Bryan Mbeumo
Mbeumo following a Brentford match in 2021
Personal information
Full name Bryan Tetsadong Marceau Mbeumo[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Avallon, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Right winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2011 CO Avallonais
2011–2012 Bourgoin-Jallieu
2012–2013 CO Avallonais
2013–2016 Troyes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Troyes II 33 (14)
2018–2019 Troyes 41 (11)
2019– Brentford 174 (43)
International career‡
2015 France U17 1 (0)
2018–2019 France U20 3 (0)
2019–2020 France U21 6 (1)
2022– Cameroon 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:49, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Bryan Tetsadong Marceau Mbeumo (/ˈbər.moʊ/ BƏR-moh;[4] born 7 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for Premier League club Brentford and the Cameroon national team.

Mbeumo is a product of the Troyes academy and began his senior career with the club. He transferred to Brentford in 2019 and was a part of the squad which was promoted to the Premier League in 2021.

Mbeumo was capped by France at youth international level and made his full international debut for Cameroon in 2022. He was a member of Cameroon's 2022 World Cup squad.

Club career

Troyes AC

A left-footed winger with a preference for playing on the right,[5] Mbeumo joined Troyes AC at the age of 14 and graduated to the club's reserve team in the 2016–17 season.[2][6] He was a part of the Troyes U19 team which won the 2018 Coupe Gambardella and scored twice in the final at the Stade de France.[7] Mbeumo made his senior debut for the club in a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over FC Metz on 17 February 2018 and made three further appearances during the 2017–18 season,[2] which culminated in relegation to Ligue 2.[7] The relegation allowed Mbeumo to break into the first team squad and he made 40 appearances and scored 11 goals during the 2018–19 season,[2] which ended with defeat in the Ligue 2 promotion play-off semi-finals.[7] He departed the Stade de l'Aube in August 2019, after making 46 appearances and scoring 12 goals for the club.[2][6]

Brentford

2019–2021

On 5 August 2019, Mbeumo moved to England to join Championship club Brentford on a five-year contract for a club record £5.8 million fee.[6][8] He made 47 appearances and scored 16 goals during the 2019–20 season,[9] which ended with defeat in the 2020 Championship play-off final.[10] Mbeumo's performances were recognised with a nomination for the EFL Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards at the 2020 London Football Awards.[11] Mbeumo's goal tally dropped off during a "difficult" COVID-19-affected 2020–21 season,[12] but by March 2021, his 10 assists and four goals saw him again nominated for the EFL Player of the Year award at the 2021 London Football Awards.[13] Mbeumo finished Brentford's 2021 Championship play-off final-winning 2020–21 season with 49 appearances and eight goals.[14][15]

2021–22

Mbeumo was deployed as a forward alongside Ivan Toney early in the 2021–22 season and by his 11th Premier League appearance,[16][17] he had scored two goals and hit the woodwork seven times.[18][19] Mbeumo's first hat-trick of his career (scored in a 4–1 FA Cup third round win over Port Vale on 8 January 2022) was also the first scored by a substitute in Brentford history and earned him a place in the Team of the Round and a nomination for Player of the Round.[20] Three weeks later, he signed a new four-year contract, with a one-year option.[21] Mbeumo ended the 2021–22 season with 38 appearances, eight goals and he tied with Raphinha for the record of most woodwork hits during the Premier League season,[18] with seven.[22]

2022–23

During the 2022–23 pre-season friendlies, Mbeumo proved his versatility by at times being deployed as a wing back in a 3-4-3 formation.[23] He was an ever-present in league matches during the season and made 39 appearances in all competitions, scoring 9 goals.[24] Mbeumo's 9 goals (all scored in league matches) more than doubled that of the previous season, with head coach Thomas Frank remarking that Mbeumo "has grown more and more to be a key player for us. He works very hard on his finishing".[25]

2023–24

Starting the 2023–24 season on the right hand side of a front three alongside Yoane Wissa and Kevin Schade,[5][26] Mbeumo's five goals across seven appearances in August and October 2023 saw him nominated for the Premier League Player of the Month award for each month.[27][28] He scored two further goals before undergoing surgery on a "bad" ankle injury suffered during a 2–1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on 6 December.[29][30][31]

International career

Mbeumo lining up for France U20 in 2019.

