Geremi Njitap

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Geremi
Full name	Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso
Date of birth	December 20 1978 (1978-12-20) (age 32)
Place of birth	Bafoussam, Cameroon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder, Right Back
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	20
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1996 1997 1997-1999 1999-2003 2002-2003 2003-2007 2007-	Racing Bafoussam Cerro Porteño Gençlerbirliği SK Real Madrid → Middlesbrough (loan) Chelsea Newcastle United	006 (0) 057 (9) 045 (0) 033 (7) 072 (4) 019 (0)
National team²
1996-	Cameroon	067 (9)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23:42, 10 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record

Competitor for

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Cameroon

Men's Football

Gold

2000 Sydney

Team Competition

Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso (born 20 December, 1978 in Bafoussam, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian player who currently plays for Newcastle United in the Premier League after joining from Chelsea in a three-year contract.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
2 Notes
3 External links

Biography

Early life

Geremi was born in Bafoussam. His father, Samuel, was a former footballer and played internationally for Cameroon in the 1970s. Due to his exploits in the national team, his father was allowed to marry as many times as he wanted and consequently he has five wives. Geremi himself has nineteen siblings.^[1]

Career

Geremi was part of the gold medal-winning Cameroon team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also represented Cameroon at the 2002 World Cup as well as at the 2004, 2006 and 2008 African Nations Cup.

Prior to joining Chelsea in 2003, Geremi played for Cerro Porteño, Gençlerbirliği SK, Real Madrid CF, and Middlesbrough (on loan). He was Middlesbrough's player of the season for 2002-03. In 2003, Geremi was brought to Chelsea by then Blues manager Claudio Ranieri after Chelsea agreed a 6 million pound fee with Real Madrid.

Geremi was fairly regular for Chelsea while Ranieri was in charge. But since Ranieri was succeeded by José Mourinho, Geremi had struggled to earn a place in the Chelsea first-team due to the exceptional strength in depth of Chelsea's squad. Despite this, he scored twice in the 2005-06 Premiership season, against both Sunderland and Liverpool.

Although he began his career as a right-winger, Geremi figured in Chelsea manager José Mourinho's plans as the back-up to Paulo Ferreira at right-back.

At the Adidas and Chelsea "Blue Day Out" event for Fans at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, Geremi had one of the biggest cheers as he made his entrance to the Chelsea Stadium - in an AA Van, after his car had broken down on the journey.

Geremi signed for Newcastle United on the 6 July 2007.^[2] He was appointed club captain for the 2007-08 season by then manager Sam Allardyce, but lost the armband after new manager Kevin Keegan awarded the captaincy to Michael Owen on 20 January 2008.^[3] He made his debut for the club on 11 August 2007 against Bolton Wanderers. In August 2007 he applied for British citizenship, having lived in the country for five years.^[4]

Notes

^ "Geremi on mission to end cycle of despair", Guardian, 2007-08-18. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
^ "Geremi completes Newcastle move", BBC Sport, 6 July 2007. Retrieved on 11 August 2007.
^ Big Sam Names Toon Captain. Newcastle United FC. Retrieved on 11 August 2007.
^ Geremi to become British citizen. icNewcastle. Retrieved on 23 August 2007.

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Geremi Njitap

Preceded by Scott Parker	Newcastle United Captain 2007-2008	Succeeded by Michael Owen

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Cameroon squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Boukar • 2 Tchato • 3 Wome • 4 Song • 5 Kalla • 6 Njanka • 7 Ndo • 8 Geremi • 9 Eto'o • 10 Mboma • 11 Ndiefi • 12 Lauren • 13 Mettomo • 14 Epalle • 15 Alnoudji • 16 Songo'o • 17 Foé • 18 Suffo • 19 Djemba‑Djemba • 20 Olembé • 21 Job • 22 Kameni • 23 Ngom Kome • Coach: Schäfer

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v • d • e Newcastle United F.C. – current squad
1 Given • 2 Carr • 3 José Enrique • 5 Emre • 6 Caçapa • 7 Barton • 9 Martins • 10 Owen • 11 Duff • 13 Harper • 14 N'Zogbia • 16 Milner • 17 Smith • 20 Geremi • 21 Beye • 22 Butt • 23 Ameobi • 25 Faye • 26 Ramage • 27 Taylor • 30 Edgar • 34 Forster • 35 Tozer • 36 Viduka • 37 Troisi • 38 LuaLua • 39 Carroll • -- Diatta • Manager: Keegan

Persondata
NAME	Fotso, Geremi Sorele Njitap
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Njitap, Geremi
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1978-12-20
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bafoussam , Cameroon
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH