at iraklis .
he was born in matomb , cameroon and played youth football in cameroonian powerhouse union douala , the team for which he made his senior debut .
after his spell in cameroon , in 1998 , he moved to greece where he played football for several clubs including ethnikos , panachaiki , aris , panathinaikos and iraklis in a time span of nine and a half years .
subsequently , in january 2007 , he moved to bundesliga outfit vfl bochum where he played for three and a half years .
after a brief stay at azerbaijani club fk baku , in january 2011 he returned to greece to have a second spell at iraklis .
epalle was iraklis ' top-scorer for the 2005 -- 06 season .
started at the end of march 2012 , he has made his first appearance and play for sarawak fa alongside with his fellow cameroon friend , guy bwele .
epalle has won 31 caps for cameroon .
he was a member of the cameroon side that won the gold medal in the 2000 summer olympics football tournament .
epalle was also a member of the cameroon squad that won the 2002 african cup of nations .