Mbeumo won 10 caps and scored one goal for France at U17, U20 and U21 level.[32] In August 2022, following a meeting in London with Samuel Eto'o, Mbeumo declared his senior international allegiance to the Cameroon national team.[33] He made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the 2022–23 season, with three appearances coming during Cameroon's 2022 World Cup campaign,[34] prior to the team's group stage exit.[35] After appearing in three of Cameroon's four 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches and scoring one goal,[34] injury ruled Mbeumo out of the final tournament.[31]

Personal life

Mbeumo is Cameroonian by his father, who is from the western region of Cameroon and his mother is French.[36] In June 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19, but showed no symptoms and missed one match.[37][38]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Troyes II 2016–17[2] CFA 2 12 5 ― ― ― 12 5
2017–18[2] Championnat National 3 21 9 ― ― ― 21 9
Total 33 14 ― ― ― 33 14
Troyes 2017–18[2] Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 ― 4 0
2018–19[2] Ligue 2 35 10 1 0 3 1 1[c] 0 40 11
2019–20[2] Ligue 2 2 1 ― ― ― 2 1
Total 41 11 1 0 3 1 1 0 46 12
Brentford 2019–20[9] Championship 42 15 1 0 1 0 3[d] 1 47 16
2020–21[14] Championship 44 8 0 0 2 0 3[d] 0 49 8
2021–22[18] Premier League 35 4 1 3 2 1 ― 38 8
2022–23[24] Premier League 38 9 0 0 1 0 ― 39 9
2023–24[29] Premier League 15 7 0 0 2 0 ― 17 7
Total 174 43 2 3 8 1 6 1 190 48
Career total 248 68 3 3 11 2 7 1 269 74
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Ligue 2 promotion play-offs
  4. ^ a b Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[34]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2022 6 0
2023 8 3
Total 14 3
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mbeumo goal.[34]
List of international goals scored by Bryan Mbeumo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 June 2023 Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States  Mexico 1–0 2–2 Friendly
2 12 September 2023 Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, Cameroon  Burundi 1–0 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 17 November 2023 Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon  Mauritius 1–0 3–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Brentford

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bryan Mbeumo at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Bryan Mbeumo". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ^ Sulaiman, Munir (21 November 2023). "How to say Premier League players' names correctly". premierleague.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b Harris, Jay. "Bryan Mbeumo's evolution into Brentford's goalscorer". The Athletic. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Brentford sign Bryan Mbeumo from Troyes". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Get to Know: Bryan Mbeumo". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Brentford close on Premier League dream – just don't call it 'Moneyball'". ESPN. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Games played by Bryan Mbeumo in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Brentford 1 Fulham 2". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Bees up for London Football Awards prizes". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Mbeumo: This season has been so tough". The League Paper. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Thomas, Ivan, and Bryan shortlisted for London Football Awards". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Bryan Mbeumo in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  15. ^ a b Vincent, Gareth (29 May 2021). "Brentford 2–0 Swansea City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  16. ^ Majid, Uzzi (11 September 2021). "Every word Frank said on Brentford's Brighton defeat and Shandon Baptiste". Football.London. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Bryan Mbeumo named as someone to make a difference in FPL". www.brentfordfc.com b. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  18. ^ a b c "Games played by Bryan Mbeumo in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Is Mbeumo the unluckiest Premier League player?". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Bryan misses our on Player of the Round prize". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Bryan Mbeumo signs new contract". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Premier League Player Stats – Hit woodwork". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  23. ^ Harris, Jay. "Replacing Eriksen, tactical flexibility and new faces – lessons from pre-season". The Athletic. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  24. ^ a b "Games played by Bryan Mbeumo in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  25. ^ Harris, Jay. "Bryan Mbeumo can be a 'key player' for Brentford in Ivan Toney's absence". The Athletic. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  26. ^ "Schade off the mark as Brentford's forwards share the goalscoring burden". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  27. ^ "Brentford trio nominated for Premier League awards". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  28. ^ "Ghoddos and Mbeumo nominated for PL awards". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  29. ^ a b "Games played by Bryan Mbeumo in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  30. ^ "Frank: Mbeumo injury is bad". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  31. ^ a b "Mbeumo out for three months". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  32. ^ Bryan Mbeumo at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
  33. ^ "Mbeumo heading to Qatar". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  34. ^ a b c d "Bryan Mbeumo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  35. ^ "Cameroon beat Brazil but knocked out of World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  36. ^ "Cameroon's Mbeumo 'crazy' about World Cup chance". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  37. ^ "Bryan Mbeumo: Brentford forward tests positive for coronavirus". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  38. ^ Fisher, Ben (26 June 2020). "Brentford sink West Brom to turn up heat in Championship promotion race". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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