Éric Matoukou

Eric Matoukou

Personal information
Full name	Eric Matoukou
Date of birth	(1983-07-08) July 8, 1983
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Pafos FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Pyramide F.C.	8	(0)
2002	R.W.D. Molenbeek	10	(0)
2002–2003	KSK Heusden-Zolder	33	(2)
2004–2011	K.R.C. Genk	183	(8)
2011–2014	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0	(0)
2011–2012	→ Arsenal Kyiv (loan)	15	(0)
2013–2014	→ Volyn Lutsk (loan)	6	(0)
2014	Lierse	6	(1)
2015	Inter Turku	25	(0)
2016-	Pafos	0	(0)
International career‡
2005–2007	Cameroon	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:04, 11 January 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2009

Eric Matoukou (born 8 July 1983 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football defender. He currently plays for Pafos FC.

Regarded as one of the most accomplished defenders to play in the Belgian first division, he became an icon by winning both the Jupiler pro league and the Belgian cup.

Born in Yaounde, Eric Matoukou has played in the highest football league in Cameroon, Belgium, Ukraine, Finland and for the Cameroonian national team.

In June 2015, he was selected amongst the best defenders by Belgian newspaper voetbalkrant in KRC Genk’s team of the century.

International

Made his international debut on 9 February 2005, against Senegal, friendly match played in France.

External links

• Éric Matoukou at National-Football-Teams.com
• krcgenk.be/ (Dutch)