.jpg) Albert Baning in 2015. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Legrand Baning | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brasseries Cameroun | |||
| 2001–2002 | Dalian Shide | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Dalian Shide | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Shanghai United (loan) | 49 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | Aarau | 17 | (3) |
| 2006–2010 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Sedan (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Grenoble (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Strasbourg (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | FC Metz | 15 | (0) |
| 2013 | Slavia Sofia | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Sedan | 25 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | RC France | ? | (?) |
| 2018–2020 | FC Gueugnon | 47 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Cameroon U23 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2020 | |||
Albert Legrand Baning (born 19 March 1985) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Baning previously played in countries like China, Switzerland, France, Israel and Bulgaria.
Baning played for Swiss side FC Aarau before joining his former club Paris Saint-Germain in July 2006. [1]
His transfer was largely engineered by new team president Alain Cayzac. PSG's coach, Guy Lacombe, has admitted to never actually having seen him play. [2][permanent dead link]
He joined the club RC Strasbourg, 26 January 2010 as a loan.
On 27 June Baning signed a one-year contract with the famous Israeli club of Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1] On 1 Sep 2010 Maccabi announced that Baning is released[2] from his contract due to mutual consent following an injury he is suffering from.
True to his name, Baning was sent off twice in three games for Cameroon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics..
