Thierry Gathuessi

Thierry Gathuessi
Personal information
Full name Thierry Gathuessi
Date of birth (1982-04-17) 17 April 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Bafoussam, Cameroon
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Montpellier 83 (12)
2005–2006 AS Cannes 27 (3)
2006–2007 Sète 34 30 (4)
2007–2009 Hibernian 38 (3)
2009 Inverness CT 1 (0)
2009–2010 Raith Rovers 13 (0)
2010–2012 Sriwijaya FC 52 (7)
2012–2014 Arema Cronus 55 (6)
2014–2015 Persiram Raja Ampat 20 (3)
2015–2016 Sriwijaya FC 14 (1)
2016 PS Barito Putera 11 (0)
Total 344 (39)
International career‡
2004 Cameroon 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:03, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 December 2009

Thierry Gathuessi (born 17 April 1982) is a retired Cameroonian footballer who plays as defender.

Career

Gathuessi joined Hibs from FC Sète in July 2007 following a successful trial period with the club. He scored his only goal for Hibs in a 3–2 win over defending SPL champions Celtic.[1] Due to his aggressive playing style, Hibs fans referred to him as "Hong Kong Thierry", after the cartoon character Hong Kong Phooey.[2]

Gathuessi fell out of favour at Hibs after he conceded two penalty kicks towards the end of the 2007–08 season.[2] He did not play for Hibs in the 2008–09 season, having been told by Mixu Paatelainen during August 2008 that he would not play for Hibs again.[2] Gathuessi was eventually released by Hibs to sign for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in January 2009, along with Filipe Morais.[3][4] He only made one appearance for Inverness, however, before he was released at the end of the 2008–09 season.

Gathuessi had a trial spell with Raith Rovers in November 2009, appearing in a reserve team match[5] and two league matches as a trialist.[6] He then signed a contract with the Kirkcaldy club during the following month.[6]

In January 2015, he was reported to have signed with Persiram.[7]

Honours

Sriwijaya

Winner

Arema Cronus

Winner

  • East Java Governor Cup: 2013

Winner

  • Menpora Cup: 2013

Winner

Runner-up

  • Indonesia Super League: 2013

References

  1. ^ "Hibernian 3–2 Celtic". BBC. 23 September 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Fraser, Alasdair (15 January 2009). "'Hong Kong' Thierry lashes out at Paatelainen for Hibs departure". The Scotsman. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. ^ Hibs pair heading for Inverness, BBC Sport, 8 January 2009.
  4. ^ SQUAD UPDATE Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
  5. ^ Rovers silent on trialist Archived 15 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The Courier, 12 November 2009.
  6. ^ a b Rovers snap up Gathuessi Archived 12 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The Courier, 7 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Persiram Raja Ampat Mengklaim Sudah Sepakat Dengan Thierry Gathuessi" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 January 2015.